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Following is the text of UN Secretary—General Ban Ki—moon’s video message to the Global Efficient Lighting Forum, in Beijing on 10 November:
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Environmental issues and sustainable development
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Following is the text of UN Secretary‑General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message for the World Conference on Education for Sustainable Development, held in Nagoya, Japan, 10-12 November:
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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the first Ministerial and Experts Conference on Sustainable Transport in Africa, in Nairobi today:
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Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s video message to the International Conference on the Implementation of Regional Projects in the Aral Sea Basin, held 28-29 October in Urgench, Uzbekistan:
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The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon:
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Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity, held in Pyeongchang, Republic of Korea, today:
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A record number of Heads of State and Government, together with leaders from business and civil society, today shared plans to avert catastrophic climate change as United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon looked to push forward concrete commitments ahead of the 2015 deadline for a binding global agreement on the issue.
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Member States have begun a series of meetings at United Nations Headquarters to discuss the need for an international instrument that would regulate the conservation and sustainable use of marine biodiversity beyond national jurisdictions.
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Countries must step up their efforts and resources devoted to forests, senior United Nations officials said today, stressing that those ecosystems provide countless economic and social benefits, as well as being essential to combating climate change.
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With the goal of injecting new energy into the global effort to implement sustainable development, world leaders will gather at the United Nations today for the inaugural session of the High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development.