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Deeming Queen Elizabeth II ‘Anchor for Our Age’, Secretary-General Pledges to Heed Her Call to Devote Full Strength to Charter Ideals, Realize Better World for All

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Deeming Queen Elizabeth II ‘Anchor for Our Age’, Secretary-General Pledges to Heed Her Call to Devote Full Strength to Charter Ideals, Realize Better World for All

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly on the occasion of the visit of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II, in New York today, 6 July:

Queen Elizabeth II, Addressing United Nations for First Time in 53 Years, Calls on Organization to Tackle New, Emerging Challenges

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Queen Elizabeth II, Addressing United Nations for First Time in 53 Years, Calls on Organization to Tackle New, Emerging Challenges

In her first address to the United Nations in 53 years, Queen Elizabeth II lauded the Organization today for its work over the past six decades in fostering peace, reducing poverty and providing emergency aid to millions of people, while calling for leadership in tackling new and emerging challenges.

Secretary-General Says Experience, Knowledge, Support of Organization of Islamic Conference Crucial to UN Success Across Spectrum of Threats, Opportunities

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Secretary-General Says Experience, Knowledge, Support of Organization of Islamic Conference Crucial to UN Success Across Spectrum of Threats, Opportunities

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the United Nations-Organization of the Islamic Conference General Cooperation Meeting, delivered by B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Istanbul, 29 June:

Economic and Social Council Assesses Progress in Global Public Health, Hears ‘We Should Do More, and Better’, Especially in Maternal, Newborn Health

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Economic and Social Council Assesses Progress in Global Public Health, Hears ‘We Should Do More, and Better’, Especially in Maternal, Newborn Health

Improving global health required a life-cycle approach, providing essential health services in an integrated package that included maternal, newborn and child health, sexual and reproductive health, and adequate budgeting for HIV/AIDS and malaria, United Nations experts stressed today as the Economic and Social Council opened its coordination segment under the theme of “implementing the internationally agreed development goals and commitments in regard to global public health”.

Ten Years after Warsaw Declaration, Members of Community of Democracies Putting into Practice Principles Underpinning All Democracies, Says Secretary-General

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Ten Years after Warsaw Declaration, Members of Community of Democracies Putting into Practice Principles Underpinning All Democracies, Says Secretary-General

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the high-level meeting on the tenth anniversary of the Community of Democracies, in Krakow, Poland, 2–4 July, delivered by Roland Rich, Executive Head of the United Nations Democracy Fund:
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