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Secretary-General Says, in Message, Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons’ Protocol V Plays Critical Role Towards Eliminating Explosive Remnants of War

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Jarmo Sareva, Director, Conference on Disarmament Secretariat and Conference Support Branch, to the Fourth Conference of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons’ Protocol V on Explosive Remnants of War, in Geneva, today, 22 November:
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Activities of Secretary-General in Republic of Korea, 10-14 November

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Seoul early on the morning of Wednesday, 10 November, after a flight from New York. On arrival, the Secretary-General made brief remarks to waiting South Korean media in Korean, outlining the main purpose of his visit — to attend the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit and to ensure that the voices of the world’s most vulnerable people were heard.