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Let Us Not Be Defined by Differences, Secretary-General Urges in Message to Leaders of World and Traditional Religions

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Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Third Congress of Leaders of World and Traditional Religions, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, in Astana, Kazakhstan, today, 1 July:

Deputy Secretary-General Spells Out Funding Priorities for Africa, Least Developed Countries at Side Event of Conference on Global Financial Crisis

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Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the General Assembly conference side event: “Recovering from Global Crisis: Towards an Action Plan for Africa and the Least Developed Countries”, in New York, on 25 June: