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Dedicating Plaque to New Mission in Democratic Republic of the Congo, Secretary-General Hails Peacekeepers’ Commitment to Troubled Region

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Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the inauguration of the United Nations Stabilization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo plaque, in Kinshasa today, 30 June:

Economic and Social Council’s Development Cooperation Forum Concludes amid Calls for ‘Road Map’ to Meet Millennium Development Goals Target Year

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The Economic and Social Council today closed its second Development Cooperation Forum amid calls for a “desperately needed” road map to reach the Millennium Development Goals by 2015, and an understanding of areas where attaining the targets would have a multiplier effect, whether by investing in women and girls or supporting capacity for domestic resource allocation.

Secretary-General, In Message, Urges Parties to Seize Opportunity Presented by Israeli-Palestinian Proximity Talks, Refrain from Provocations

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Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Bader Al-Dafa, Under-Secretary-General, Executive Secretary of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), to the United Nations African Meeting on the Question of Palestine, in Rabat, Morocco, 1 July:

United Nations African Meeting on Question of Palestine Opens in Rabat, Morocco, Highlights Resolution of Status of Jerusalem as Core, Priority Issue

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As the United Nations African Meeting on the Question of Palestine opened today in Rabat, Morocco, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and other participants stressed that resolving the status of Jerusalem was priority for peace in the Middle East, and that unilateral Israeli activity to change the facts on the ground there must cease.