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20 January 2012

SG/SM/14073-AFR/2322

Secretary-General Deeply Concerned by Continuing Tensions along Border between Sudan, South Sudan; Urges Parties to Use Current Negotiations to Defuse Crisis

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

20 January 2012

SG/SM/14072

Secretary-General Says Decision by Cambodia Not to Appoint Current Reserve Judge to Position on Extraordinary Chambers ‘Matter of Serious Concern’

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

20 January 2012

SG/SM/14071

Secretary-General Will Host Joint Meeting 23-24 January with Leaders of Greek Cypriot, Turkish Cypriot Communities

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

20 January 2012

SG/SM/14070-OBV/1069

Children Uniquely Vulnerable to Worst of Humankind, Says Secretary-General, Urging Protection in Message for International Day to Commemorate Holocaust Victims

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, to be observed on 27 January:

19 January 2012

SG/SM/14069-SC/10525

Reject Endorsement of Amnesty for Serious Crimes, Gross Human Rights Violations, Secretary-General Urges Security Council in Meeting on Rule of Law

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council meeting on the rule of law and transitional justice in conflict and post-conflict settings, in New York on 19 January:

18 January 2012

SG/SM/14068

‘Responsibility to Protect’ Came of Age in 2011, Secretary-General Tells Conference, Stressing Need to Prevent Conflict before It Breaks Out

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the Stanley Foundation Conference on the Responsibility to Protect (R2P), in New York on 18 January:

18 January 2012

SG/SM/14067

Secretary-General, in Message to Event Marking ‘Declaration by United Nations’, Hails Effort to Delve More Deeply into Organization’s Wartime Origins

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the seminar marking the seventieth anniversary of the “Declaration by United Nations” organized by the University of London School of Oriental and African Studies, delivered by Margaret Anstee, former United Nations Under-Secretary-General and Special Representative of the Secretary-General in Angola, in London on 18 January:

16 January 2012

SG/SM/14066-EN/266

For Those Who Doubt Sustainable Energy in Reach, Secretary-General Tells World Future Energy Summit to Look No Further than Spread of Mobile Phone Technology

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the World Future Energy Summit opening, in Abu Dhabi, 16 January:

16 January 2012

SG/SM/14065-CA/51

Twenty Years after Peace Agreements, El Salvador’s Democratic Transition Remains Inspiration for People Suffering from Violent Conflict around World

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the peace agreements in El Salvador, delivered today by Anders Kompass, Director, Field Operations and Technical Cooperation Division, Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights, in San Salvador:

16 January 2012

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As Central Africa Enters Era of Consolidating Peace, New Threats — Piracy, Drug Trafficking — Need Regional Response, Says Secretary-General, in Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the fifteenth ordinary session of the Conference of Heads of State and Governments of the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), read by Abou Moussa, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Central Africa and Head of the United Nations Regional Office for Central Africa, in N’Djamena, 15 January: