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Statements and Messages

6 March 2012

SG/SM/14143

After Great East Japan Earthquake, Japanese People Stood Up — So Did International Community, Secretary-General Says One Year Later, Commending Resilient Response

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a concert hosted by Japan to mark the one-year anniversary of the Great East Japan Earthquake, in New York, 5 March:

5 March 2012

SG/SM/14142-AFR/2350

Secretary-General Saddened by Deadly Accidental Explosion in Brazzaville

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

5 March 2012

SG/SM/14141-SC/10567-AFR/2349

To Keep Somalis ‘Committed’, Secretary-General Urges Security Council to Continue Support of Political, Security, Recovery Processes

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council’s open debate on Somalia, in New York on 5 March:

2 March 2012

SG/SM/14140-OBV/1072-WOM/1896

Female Energy, Talent, Strength Represent Humankind’s Most Valuable Untapped Resource, Secretary-General Says in Message for International Women’s Day

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

2 March 2012

SG/SM/14139-GA/11211

International Community’s Inaction May Have Encouraged Brutal Suppression in Syria; ‘We Must Act, Urgently and in Concert,’ Secretary-General Tells General Assembly

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s oral report to the General Assembly on the implementation of resolution 66/253, in New York on 2 March:

2 March 2012

SG/SM/14138-EN/268

Year after Devastating Earthquake, Secretary-General Praises Courage, Impressive Resilience of Japanese People, in Message to Fukushima Energy Seminar

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the International Energy Seminar in Fukushima, Japan, 2 March:

2 March 2012

SG/SM/14137-AFR/2348

Secretary-General Commends Senegal for Peaceful Conduct of Presidential Election’s First Round, Appeals for Same Spirit of Democratic Commitment in Second

The following statement was issued on 1 March by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

1 March 2012

SG/SM/14136

Secretary-General Concerned by Continued Political Tensions in Maldives, Says Political Crisis Following Change of Power Must Be Solved Peacefully

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

29 February 2012

SG/SM/14135

Secretary-General Welcomes Positive, Substantive Progress Achieved at Recent Beijing Talks between Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, United States

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

28 February 2012

SG/SM/14134

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Killing of Bus Passengers in Pakistan

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