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Statements and Messages

14 December 2010

SG/SM/13319-SAG/435

‘The House of UNESCO Is a Place, but It Is Also an Idea’ at Heart of Quest for Better World, Says Secretary-General in Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the sixty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in Paris, 14 December:

14 December 2010

SG/SM/13318-IHA/1291

Central Emergency Response Fund Fast, Effective, ‘Most Importantly, It Saves Lives’, Says Secretary-General, at Headquarters Replenishment Conference

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the replenishment conference for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), in New York, 14 December:

14 December 2010

SG/SM/13317-GA/COL/3214

Secretary General, at Meeting Marking Decolonization Declaration’s 50th Anniversary, Says ‘Decolonization Re-made the World – in Our Minds and on the Ground’

Following are UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon’s remarks on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, in New York, 14 December:

13 December 2010

SG/SM/13316

Fifteen Years of Turkmenistan’s Permanent Neutrality Brought Steady Realization of Nation’s Aspiration to Become Force for Progress, Says Secretary-General

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to the International Conference on the Fifteenth Anniversary of Turkmenistan’s Permanent Neutrality, in Ashgabat, 11 December:

13 December 2010

SG/SM/13315-DEV/2854-OBV/954

South-South Cooperation Is Vital Component of World’s Response to Plight of World’s Poorest, Most Vulnerable, Says Secretary-General in Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation, observed on 19 December:

13 December 2010

SG/SM/13314-OBV/953

Secretary-General, in Message for International Human Solidarity Day, Says Disparities Persist despite Progress towards Realizing Millennium Goals

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Human Solidarity Day, to be observed on 20 December:

13 December 2010

SG/SM/13313-HR/5044

Continue Shining Spotlight on Human Trafficking, Secretary-General Urges Luxor International Forum, Saying Victims Often Lost in Shadows

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the Luxor Forum against Human Trafficking at Luxor, Egypt, on 11 December:

13 December 2010

SG/SM/13312-ENV/DEV/1175

As Conference Ends, Secretary-General Stresses Need to Use Important Tools Delivered by Cancun Outcomes in Strengthening Efforts on Climate Change

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the outcome of the climate change negotiations in Cancun, Mexico:

10 December 2010

SG/SM/13311-HR/5043

Confront Prejudice, Speak Out against Violence, Secretary-General Says at Event on Ending Sanctions Based on Sexual Orientation, Gender Identity

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the event on “Ending Violence and Criminal Sanctions Based on Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity” in New York today, 10 December:

10 December 2010

SG/SM/13310-OBV/952

Secretary-General, in Remarks for Year, Praises Vast Contributions Made by People of African Descent to Advancement, Development ‘of All Our Societies’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the International Year for People of African Descent, launched at United Nations Headquarters on 10 December: