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Secretary-General, in Message to African Meeting on Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, Calls for `Better Partnerships’ to Meet Goals

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This is the text of a message from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, delivered on his behalf by Judy Cheng-Hopkins, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, to a high-level event on post-conflict peacebuilding held in Kigali, Rwanda, 8-9 November:

‘Right to Development’ Declaration Has Languished, Secretary-General Tells Meeting to Mark Twenty-Fifth Anniversary of Adoption

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This is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a General Assembly event to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of the Right to Development Declaration, in New York, 8 November:

Activities of Secretary-General in France, 2-4 November

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in France from Libya in the evening of Wednesday, 2 November. At the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit in Cannes, on 3 and 4 November, the Secretary-General urged the G-20 leaders to deliver united leadership to address the urgent problems of the world economy, and welcomed the efforts at the Cannes Summit in this regard.

UN Mission Chief Tells Security Council More Funds Needed for Helicopters, Police Training as Democratic Republic of Congo Prepares for Elections

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As election day loomed closer in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, sporadic security threats by armed groups had triggered a need for additional funding for military helicopters and police training, the United Nations top adviser in that country told the Security Council today, presenting the latest report of the Secretary-General on recent developments there.