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Secretary-General, at Technology Summit, Seeks Scientific Community’s Guidance, Climate-friendly Solutions in Pursuit of Sustainable Development Goals

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Summit on Science and Technology Enablement for the Sustainable Development Goals, in New York today:

Speakers Air Concerns over Benefit Payment Backlog, Decreased Investment Returns as Fifth Committee Considers Budget of United Nations Pension Fund

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Delegates in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) today voiced their concerns over the benefit payment delays endured by retirees and participants in the Organization’s $53.8 billion United Nations Joint Staff Pension Fund.

Secretary-General Appoints Olufemi Elias of Nigeria Registrar of International  Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Olufemi Elias of Nigeria as Registrar of the International Residual Mechanism for Criminal Tribunals, with effect from 1 January 2017. 

Secretary-General, Commending Mine-Ban Convention’s ‘Extraordinary Results’, Urges States Parties to Accelerate Collective Efforts towards Mine-Free World

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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Antonio Prado, Deputy Executive Secretary of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean, to the Convention on the Prohibition of the Use, Stockpiling, Production and Transfer of Anti-Personnel Mines and on Their Destruction, in Santiago today: