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Global momentum is growing in the fight to save the lives of 10 million women and children every year by 2015, in an effort spearheaded by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on the morning of Thursday, 27 May, after flying overnight from New York to attend the Alliance of Civilizations Forum, which was starting on Friday.