In progress at UNHQ

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly’s informal interactive thematic debate on migration and development, 19 May, in New York:

18 May 2011

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Secretary-General, in Message, Urges All to Re-commit to Management, Conservation, Sustainable Development of All Types of Forests for ‘Our Collective Future’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Biodiversity, observed 22 May:

18 May 2011

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‘A World of Peace and Solidarity Can Only Be Accomplished by Acknowledging and Celebrating Our Diversity,’ Says Secretary-General in Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development, observed 21 May:

18 May 2011

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Challenges Loom Large in Democratic Republic of Congo, Says Secretary-General, Pledging Continued Commitment to One of United Nations Most Complex Missions

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, partly delivered in French, to the Security Council on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, in New York on 18 May:

16 May 2011

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World Meteorological Organization, Its Network of Services in 189 Countries Critical to Meeting Climate Challenge, Says Secretary-General in Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Michel Jarraud, Secretary-General of the World Meteorological Organization, to the Sixteenth Meteorological Congress, in Geneva, 16 May: