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30 August 2012

SG/SM/14482

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

SG/SM/14481

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

SG/SM/14480-DC/3383-OBV/1130

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

SG/SM/14479

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:

27 August 2012

SG/SM/14478-DC/3382

Insecure Stockpiles Remain Sources for Armed Groups, Terrorists, Organized Crime, Secretary-General Tells Review Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as prepared for delivery by UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson, to the Second Review Conference on the United Nations Programme of Action on the Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons, in New York, 27 August:

22 August 2012

SG/SM/14477

Secretary-General Looks Forward to Meeting Heads of State, Government as Iran Hosts Sixteenth Non-Aligned Movement Summit, 29-31 August

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

21 August 2012

SG/SM/14476-AFR/2435

Secretary-General, Saddened by Prime Minister Meles Zenawi’s Death, Hails Late Ethiopian Leader’s Support for United Nations Peacekeeping in Africa

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

21 August 2012

SG/SM/14475

Secretary-General Announces Appointment of Nasser Al-Kidwa as Joint Arab League-United Nations Deputy Representative for Syria

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

21 August 2012

SG/SM/14474-AFR/2434

Secretary-General, Welcoming Inauguration of Somalia’s Federal Parliament, Urges New Chapter in Nation’s History after 20-Year Wait for Peace

The following statement was issued on 20 August by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

21 August 2012

SG/SM/14473

Secretary-General Condemns ‘Offensive and Inflammatory’ Statements Attributed To Iranian Leaders, Threatening Israel’s Existence

The following statement was issued on 17 August by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: