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4 September 2012

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Conflict in Syria Takes Brutal Turn, Engulfing Region, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly, Urging Solid, Unifying Support for New Envoy’s Mission

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on Syria to the General Assembly, in New York, 4 September:

4 September 2012

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Secretary-General, in Message, Says Democracies Not Born Overnight, but Once Painstaking Work Has Begun, There Can Be No Going Back

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

4 September 2012

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Illiteracy, Says Secretary-General in Message, Hobbles Efforts to Achieve Millennium Development Goals, Build Inclusive Knowledge Societies

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Literacy Day, observed on 8 September:

4 September 2012

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Secretary-General, in Message to Auschwitz Committee, Says Remembering Holocaust, However Painful, Essential to Overcoming Prejudice, Hatred, Human Rights Abuses

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the General Assembly of the International Auschwitz Committee, held in Oswieçim, Poland, 5-8 September:

31 August 2012

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Secretary-General Regrets Lack of Agreement on All Outstanding Issues between Iran, International Atomic Energy Agency

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

31 August 2012

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Every Country Needs to ‘Put Its Best Face Forward’ for Global Prosperity Secretary-General Says at Tehran School of International Relations

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the School of International Relations in Tehran on 30 August:

30 August 2012

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Secretary-General, Welcoming Commission of Inquiry’s Report on Maldives Power Transfer, Urges Parties to Accept Findings, Begin National Dialogue

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

30 August 2012

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Non-Aligned Movement’s Role at United Nations Will Remain Crucial as it Continues to Define Evolving Identity, Secretary-General Tells Group’s Summit

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level segment of the sixteenth Non-Aligned Movement Summit in Tehran, 30 August:

27 August 2012

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Voluntary Moratoriums Essential, but No Substitute for Total Global Ban, Says Secretary-General in Message to Mark International Day against Nuclear Tests

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day against Nuclear Tests, to be observed on 29 August:

27 August 2012

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Secretary-General, at Red Cross Reunion Opening, Criticizes Continuing Waste of Badly Needed Resources on Weapons amid Ravages of War

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the opening of the Red Cross Reunion in Washington, D.C., on 26 August: