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Sustainable Societies Need Responsive Citizens, Secretary-General Says in Message to Sixty-fourth Annual DPI/NGO Conference

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Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the sixty-fourth annual Department of Public Information (DPI)/Non-Governmental organization (NGO) Conference in Bonn on 3 September:

Give Disability Issues Attention They Deserve beyond Conference Room, Urges Deputy Secretary-General as Conference of Parties Begins Session

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the opening of the fourth session of the Conference of States Parties to the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, in New York, today, 7 September:

Expert Panel Investigating Alleged Violations, Chair of Iran Sanctions Committee Reports in Briefing to Security Council

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There were ongoing investigations into previously reported violations of sanctions related to Iran’s nuclear programme, as well as new complaints about its launching of ballistic missiles, the Chair of the Security Council Committee created to monitor implementation of those measures said today.