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Secretary-General, in Message for International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Says Production Can Never Be Tackled Fully without Reducing Demand

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Secretary-General, in Message for International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Says Production Can Never Be Tackled Fully without Reducing Demand

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, to be observed on 26 June:

General Assembly Adopts Text Inviting Member States to Make Most of Mediation in Peacefully Settling Disputes, Preventing or Resolving Conflict

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General Assembly Adopts Text Inviting Member States to Make Most of Mediation in Peacefully Settling Disputes, Preventing or Resolving Conflict

Amid calls for more unified development and conflict-prevention efforts, the General Assembly today adopted two resolutions focusing, respectively, on support for the African Union’s flagship development programme, and on the “untapped potential” of mediation in the peaceful settlement of disputes.

Secretary-General Tells General Assembly President-elect ‘You Have Already Made a Significant Contribution; You Will Do Even More as Leader of Most Universal Body’

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Secretary-General Tells General Assembly President-elect ‘You Have Already Made a Significant Contribution; You Will Do Even More as Leader of Most Universal Body’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the election of the President of the sixty-sixth session of the General Assembly, today, 22 June, in New York:

Under-Secretary-General, Concerned about Stalled Political Process, Encourages ‘Positive’ Israeli, Palestinian Responses to United States Leader’s Speech

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Under-Secretary-General, Concerned about Stalled Political Process, Encourages ‘Positive’ Israeli, Palestinian Responses to United States Leader’s Speech

Worried about the dangerous standstill in the Israeli-Palestinian political process, the top United Nations political official today encouraged the leaders of both sides to “respond positively” to last month’s speech by United States President Barack Obama in order to move the peace talks forward.
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