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Secretary-General: Press Release

27 November 2012

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Activities of Secretary-General in Yemen, 19 November

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sana'a on the morning of Monday, 19 November, after leaving New York late on Saturday, 17 November, on a flight to Dubai, where he stopped overnight. The Secretary-General spent the day in Yemen to mark the first anniversary of the 23 November conclusion of the Yemen Peace and Transition Agreement and lend his personal support to that transition process.

27 November 2012

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Bridging Gap between Well-meaning Commitments, Long-overdue Actions Will Underpin High-level Meeting on Disability, Development, Says Secretary-General in Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed on 3 December:

27 November 2012

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Secretary-General, in Message to Forum on Minority Rights, Highlights Persistence of Discrimination, Stereotyping, Hatred, Violence

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the opening of the fifth session of the United Nations Forum on Minority Issues in New York today:

27 November 2012

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Honouring International Day for Abolition of Slavery, Secretary-General Urges All Stakeholders to Combat Contemporary Forms, Contribute to Voluntary Trust Fund

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, observed on 2 December:

27 November 2012

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Secretary-General Appoints Aeneas Chapinga Chuma of Zimbabwe as Deputy Special Representative for Liberia

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Aeneas Chapinga Chuma of Zimbabwe as his Deputy Special Representative for Recovery and Governance of the United Nations Mission in Liberia. Mr. Chuma will also serve as the United Nations Resident Coordinator, Humanitarian Coordinator and Resident Representative.

26 November 2012

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Secretary-General Stresses Tolerance at Inauguration of King Abdullah Bin Abdulaziz Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the inauguration ceremony for the King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz International Centre for Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue in Vienna today:

26 November 2012

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Secretary-General Salutes Sierra Leone Citizens on Successful, Peaceful Elections, Welcomes Re-Elected President’s Pledge to Promote National Unity

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

26 November 2012

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Secretary-General Heralds ‘Significant Achievement’ of nearly 80 Per Cent Chemical Weapons Stockpile Destruction, Urges Eight Remaining States to Join Convention

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the seventeenth session of the Conference of State Parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, delivered by Jarmo Sareva, Deputy Secretary-General of Conference on Disarmament, in The Hague on 26 November:

26 November 2012

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Welcoming Great Lakes Region International Conference Outcome, Secretary-General Calls on M23 to Abide by Kampala Accord, Lay down Arms, Withdraw from Goma

The following statement was issued on 25 November by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

26 November 2012

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Secretary-General Urges Regional States to Seize ‘Rare Opportunity’, Convene Conference, Make Middle East Zone Free of All Weapons of Mass Destruction

The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued on 24 November: