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Secretary-General Says Japan among Best-Prepared to Deal with Natural Disasters, But Fukushima Accident Highlights Need to Boost Capacity for Emergency Response

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a breakfast hosted by Chiaki Takahashi, State Secretary for Foreign Affairs, and Yuhei Sato, Governor of Fukushima Prefecture, in Fukushima, Japan, today, 8 August: