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12 October 2012

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Congratulating European Union on ‘Richly Deserved’ Receipt of Nobel Peace Prize, Secretary-General Hails ‘Indispensible Partnership’ with United Nations

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

11 October 2012

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Secretary-General Reaffirms Strong Support for Facilitator of Conference on Establishing Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone in Middle East

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

11 October 2012

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Secretary-General, Quoting Theme of 2012 International Day for Disaster Reduction, Calls Women, Girls ‘[in]Visible Force of Resilience’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Disaster Reduction, observed on 13 October:

11 October 2012

SG/SM/14579-OBV/1150

Child Marriage Divorces Girls from Opportunity, Undermines Their Well-being, Secretary-General Tells Inaugural International Day Observance

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon remarks at the High-level Panel on Child Marriage on the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child, in New York, today, 11 October:

10 October 2012

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Secretary-General, Marking 10 Years since Bakassi Peninsula Decision, Commends Cameroon, Nigeria on Commitment to International Court of Justice Ruling

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

10 October 2012

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Outraged by the Shooting in Pakistan of Malala Yousufzai, Secretary-General Calls for Perpetrators of ‘Heinous, Cowardly Act’ to Be Swiftly Brought to Justice

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

10 October 2012

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‘It Is Time to Invest More in Rural Women, Protect Their Rights and Improve Their Status,’ Secretary-General Says in Message on International Day of Rural Women

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

10 October 2012

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Working in World’s Toughest Environments, UN Police Help Bring Stability, Inspire Trust, Secretary-General Tells Conference on International Police Peacekeeping

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the High-level Conference on International Police Peacekeeping in the Twenty-First Century: The Right Capacities for New Challenges, held in Berlin, 10-11 October:

10 October 2012

SG/SM/14574

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Terrorist Bombings in Damascus, Concerned Violence Creating Fertile Ground for Terrorism, Criminal Acts of All Kinds

The following statement was issued on 9 October by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

9 October 2012

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Death Penalty Difficult to Reconcile with Human Rights, Says Secretary-General in Video Message, Urging All States Still Clinging to It to Abolish It

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the French Foreign Ministry Meeting on the Death Penalty, in Paris, 9 October: