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18 October 2013

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Secretary-General, Hailing Text on Expanding Women’s Role in Conflict Prevention, Urges Security Council to Address All Violations of Their Rights

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council’s open debate on women, rule of law and transitional justice in conflict-affected situations, in New York on 18 October:

18 October 2013

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Secretary-General, at Eurasia Conference, Encourages Region’s Efforts to Foster Global Economic Growth, Environmental Well-Being, Social Progress

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the International Conference “Global Cooperation in the Era of Eurasia” hosted by the Korea Institute for International Economic Policy, in Seoul on 18 October:

17 October 2013

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Secretary-General, in Cyberspace Conference Message, Stresses Need for Stronger Measures to Protect Critical Global Networks against Cyber Threats

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Seoul Conference on Cyberspace, in Seoul on 17 October:

17 October 2013

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Secretary-General, in Message to Global Electoral Organizations Conference, Stresses Need for Clean Elections, Acceptance of Legitimate Results

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Global Electoral Organizations (GEO) conference and inauguration of the Association of World Election Bodies (A-WEB), in Seoul on 17 October:

16 October 2013

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Activities of Secretary-General in Washington, D.C., 13 October

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon visited Washington, D.C., on Sunday, 13 October, where he spoke at the annual meeting of the International Development Finance Club.

16 October 2013

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Activities of Secretary-General in Brunei Darussalam, Including Stopover in Singapore, 10-12 October

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Brunei Darussalam mid-morning on Thursday, 10 October, after flying from Budapest through Frankfurt and Singapore.

16 October 2013

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Better Food Systems, Smarter Investments Key to Erasing World Hunger, Secretary-General Says in Message for International Observance

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Food Day, observed on 16 October:

16 October 2013

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Secretary-General, Organisation for Prohibition of Chemical Weapons Chief Appoint Sigrid Kaag of Netherlands Special Coordinator, OPCW-UN Joint Mission

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Sigrid Kaag of the Netherlands as Special Coordinator of the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW)-United Nations Joint Mission to eliminate the chemical weapons programme of the Syrian Arab Republic.

15 October 2013

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Secretary-General, in Message for International Observance, Stresses Need to Invest in Rural Women as ‘Agents of Progress’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Rural Women, observed on 15 October:

15 October 2013

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Extremism, Anti-Semitism Must Not Be Tolerated, Secretary-General Stresses in Remarks to American Jewish Organization

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the fiftieth Anniversary of the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, in New York on 15 October: