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Deputy Secretary-General, on World Malaria Day, Says Increased Funds, Stronger Partnerships Essential to Protect Billions Still at Risk of Infection

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the lunch discussion to mark World Malaria Day 2015, in New York today:

Secretary-General, in Meeting on Financing for Development, Urges Stronger Partnerships for Success of Post-2015 Agenda

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at the Special High-Level Meeting of the Economic and Social Council with the World Bank, International Monetary Fund (IMF), World Trade Organization (WTO) and the United Nations Conference on Trade And Development (UNCTAD), in New York today:

Commission on Population and Development Unable to Agree upon Proposed Resolution, Reproductive Rights among Points of Contention

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Closing its forty-eighth session this evening, the Commission on Population and Development failed to adopt a draft resolution that had been prepared by its Chair after several days and nights of intense negotiations.