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21 September 2016

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World Could Face Water Availability Shortfall by 2030 if Current Trends Continue, Secretary-General Warns at Meeting of High-Level Panel

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the second meeting of the High-Level Panel on Water, in New York today:

21 September 2016

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Violence, Conflict Cost World $13.6 Billion Annually, Secretary-General Says, Urging Member States to Shore Up Financially Strapped Peacebuilding Fund

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Peacebuilding Fund Pledging Conference “Invest in Sustaining Peace”, in New York today:

21 September 2016

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With 60 Countries Joining, Climate Accord’s Ratification ‘Inevitable’, Leading to Safer, More Resilient Planet, Secretary-General Says at New York Event

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s closing remarks at the high-level event on the entry into force of the Paris Agreement, in New York today:

21 September 2016

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‘No Higher Responsibility’ Now for Security Council than Restoring Ceasefire, Supporting Viable Political Transition in Syria, Secretary-General Says

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on the situation in Syria, in New York today:

21 September 2016

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Healthy Oceans Critical for Reducing Poverty, Supporting Sustainable Development, Secretary-General Tells Leaders of Small Island Developing States

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, delivered by Gyan Chandra Acharya, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), to the leaders’ luncheon on ocean partnerships for sustainable development, in New York today:

21 September 2016

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We Will Not Waver in Our Aim to Create World Free of Nuclear Weapons Secretary-General Tells ‘Group of Friends’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the eighth ministerial meeting of the Friends of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty (CTBT), in New York today:

21 September 2016

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Quality Data, Universal Measurement Standards on Gender Equality Vital for Progress Secretary-General Stresses at ‘Making Every Women and Girl Count’ Event

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message at the “Making Every Woman and Girl Count” event, in New York today:

21 September 2016

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Stressing Odds Stacked against Poor, Disenfranchised, Secretary-General Calls for Halt to Executions, Universal Ban on Death Penalty

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the panel on “the death penalty and victims”, in New York today:

21 September 2016

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Staff Recreation Centre Symbolizes Strong Partnership between United Nations, International Olympic Committee, Says Secretary-General at Ceremony

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the unveiling ceremony for the staff recreation facility, in New York today:

21 September 2016

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Secretary-General, International Olympic Committee President Commemorate Partnership at Future United Nations Staff Recreation Facility

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and International Olympic Committee (OIC) President Thomas Bach today unveiled a cornerstone plaque to commemorate the United Nations-IOC partnership to build a United Nations staff recreation facility.