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Environmental issues and sustainable development

16 September 2015

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At ‘Sustainable Energy for All’ Briefing, Deputy Secretary-General Urges Member States to Consider Further Measures to Bolster Global Efforts

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a briefing to Member States on Sustainable Energy for All, in New York today:

15 September 2015

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Secretary-General, at ‘Water for Life’ Exhibit in India, Lauds Prime Minister’s Drive to Break Taboos, Set Sanitation as ‘National Priority’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the launch of the exhibition: “Water for Life” at the Nehru Science Centre, in Mumbai, India, today:

14 September 2015

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Achieving Affordable, Sustainable Energy for All Essential to Meeting Development Goals, Secretary-General Says at Award Ceremony

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the award ceremony for the UN Energy Grant, in New York today:

11 September 2015

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Secretary-General, Marking International Day for Ozone Layer Preservation, Urges World to Commit Same Effort to Overcome Climate Change Challenges

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 2015

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In Message for World Congress, Secretary-General Says Upholding Health of Forests among Greatest Challenges Facing Present, Future Generations

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the World Forestry Congress, in Durban, South Africa, today:

1 September 2015

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Secretary-General, at Meeting with Parliamentarians on Sendai Framework, Applauds Their Role in Paving Way for Sustainable, Inclusive Development

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Thomas Gass, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, to the breakfast meeting with parliamentarians on the implementation of the Sendai Framework for Disaster Risk Reduction, in New York today:

1 September 2015

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Secretary-General, Addressing General Assembly, Applauds ‘Agenda 2030’ as Mark of Global Commitment at Dawn of New Era for Sustainable Development

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly plenary meeting to adopt a draft resolution to transmit the Agenda 2030 outcome document, in New York today:

26 August 2015

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Secretary-General, at French Diplomatic Meeting, Welcomes Support of 'Climate Ambassadors' in Achieving Global Pact

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a climate change event for French ambassadors, entitled Semaine des ambassadeurs: Vers l’alliance de Paris pour le climat, in Paris today:

24 August 2015

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Sustainable Development Goals Provide Platform for Aligning Private Action, Public Policies, Secretary-General Tells Nigeria Business Event

Following are UN Secretary-General’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the event “The Role of Nigerian Business and Philanthropy in Implementing the Sustainable Development Goals and Addressing Climate Change”, in Abuja today:

14 August 2015

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Major Assessment Finds World ‘Running Out of Time’ to Sustainably Manage Oceans

Delays in implementing solutions to the problems that have already been identified as threatening to degrade the world’s oceans will lead, unnecessarily, to incurring greater environmental, social and economic costs, according to a summary released this week of the most comprehensive scientific and socioeconomic assessment ever undertaken on the world’s oceans.