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SG/SM/11486-AFR/1671-REC/218
31 March 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

‘we can and must make the 21st century the African Century,’ says Secretary-General


in message to meeting marking Economic Commission for Africa’s 50th anniversary

 

SG/SM/11485-ENV/DEV/973
31 March 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN VIDEO MESSAGE, SAYS BANGKOK CLIMATE TALKS LAUNCHING

 

NEGOTIATION PROCESS ‘TASKED WITH CHANGING THE COURSE OF HISTORY’


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the opening of the Climate Change Talks in Bangkok, 31 March:

SG/SM/11482
28 March 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONTINUED SUPPORT FOR CIVIL SOCIETY, FEMALE PARTICIPATION,


IN REMARKS TO ADVISORY BOARD OF UNITED NATIONS DEMOCRACY FUND


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Advisory Board of the United Nations Democracy Fund in New York, today, 28 March:

SG/SM/11481-AIDS/135
26 March 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

ASIAN STATES MUST ACT ‘IMMEDIATELY AND UNFLINCHINGLY’ TO STOP AIDS EPIDEMIC,


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT LAUNCH OF COMMISSION REPORT

 


Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the handover of the report of the Commission on AIDS in Asia, in New York, 26 March:

SG/SM/11480-OBV/691
25 March 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL PAYS TRIBUTE TO COURAGE OF CHILDREN

 

WITH AUTISM AND FAMILIES, WHO CONFRONT DISABILITY WITH DETERMINATION, HOPE

 


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the inauguration of World Autism Awareness Day observed 2 April: