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Build on What Works, Correct What Does Not, Secretary-General Advises in Remarks to High-Level Event Commemorating International Women’s Day

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Build on What Works, Correct What Does Not, Secretary-General Advises in Remarks to High-Level Event Commemorating International Women’s Day

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level event marking International Women’s Day, under the theme “Equal Rights, Equal Opportunities and Progress for All”, in New York today, 3 March:

‘Until Women and Girls Are Liberated from Poverty and Injustice, Goals of Peace, Security, Sustainable Development Stand in Jeopardy,’ Says Secretary-General

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‘Until Women and Girls Are Liberated from Poverty and Injustice, Goals of Peace, Security, Sustainable Development Stand in Jeopardy,’ Says Secretary-General

Calling women’s empowerment and gender equality fundamental to the United Nations identity, Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon pressed for renewed determination in creating a future of equal rights, opportunity and progress for all as he opened a day of activities at Headquarters to commemorate International Women’s Day, which will be observed worldwide on 8 March.

Secretary-General Offers Message to Young People: ‘We Need You to Help Transform Our World’, in Address at University of California, Los Angeles

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Secretary-General Offers Message to Young People: ‘We Need You to Help Transform Our World’, in Address at University of California, Los Angeles

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address, the Bernard Brodie Lecture on the Conditions for Peace, delivered at the University of California, Los Angeles, on 2 March:

Special Rapporteur on Violence Says Unless Women Achieve Economic Independence, Their Human Rights Will Go Unrealized, as Women’s Commission Continues Debate

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Special Rapporteur on Violence Says Unless Women Achieve Economic Independence, Their Human Rights Will Go Unrealized, as Women’s Commission Continues Debate

The international community must tackle head on the root socio-economic causes of violence against women, end impunity against perpetrators and recognize such abuse as a violation of women’s human rights, United Nations Special Rapporteur on Violence against Women, its Causes and Consequences, said today during an address to the Commission on the Status of Women’s fifty-fourth session.

Secretary-General, in Message to United Nations International School Conference, Stresses Need to Consider Important Global Implications of Bioethics

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Secretary-General, in Message to United Nations International School Conference, Stresses Need to Consider Important Global Implications of Bioethics

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the thirty-fourth United Nations International School-United Nations (UNIS-UN) Conference, “Bioethics: Striking a Balance”, in New York today, 4 March:

Secretary-General Names Members of High-Level Advisory Group on Mobilizing Climate Change Resources

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Secretary-General Names Members of High-Level Advisory Group on Mobilizing Climate Change Resources

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has selected the members for the new High-level Advisory Group on Climate Change Financing that will work to mobilize the financing promised for climate change during the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen last December. The Secretary-General announced the launch of the Group on 12 February.
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