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At International Commission Report Launch, Secretary-General Calls Education ‘the Most Powerful Investment We Can Make’ in Sustainable Development Goals

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the launch of the report by the International Commission on Financing Global Education Opportunity, in New York today:

Commending Broadband Commission’s Work Bridging Digital Divide, Secretary-General Calls for Data Revolution to Achieve Sustainable Development Goals

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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by David Nabarro, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, to the Broadband Commission for Sustainable Development, in New York today:

In Video Message to Summit, Secretary-General Thanks Non-Aligned Movement for Continued Commitment to Global Peace, Sustainable Development

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Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the seventeeth Summit of Heads of State and Government of the Non-Aligned Movement, in Margarita Island, Venezuela, today:

General Assembly Adopts Declaration for Refugees and Migrants, as United Nations, International Organization for Migration Sign Key Agreement

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The General Assembly adopted the New York Declaration for Refugees and Migrants today, thereby mapping a route towards a collective, rights-based response to record displacement numbers around the world.

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

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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: