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21 September 2016

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Stressing Odds Stacked against Poor, Disenfranchised, Secretary-General Calls for Halt to Executions, Universal Ban on Death Penalty

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the panel on “the death penalty and victims”, in New York today:

21 September 2016

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Abuses Will Only End When States Move to Protect People, Secretary-General Tells High-Level Side Event of LGBT Core Group

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the high-level side event of the LGBT Core Group “#path2equality: Global Leaders Discuss Progress towards LGBT Equality”, in New York today:

20 September 2016

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HeForShe Movement Shaping Attitudes, Policies Favouring Women’s, Girls’ Rights, Secretary-General Says at Event Marking Second Anniversary

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message at the event marking the second anniversary of the HeForShe campaign, in New York today:

16 September 2016

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Secretary-General, at Appointment Ceremony, Says New Goodwill Ambassador of Trafficking ‘Much-Needed Voice’ for Yazidi People

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the appointment ceremony of Nadia Murad Basee Taha as United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) Goodwill Ambassador for the Dignity of Survivors of Human Trafficking, in New York today:

3 August 2016

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Secretary-General Urges States to Ensure Safety, Equality for LGBT Community, Calling Prejudice ‘All Too Prevalent’

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the World LGBT [lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender] Conference for Criminal Justice Professionals, held in Amsterdam from 3 to 5 August:

28 July 2016

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Halt Impending Executions, Secretary-General Appeals to Government of Indonesia

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

13 July 2016

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Equality for LGBT, Intersex People Will Benefit Everyone, Secretary-General Tells Global Conference, Stressing Need to Curb Bullying Violence, Tackle Bias

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Global LGBTI [lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex] Conference, held in Montevideo from 13 to 15 July:

12 July 2016

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Amid Eroding Respect for International Law, Human Rights Remain Most Powerful Driver of Peace, Development, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level General Assembly thematic debate, “UN@70: Human rights at the centre of the global agenda”, in New York today:

10 July 2016

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Underlining Mutual Goal of Inclusive Societies, Secretary-General Commemorates Anniversary Parade in New York for Americans with Disabilities Act

The following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the twenty-sixth anniversary of the Americans with Disabilities Act, in New York, today:

7 July 2016

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Secretary-General Hails Advances in Disability Rights, Telling Meeting on Tenth Anniversary of Landmark Convention ‘We Must Go Further Still’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the tenth-anniversary meeting of the adoption of the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in Beijing today: