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Without Properly Addressing Climate Change, Sustainable Development Goals Cannot Be Fully Implemented, Secretary-General Says at African Ministerial Event

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the meeting of the African Ministerial Conference on the Environment, in Paris on 6 December:

Secretary-General, at Paris Conference, Urges Parliamentary Leadership in Every Country to Implement Global Climate Change Accord

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a meeting with parliamentarians during the twenty-first session of the Conference of the Parties to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (COP21), in Paris, on 5 December:

Marking Landmark Fish Stocks Agreement’s Twentieth Anniversary, Secretary-General Urges Redoubling of Efforts to Protect World’s Fisheries Still in Crisis

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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the twentieth anniversary of the opening for signature of the Agreement for the Implementation of the Provisions of the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Relating to the Conservation and Management of Straddling Fish Stocks and Highly Migratory Fish Stocks (United Nations Fish Stocks Agreement), today:

At Ministerial Meeting of Organization for Security and Co‑operation in Europe, Secretary-General Urges Closer Collaboration in Tackling Transborder Threats

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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Miroslav Jenča, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to the twenty-second Ministerial Council of the Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe (OSCE), in Belgrade on 3 December:

Agricultural Technology for Sustainable Development among Eight Texts Approved by Second Committee

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The General Assembly would underline the instrumental role of agricultural technology in the context of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development under the terms of a draft resolution approved by a recorded vote today by the Second Committee (Economic and Financial), which also took action by consensus on six other texts as well as a draft decision.

Secretary-General Calls New Report of Climate Finance Leadership Alliance ‘Launch Pad’ for Future Cities’ ‘True Transformation’

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the launch of the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance report on “State of City Climate Finance”, in Paris today: