In progress at UNHQ

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the fifty-eighth session of the Commission on the Status of Women in New York today:

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Progress on Gender Equality Fuels Progress across Entire United Nations Agenda, Secretary-General Says at Closing of General Assembly High-level Session

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the closing session of the High-level Event of the General Assembly on “The Contributions of Women, the Young and Civil Society to the Post-2015 Development Agenda”, in New York today:

7 March 2014

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Secretary-General Welcomes International Criminal Court Verdict Convicting Rebel Leader for Atrocities in Democratic Republic of Congo

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

7 March 2014

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Secretary-General, Commemorating International Women’s Day, Says ‘Equality for Women is Progress for All’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Annual Commemoration of International Women’s Day, in New York today:

7 March 2014

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Secretary-General Tells Advisory Board on Disarmament It Has Two Pressing Issues To Consider — Verification, Security Implications of New Technologies

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the sixty-first session of the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, in New York today:

7 March 2014

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Secretary-General Tells Security Council ‘Children Should be Armed with Pens and Textbooks, Not Guns and Grenades’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as delivered, at the Security Council open debate on children and armed conflict, today, in New York: