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14 August 2013

SG/SM/15216

Secretary-General Welcomes Syria’s Acceptance of Modalities for Probe into Chemical Weapons Use

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

14 August 2013

SG/SM/15215

Secretary-General, in Sixtieth Anniversary Message, Says United Nations Association in Thailand Helps Raise ‘Generation of Global Citizens’

Following is UN Secretary-General’s message for the sixtieth anniversary of the United Nations Association of Thailand (UNAT), in Bangkok, 16 August:

14 August 2013

SG/SM/15214

Secretary-General Welcomes Agreement to Reopen Kaesong Industrial Complex

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

14 August 2013

SG/SM/15213-AFR/2677

Secretary-General Recognizes ‘Political Clocks Do Not Run Backwards’, But Rejects Violence, Incitement from Any Side to Challenges Facing Egypt

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

13 August 2013

SG/SM/15212-AFR/2676

Strongly Condemning Recent Deadly Attacks in Nigeria, Secretary-General Calls on Extremists to Cease Violence, Resolve Differences through Dialogue

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

13 August 2013

SG/SM/15211

Secretary-General to Islamabad College for Girls: ‘Go Out, Study, Engage, Learn as Much as You Can about Our World’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Islamabad College for Girls, on 13 August:

13 August 2013

SG/SM/15210

Secretary-General, at New Global Peace and Security Centre in Islamabad, Says ‘By Building Peace in One Corner of the World, We Nurture It in Another’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the Centre for International Peace and Stability of the National University of Science and Technology, in Islamabad, Pakistan, 13 August:

9 August 2013

SG/SM/15209

Secretary-General, in Statement, Urges Egyptians to Reconsider Potentially Violent Actions, Adjust Political Strategies to Evolving Circumstances

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

9 August 2013

SG/SM/15208-HR/5157-OBV/1247

Secretary-General, in Message for International Day, Urges Member States to Address Marginalization, Exclusion of Indigenous Peoples

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks for the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, in New York on 9 August:

9 August 2013

SG/SM/15207-DC/3445

Must Eliminate All Nuclear Weapons in Order to Eliminate Their Grave Risk, Secretary-General Says in Message to Memorial Ceremony in Nagasaki

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Peace Memorial Ceremony in Nagasaki, 9 August: