At Discussion on Refugee Crises, Deputy Secretary-General Says Global Financing Facility Can Bridge Gap between Humanitarian, Development Assistance

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General’s Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the high-level panel discussion on leveraging innovative finance to address the refugee crises in middle-income countries, in New York today:

Healthy Oceans Critical for Reducing Poverty, Supporting Sustainable Development, Secretary-General Tells Leaders of Small Island Developing States

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, delivered by Gyan Chandra Acharya, Under-Secretary-General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (SIDS), to the leaders’ luncheon on ocean partnerships for sustainable development, in New York today: