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18 November 2015

SG/SM/17333-ENV/DEV/1598

Secretary-General Tells Thematic Session on Water and Disasters Solutions Exist, Now All Must Connect Dots, Work Together to Achieve Shared Goals

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the second UN Special Thematic Session on Water and Disasters, in New York today:

18 November 2015

SG/A/1607-BIO/4782-REF/1219

Secretary-General Welcomes Election by General Assembly of Filippo Grandi as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon welcomes today’s action by the General Assembly to elect Filippo Grandi of Italy as the next United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

17 November 2015

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Poor Sanitation at Heart of Disease, Malnutrition, Secretary-General Says in Message for World Toilet Day

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Toilet Day, observed on 19 November:

17 November 2015

SG/SM/17328-SC/12125

World Must Unite to Break ‘Vicious Cycle of Radicalization’, Secretary-General Says at Security Council Debate on Root Causes of Conflicts

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on security, development and the root causes of conflicts, in New York today:

17 November 2015

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Concerned by Increasing Tensions in Cambodia between Ruling Party, Opposition, Secretary-General Urges All Political Players Refrain from Violence

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

16 November 2015

SG/A/1606-BIO/4781-PI/2144

Secretary-General Appoints Robert Lawrence Skinner as Director of United Nations Information Centre in Washington, D.C.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Robert Lawrence Skinner of the United States as Director of the United Nations Information Centre in Washington, D.C.

15 November 2015

SG/SM/17327-ENV/DEV/1597

Paris Climate Summit Must Balance Leadership Role of Developed Countries, Responsibility of Developing Ones, Says Secretary-General at G20 Meeting

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Group of 20 (G20) working lunch on development and climate change, in Antalya, Turkey, today: