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‘Use Your Influence to Make Early Childhood Development a Public Priority,’ Secretary-General Says at Event on Investing in Young Children

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the event on “investing in early childhood development as the foundation for sustainable development”, today, in New York:

Secretary-General, at Launch of Climate Week NYC, Applauds City’s Commitments as Action Needed to ‘Chart a Course’ for Safer, Healthier Future Worldwide

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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Janos Pasztor, Assistant Secretary-General for Climate Change, to the media launch of Climate Week NYC, in New York on 21 September:

United Nations Light Show Projections on Sustainable Development Goals

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Ahead of the United Nations Sustainable Development Summit from 25-27 September, and to mark the seventieth anniversary of the United Nations, a 10-minute film introducing the sustainable development goals will be projected onto United Nations Headquarters, north façade of the Secretariat building, and west façade of the General Assembly building.  The projection brings to life each of the 17 goals to raise awareness about the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development.

Special Representative for Children and Armed Conflict Briefs on Plight of Children in Yemen

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On 18 September, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 2140 (2014) and the Security Council Working Group on Children and Armed Conflict held joint consultations for a briefing by Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict Leila Zerrougui on the situation of children and armed conflict in Yemen.

Deputy Secretary-General Says Namibia Exhibit Highlights Need for ‘Women at the Table’ to Promote Conflict Resolution

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Following are Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, on the occasion of "Women Lead the Way as Agents of Peace and Security", to commemorate the 15-year anniversary of Security Council resolution 1325 (2000) and 20-year anniversary of the Beijing Platform for Action, in New York today: