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6 August 2010

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Indigenous Peoples’ Issues More Prominent than Ever on Global Agenda, but Some Statistics Alarming, Says Secretary-General in Message for International Day

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, in New York, 9 August:

6 August 2010

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Secretary-General Congratulates People of Kenya for Passing New Constitution, Says UN Will Continue to Support Efforts to Further Reconciliation, Development

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

6 August 2010

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At Tokyo Reception, Secretary-General Reminds Business Leaders Their Decisions — on Investment, Employment — Can Play Critical Role in Keeping Peace

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a reception hosted by the Global Compact Network Japan, in Tokyo, 6 August:

6 August 2010

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There Are No Bystanders When Nuclear Are Weapons Used, Secretary-General Says in Hiroshima, Calling their Abolition ‘a Common Sense Policy’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a welcome ceremony by Hiroshima citizens, on 6 August:

6 August 2010

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At Hiroshima Ceremony, Secretary-General Says Only Sane Path to Safer World Moving from ‘Ground Zero to Global Zero’ — a World Free of Nuclear Weapons

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Hiroshima, Japan, 6 August:

5 August 2010

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Secretary-General Says Memorials for Korean Atomic Bomb Victims ‘Moving Tributes’, Powerful Testament to Unity of All the World’s Peoples in Face of Disaster

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Memorial for Korean Atomic Bomb Victims in Nagasaki, 5 August:

5 August 2010

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At Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Monument, Secretary-General Says: ‘We Must Never Allow Such Devastation to Be Inflicted on any Population, Anywhere, Ever Again’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a wreath laying at the Hypocenter Monument in Nagasaki, 5 August: