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Statements and Messages

24 September 2013

SG/SM/15316-ENV/DEV/1381-SAG/458

Secretary-General, in Message for International Civil Aviation Organization, Says Body Central to Climate Change, Development Agenda

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the thirty-eighth General Assembly Meeting of the United Nations International Civil Aviation Organization, in Montreal on 24 September:

23 September 2013

SG/SM/15315-HQ/682-PI/2067

Secretary-General, Unveiling Winning Design for Permanent Memorial to Victims of Slavery, Says It Will Help Ensure Such Tragedy Never Recurs

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the ceremony for the unveiling of the winning design for the permanent memorial to the victims of slavery and the transatlantic slave trade, in New York on 23 September:

23 September 2013

SG/SM/15314

At High-level Event in Support of Civil Society, Secretary-General Says ‘They Protect Our Rights; They Deserve Their Rights’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, delivered by Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, at the High-level Event on Supporting Civil Society, in New York, 23 September:

23 September 2013

SG/SM/15313-AFR/2700

Secretary-General, in Message, Commends African Union High-level Implementation Panel for Leading Post-secession Negotiations between Sudan, South Sudan

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Haile Menkerios, Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Sudan and South Sudan, to the African Union Peace and Security Council Meeting on United Nations-African Union cooperation segment on Sudan-South Sudan relations, in New York, 23 September:

23 September 2013

SG/SM/15312-AFR/2699

Take Visionary Approach to Long-term Goals, But Keep Focus on Immediate Challenges, Secretary-General Advises African Union Security Organ

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the African Union Peace and Security Council meeting on United Nations-Africa Union cooperation, in New York on 23 September:

23 September 2013

SG/SM/15311-OBV/1258-SEA/1997

Secretary-General Hails Maritime Transport as Cost-effective Link to Support Sustainable Development, in Message for International Observance

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s message for World Maritime Day, to be observed on 26 September:

23 September 2013

SG/SM/15310-AFR/2697

Secretary-General to Leaders of Great Lakes Region at Oversight Mechanism Meeting: ‘Rise to This Moment, by Adopting, Swiftly Meeting Proposed Benchmarks’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the second meeting of the regional oversight mechanisms (11+4) of the Peace and Security Cooperation Framework for the Democratic Republic of the Congo and the Region, in New York, 23 September:

23 September 2013

SG/SM/15309-DEV/3028-WOM/1966

Investing in Maternal Health Can Save Lives, Says Secretary-General in Remarks to Forum on Millennium Development Goal 5

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-level Forum on Accelerating MDG-5, in New York on 23 September:

23 September 2013

SG/SM/15308-DEV/3027

Philanthropy, Scientific Innovation Key to Development, Secretary-General Tells Session on Partnerships at ‘MDG Success’ Event

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s welcome address at the opening session of “MDG Success: Accelerating Action and Partnering for Impact”, in New York on 23 September:

23 September 2013

SG/SM/15307-ENV/DEV/1380

Healthy Land Vital for Security, Political Stability, Says Secretary-General in Message to Convention to Combat Deserfication

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s message, as delivered by Assistant Secretary-General Luc Gnacadja, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification, to the eleventh Conference of Parties, held in Windhoek, Namibia, on 23 September: