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Secretary-General Says Social Attitudes Run Deep, Take Time to Change, but Cultural Considerations Should Not Impede Basic Human Rights

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Secretary-General Says Social Attitudes Run Deep, Take Time to Change, but Cultural Considerations Should Not Impede Basic Human Rights

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Navi Pillay, High Commissioner for Human Rights, to an event on ending violence and criminal sanctions based on sexual orientation and gender identity, in Geneva, today, 17 September:

Flood-Ravaged Pakistan Facing Many Humanitarian Crises at Once, Secretary-General Says at Launch of United Nations $2 Billion Revised Appeal for Disaster Relief

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Flood-Ravaged Pakistan Facing Many Humanitarian Crises at Once, Secretary-General Says at Launch of United Nations $2 Billion Revised Appeal for Disaster Relief

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the revised humanitarian funding plan for Pakistan floods, in New York today, 17 September:

Second Committee Adopts Work Programme Covering Poverty Eradication, Development, Climate Change, among Other Key Issues to Be Considered During New Session

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Second Committee Adopts Work Programme Covering Poverty Eradication, Development, Climate Change, among Other Key Issues to Be Considered During New Session

Poverty eradication and other development issues, climate change and the international financial and trade systems were among key topics approved for consideration by the General Assembly’s Second Committee this afternoon as it adopted its organization of work for the sixty-fifth session.
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