Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Deputy Secretary-General Says HIV Response Can Help Achieve Millennium Goals — Empowering Women, Boosting Partnerships, Reducing Maternal, Child Mortality

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Deputy Secretary-General Says HIV Response Can Help Achieve Millennium Goals — Empowering Women, Boosting Partnerships, Reducing Maternal, Child Mortality

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha Rose-Migiro’s remarks on “AIDS plus MDGs: Delivering Results towards Shared Commitments”, in New York, 22 September:

Deputy Secretary-General Calls for Continued Momentum to Forge True Turning Point for Women, Children At Event to Launch Global Strategy for Their Health

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Deputy Secretary-General Calls for Continued Momentum to Forge True Turning Point for Women, Children At Event to Launch Global Strategy for Their Health

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha Rose-Migiro’s closing remarks to the special event to launch the Global Strategy for Women’s and Children’s Health, “Every Woman, Every Child”, in New York, yesterday, 22 September:

Secretary-General Says ‘Great Goals within Reach’ — Fighting Poverty, Preserving Climate, Eliminating Nuclear Weapons — if World Pulls Together through UN

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Secretary-General Says ‘Great Goals within Reach’ — Fighting Poverty, Preserving Climate, Eliminating Nuclear Weapons — if World Pulls Together through UN

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement introducing his report to the General Assembly “Pulling Together in Testing Times: Securing a Better Future for All”, in New York, 23 September:

World Can No Longer Wait for Perfect Global Environment before Taking Advantage of Existing Opportunities, Says Secretary-General to Test-Ban Treaty Meeting

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World Can No Longer Wait for Perfect Global Environment before Taking Advantage of Existing Opportunities, Says Secretary-General to Test-Ban Treaty Meeting

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Fifth Biennial Ministerial Meeting in Support of the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty, in New York, today, 23 September:

Security Council Summit Pledges to Continue Strengthening Activities for Maintenance of International Peace, Security

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Security Council Summit Pledges to Continue Strengthening Activities for Maintenance of International Peace, Security

In a summit meeting this afternoon, opened by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and attended by nine Heads of State and Government as well as six ministers, the Security Council pledged to continue strengthening all its activities in the maintenance of international peace and security, and to adapt them to ever-changing circumstances.

Opening General Debate, Secretary-General Says ‘Great Goals Are Within Reach’, Urges Members States to Stand United ‘Against Forces that Would Divide Us’

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Opening General Debate, Secretary-General Says ‘Great Goals Are Within Reach’, Urges Members States to Stand United ‘Against Forces that Would Divide Us’

Achieving the United Nations ambitious agenda for a more prosperous and sustainable world free of nuclear weapons was among the great challenges of our era, and the Organization had a moral duty to pull together in a principled stand against the divisive forces, be they social, economic or geopolitical, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told world leaders as he opened the General Assembly’s week-long annual general debate today.

Small Island States Need Increased Financing for ‘Dramatic Changes’ Needed to Cope with Climate Change, Reach Development Goals, Says Secretary-General

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Small Island States Need Increased Financing for ‘Dramatic Changes’ Needed to Cope with Climate Change, Reach Development Goals, Says Secretary-General

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the High-level Meeting on Small Island Developing States in New York, 24 September:

Secretary-General Calls on Delegates to End Stagnation in Disarmament Conference, Seize ‘Collective Opportunity to Build a Safer World’, at Headquarters Meeting

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Secretary-General Calls on Delegates to End Stagnation in Disarmament Conference, Seize ‘Collective Opportunity to Build a Safer World’, at Headquarters Meeting

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening statement to the High-level Meeting on Revitalizing the Work of the Conference on Disarmament and Taking Forward Multilateral Disarmament Negotiations, in New York, 24 September:
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