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Secretary-General, in Message to Mark International Day for Slavery’s Abolition, Says List of Similarly Abhorrent Modern Practices Is ‘Shockingly Long’

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Secretary-General, in Message to Mark International Day for Slavery’s Abolition, Says List of Similarly Abhorrent Modern Practices Is ‘Shockingly Long’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Message for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, to be observed on 2 December:

Member States Consider Ways to Energize, Fully Engage Powers of General Assembly, Pledge to Restore Institutional Balance with Other United Nations Bodies

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Member States Consider Ways to Energize, Fully Engage Powers of General Assembly, Pledge to Restore Institutional Balance with Other United Nations Bodies

The General Assembly’s powers to discuss issues of the greatest concern to its Member States -- from international peace and security, to development, human rights and international law -- should be completely engaged to take advantage of the 192-member body’s full potential, delegations said today as they began their annual consideration of how to revitalize the United Nations’ chief policy-making organ.

In Copenhagen, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly Meeting, Solid Foundation Will Be Laid for Progress, Binding Treaty Reached in 2010

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In Copenhagen, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly Meeting, Solid Foundation Will Be Laid for Progress, Binding Treaty Reached in 2010

Following is a text of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the informal meeting of the General Assembly plenary on climate change, in New York today, 19 November:

Dismissing Reports That Copenhagen Climate Talks Will Come up Short, Secretary-General Says Stage Will Be Set for Binding Treaty ‘As Soon as Possible in 2010’

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Dismissing Reports That Copenhagen Climate Talks Will Come up Short, Secretary-General Says Stage Will Be Set for Binding Treaty ‘As Soon as Possible in 2010’

Only 17 days ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon today refuted reports that the talks on reducing heat-trapping greenhouse gas emissions would fall short of expectations, and called on Member States to forge the political determination needed to broker a comprehensive deal that would create the climate security all nations desired.

General Assembly Will Adopt Declaration, Strategy to Counter World Drug Problem under Terms of Draft Resolution Approved by Third Committee

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General Assembly Will Adopt Declaration, Strategy to Counter World Drug Problem under Terms of Draft Resolution Approved by Third Committee

Raising grave concerns over the dangers posed to political and socio-economic stability by the illegal drug trade, the Third Committee today approved, by consensus, a draft resolution paving the way for the General Assembly to adopt a declaration and plan of action on international cooperation towards a strategy to counter the world drug problem, as adopted at the high-level segment of the United Nations Commission on Narcotic Drugs in March.

Secretary-General, on Children’s Convention’s Twentieth Anniversary, Says Treaty ‘Our Beacon, Our Template’, Its Influence Profound

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Secretary-General, on Children’s Convention’s Twentieth Anniversary, Says Treaty ‘Our Beacon, Our Template’, Its Influence Profound

Following is the text of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the occasion of the twentieth anniversary of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, today, 20 November, in New York:

On Africa Industrialization Day, 20 Years Later, African Industrial Sector Still Not Lived Up to Potential, Says Secretary-General

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On Africa Industrialization Day, 20 Years Later, African Industrial Sector Still Not Lived Up to Potential, Says Secretary-General

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Africa Industrialization Day panel on “Industrialization Strategies and Policies: A Key to Economic Transformation of Africa”, in New York, today, 20 November:

Secretary-General, in Message to First Global Road Safety Conference, Says Meeting Long Overdue, Owing to Staggering Number of Deaths

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Secretary-General, in Message to First Global Road Safety Conference, Says Meeting Long Overdue, Owing to Staggering Number of Deaths

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the first Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety, in Moscow, delivered on 19 November by Sergei A. Ordzhonikidze, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva:
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