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Implementing Responsibility to Protect ‘Demands Political Will, National Commitment’, Secretary-General Tells Ministerial Round Table

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Implementing Responsibility to Protect ‘Demands Political Will, National Commitment’, Secretary-General Tells Ministerial Round Table

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Adama Dieng, Special Adviser on Prevention of Genocide, to the ministerial round table on the responsibility to protect, in New York today:

World Must Never Meet Suffering with Indifference, Deputy Secretary-General Tells High-Level Panel on Principle of Humanity, Stresses Change Is ‘Sorely’ Needed

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World Must Never Meet Suffering with Indifference, Deputy Secretary-General Tells High-Level Panel on Principle of Humanity, Stresses Change Is ‘Sorely’ Needed

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s introductory remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the high-level panel debate “Uniting around the Principle of Humanity”, in New York today:

Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen are ‘Our Common Concern’, Secretary-General Tells Security Council, Urges Collective Efforts to Fight Terrorism

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Iraq, Libya, Syria and Yemen are ‘Our Common Concern’, Secretary-General Tells Security Council, Urges Collective Efforts to Fight Terrorism

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council ministerial meeting on “Maintenance of international peace and security:  Settlement of conflicts in the Middle East and North Africa and countering the terrorist threat in the region”, in New York today:

Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Name of One Individual to Its Sanctions List

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Security Council Al-Qaida Sanctions Committee Adds Name of One Individual to Its Sanctions List

On 30 September 2015, the Security Council Committee pursuant to resolutions 1267 (1999) and 1989 (2011) approved the addition of the entry specified below to its Al-Qaida Sanctions List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 2161 (2014) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations:

Remembering Victims of Hiroshima, Nagasaki Bombings, Secretary-General, in General Assembly, Calls on World’s Peoples to Demand Action on Nuclear Disarmament

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Remembering Victims of Hiroshima, Nagasaki Bombings, Secretary-General, in General Assembly, Calls on World’s Peoples to Demand Action on Nuclear Disarmament

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly meeting on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, in New York today:

Addressing Small Island Developing States DOCK Ceremony, Secretary-General Calls Mechanism Landmark in Promoting Sustainable Energy for All

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Addressing Small Island Developing States DOCK Ceremony, Secretary-General Calls Mechanism Landmark in Promoting Sustainable Energy for All

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Under-Secretary-General Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet, to the ceremony marking the formal establishment of SIDS DOCK, in New York today:

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