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It Will Take Joint Government, Community, Individual Action Worldwide to Stand Up for Women, Secretary-General Says at Launch of Anti-Violence Campaign

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Moni Pizani, Regional Director for Latin America and the Caribbean of the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, at the launch of the campaign “Promotion of Equality and Eradication of Violence against Women”, in San Miguel, El Salvador, on 18 July:
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More than 1 Billion People Still Lack Protections, Secretary-General Says in Message to Conference of States Parties to Disability Convention

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Daniela Bas, Director of the Division for Social Policy and Development in the Department of Economic and Social Affairs, to the sixth session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, on 17 July:
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Failure of Momentum Can Halt or Reverse Progress, Secretary-General Warns in Message to Health Summit, Urging Renewed Leadership, More Funding

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Babatunde Osotimehin, Under-Secretary-General and Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), to the Abuja+12 Special Follow-up Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria and Other Related Infectious Diseases, in Abuja on 15 July: