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12 July 2012

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Secretary-General, at Security Council Debate on Peacebuilding Commission Report, Stresses International Partnership in Support of Nationally Owned Priorities

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council debate on the report of the Peacebuilding Commission on its fifth session, in New York on 12 July:

11 July 2012

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Count on United Nations System to Help Meet Needs of 120 Million Additional Women by 2020, Secretary-General Tells London Family Planning Summit

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the London Summit on Family Planning, in the United Kingdom on 11 July:

10 July 2012

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Activities of Secretary-General in Japan, 6-9 July

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon left New York on the afternoon of Friday, 6 July, on a flight to Japan, and arrived in Tokyo on the afternoon of Saturday, 7 July.

10 July 2012

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Arab Spring Has Provided New Sense of Purpose to Close, Long-Standing Partnership of United Nations, Arab League, Says Secretary-General in Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the United Nations-League of Arab States General Meeting on Cooperation, delivered by Levent Bilman, Director, Policy and Mediation Division, Department of Political Affairs, in Vienna, 10 July:

10 July 2012

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Secretary-General Says Israeli-Palestinian Process at Dangerous Standstill, Long-Hoped for Two-State Solution Increasingly at Risk, in Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the United Nations Asian and Pacific meeting in Support of Israeli-Palestinian Peace, delivered by Wolfgang Grieger, Director of the Division for Palestinian Rights, Department of Political Affairs, in Bangkok, 10 July:

9 July 2012

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Activities of Secretary-General in Switzerland, 30 June - 1 July

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, on Saturday morning, 30 June, to attend the meeting of the Action Group for Syria. Upon his arrival at the Palais des Nations, the United Nations Office at Geneva, he met with the Joint Special Envoy for the United Nations and the League of Arab States for the Syrian Crisis, Kofi Annan, as well as his two Deputies, Jean-Marie Guéhenno and Nasser al-Kidwa.

9 July 2012

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Peace, Development, Human Rights Cannot Flourish in Atmosphere of Corruption, Secretary-General Tells High-Level Panel on Accountability, Transparency

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s closing remarks at the Economic and Social Council high-level panel on accountability, transparency and sustainable development, in New York on 9 July:

9 July 2012

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Secretary-General, in Message for Independence Day, Pledges to Help South Sudan Resolve Pending Differences with Northern Neighbour

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the first anniversary of the independence of the Republic of South Sudan, delivered by Hilde Johnson, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS), in Juba on 9 July:

9 July 2012

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In Message to Thirty-Eighth Session of Parliamentary Assembly of La Francophonie, Secretary-General Hails Organization’s Commitment to Democracy, Development

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, translated from the original French, to the thirty-eighth session of the Parliamentary Assembly of the Francophonie, held 8-12 July, in Brussels:

9 July 2012

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Secretary-General Congratulates Libyan People on First Election in Nearly 50 Years

The following statement was issued on 8 July by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: