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Environmental issues and sustainable development

21 September 2016

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Paris Climate Agreement Moves Closer to Entry into Force in 2016 as 60 Countries Accounting for 48 Per Cent of Emissions Have Joined

The Paris Agreement on climate change moved closer towards entering into force in 2016 as 31 more countries joined the agreement today at a special event hosted by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

20 September 2016

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Partnerships among All Stakeholders Key to Achieving Sustainable Development, Secretary-General Says at Global Goals Event

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by David Nabarro, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to the Global Goals Dinner 2016, in New York today:

20 September 2016

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Implementation Well Under Way, But Everyone Must Be Informed, Engaged, Secretary-General Says on First Anniversary of Sustainable Development Goals Adoption

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the event to mark the first anniversary of the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, in New York today:

20 September 2016

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Well-Being of Women, Children, Adolescents Must Be Ensured to Achieve Sustainable Development, Says Secretary-General in Video Message for 2030 Agenda Initiative

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for “Together for the 2030 Agenda: Partnering for Women, Children and Adolescents to Thrive and Transform the World”, in New York today:

19 September 2016

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At China’s Symposium on Implementing 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, Secretary-General Says Task Is to Match Ambition with Commitment, Action

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-Level Symposium on the Implementation of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development: “A Universal Push to Transform Our World — China’s Perspective”, in New York today:

19 September 2016

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In Message to 2016 Inaugural Class, Secretary-General Says Young People Are Torch-Bearers, New Leaders for Sustainable Development Goals

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Ahmad Alhendawi, United Nations Envoy on Youth, to the launch of the 2016 class of the United Nations Young Leaders for the Sustainable Development Goals, in New York today:

19 September 2016

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Secretary-General Calls on Private Sector Forum to Combat Xenophobia, Enable Equal Employment Opportunities for Refugees, Migrants

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the United Nations Private Sector Forum 2016, “Business and the 2030 Agenda: Securing the Way Forward”, in New York today:

19 September 2016

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In Video Message for Climate Change Week NYC, Secretary-General Urges ‘the Promise’ of Paris Agreement to Be Realized, Entered into Force

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for Climate Week NYC, in New York today:

15 September 2016

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Reducing Use of Hydrofluorocarbons Central to Fight against Global Warming, Secretary-General Says in Message for International Ozone Day

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed on 16 September:

7 September 2016

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Secretary-General Commends ‘Creativity and Commitment’ of Lao People’s Democratic Republic in Setting Sustainable Development Goal to Remove Unexploded Ordnance

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the launch of Sustainable Development Goal 18 for the Lao People’s Democratic Republic, in Vientiane, today: