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Maintain Current Anti-Testing Momentum, Urges Deputy Secretary-General, Addressing General Assembly Event Marking Day against Nuclear Tests

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Maintain Current Anti-Testing Momentum, Urges Deputy Secretary-General, Addressing General Assembly Event Marking Day against Nuclear Tests

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the General Assembly event marking the International Day against Nuclear Tests, held in New York on 2 September:

Secretary-General Highlights Areas for Action in Message to International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific

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Secretary-General Highlights Areas for Action in Message to International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, delivered by Nafis Sadik, Special Envoy for HIV/AID in Asia and in the Pacific, at the opening ceremony of the International Congress on AIDS in Asia and the Pacific, in Busan, Republic of Korea, on 26 August:

Focus on Investing in People Will Help Build More Resilient Societies, Economies, Secretary-General Tells International Conference of Asian Political Parties

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Focus on Investing in People Will Help Build More Resilient Societies, Economies, Secretary-General Tells International Conference of Asian Political Parties

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the International Conference of Asian Political Parties (ICAPP) on “Development and People’s Access: Deliver the Fruits of Development to the People”, in Nanning, China, today, 2 September:

Record Number of Participants to Attend Sixty-Fourth Annual United Nations DPI/NGO Conference in Bonn, Germany, 3-5 September

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Record Number of Participants to Attend Sixty-Fourth Annual United Nations DPI/NGO Conference in Bonn, Germany, 3-5 September

The sixty-fourth annual Conference of Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) affiliated with the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) has attracted an unprecedented number of registered participants from more than 100 countries and territories. With more than 2,200 registered participants from hundreds of organizations around the world expected in Bonn, Germany, from 3 to 5 September, the Conference has set a new attendance record for DPI/NGO conferences.

Legal Prohibition Only Way to Realize World Free of Nuclear Testing, Weapons, Deputy Secretary-General Says during Observance of International Day

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Legal Prohibition Only Way to Realize World Free of Nuclear Testing, Weapons, Deputy Secretary-General Says during Observance of International Day

Stressing that the voluntary moratoriums of nuclear-weapon States were no substitute for a legal prohibition, Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro today urged Governments that had not yet done so to sign and ratify the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty and bolster other efforts to create a world free of nuclear testing and nuclear weapons.
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