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Statements and Messages

27 January 2011

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On Holocaust Remembrance Day, Secretary-General Issues Call to Honour Women Who Consistently Found Ways to Fight Back against Persecutors

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

26 January 2011

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Secretary-General Welcomes Ratification by Russian Duma of New Treaty on Reduction and Limitation of Strategic Offensive Arms

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

26 January 2011

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Welcoming Inauguration of Afghan Parliament, Secretary-General Supports President’s Unity Call, Commends Participants in Electoral Process

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

26 January 2011

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Secretary-General Warns Conference on Disarmament that Decade-Long Deadlock Puts Its Credibility at Risk

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva today, 26 January:

25 January 2011

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Secretary-General Urges Human Rights Council to Avoid Narrow Considerations, Selectivity; Supports Independence while Condemning ‘Inflammatory Rhetoric’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Human Rights Council in Geneva today, 25 January:

25 January 2011

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Secretary-General Welcomes Surrender of FDLR Executive Secretary Callixte Mbarushimana to International Criminal Court

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

25 January 2011

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Secretary-General, at Humanitarian Funding Event, Says Proactive Sharing of Budget Information Would Help in Predicting Resource Needs for Life-Saving Work

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Humanitarian Funding Conference in Geneva today, 25 January:

24 January 2011

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Secretary-General Condemns Deadly Bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport

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

24 January 2011

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With Volunteering Natural Expression of Human Solidarity, Secretary-General, in Video Message, Urges Governments to Strengthen Frameworks in Its Support

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the twenty-first World Conference of the International Association for Volunteer Effort, in Singapore, today, 24 January:

24 January 2011

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‘There are Two Hearts in the World: One is Auschwitz, the Other the United Nations,’ Secretary-General Recalls at Holocaust Commemoration

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Park East Synagogue International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, in New York, on 22 January: