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Under-Secretary-General Stresses Need to Build Better Future for All as States Parties to Disabilities Convention Open Session

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Under-Secretary-General Stresses Need to Build Better Future for All as States Parties to Disabilities Convention Open Session

As the world discussed the post-2015 landscape, it was vital that inclusive sustainable development built a better future for all people, especially for those living with disabilities, said Under-Secretary-General Wu Hongbo, as the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities opened its seventh session today.

Let Us Provide Best Conditions for Those with Autism to Realize Their Goals, Secretary-General Says at States Parties Event

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Let Us Provide Best Conditions for Those with Autism to Realize Their Goals, Secretary-General Says at States Parties Event

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the “Speaking Colours” exhibition, co-sponsored by Israel and Argentina on the occasion of the seventh session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities and in recognition of World Autism Awareness Day, in New York today:

Secretary-General, in Message to Association Conference, Applauds Efforts by University Presidents to Create ‘Future of Higher Education’

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Secretary-General, in Message to Association Conference, Applauds Efforts by University Presidents to Create ‘Future of Higher Education’

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the seventeenth triennial conference of the International Association of University Presidents, taking place in Yokohama, from 11 to 14 June:
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