Secretary-General, in Message to Inter-Parliamentary Union Hearing on Illicit Drugs, Stresses Central Importance of People’s Health, Well-Being

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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Yuri Fedotov, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to the Inter-Parliamentary Union hearing in New York today:

Secretary-General Appoints Jane Holl Lute of United States as Special Coordinator on Improving United Nations Response to Sexual Exploitation and Abuse

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Jane Holl Lute of the United States as Special Coordinator on improving the United Nations response to sexual exploitation and abuse.

Achieving Zero Hunger Depends upon Delivery on All Sustainable Development Goals, Secretary-General Says in Message to World Food Programme Executive Board

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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by David Nabarro, Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Food and Nutrition Security, to the World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Board in Rome today: