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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a charity reception in support of the Trust Fund for Victims of Human Trafficking, in Vienna today:
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SG/SM/16273-HR/5221
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to a ceremony marking the awarding of the Liberty Medal to Malala Yousafzai in Philadelphia today:
SG/SM/16272-AFR/2996-HR/5220
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
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The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today:
HR/5217
On the margins of the United Nations General Assembly, six Members States confirmed their contributions to the Permanent Memorial to Honour the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade.
HR/5207-OBV/1361
This year’s International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples (9 August) will highlight the importance of implementing the rights of indigenous peoples and marks the twentieth year of the global celebration.
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The fifteenth Meeting of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of the Child today elected nine Committee members for a four-year term while appointing Marjon V. Kamara (Liberia) as the Chairperson.
HR/5199
The thirty-fourth Meeting of States Parties to the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights re-elected three members to the Human Rights Committee today, while choosing five new ones and filling one vacancy on the monitoring body.
HR/5194
The Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities concluded its work today, took three decisions and laid the groundwork for its next session.
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As the world discussed the post-2015 landscape, it was vital that inclusive sustainable development built a better future for all people, especially for those living with disabilities, said Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo, as the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities opened its seventh session today.