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As States Parties Meeting Begins, Secretary-General Hopes Cluster Munitions Stockpile Destructions Will Be Achieved to Reduce Numbers of New Victims

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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Mary Soliman, Acting Director, Geneva Branch, Office for Disarmament Affairs, to the Sixth Meeting of the States Parties to the Convention on Cluster Munitions, in Geneva today:

Balanced, Inclusive, Sustainable Economic Growth Must Collectively Drive Development for All, Secretary-General Tells Leaders at G-20 Summit

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit session on inclusive and interconnected development, in Hangzhou, China, today:

Secretary-General, at Paris Agreement Ceremony, Urges World Leaders to Follow China, United States in Joining Historic Climate Change Instrument

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a ceremony for the deposit of instruments by China and the United States to join the Paris Agreement on climate change, in Hangzhou, China, today: