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Official observances

11 March 2015

SG/SM/16586-OBV/1433-RD/1014

Secretary-General, in Message for International Observance, Urges Robust Policies to End Discrimination, Universal Ratification of Anti-Racism Convention

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, observed on 21 March:

8 March 2015

SG/SM/16575-OBV/1432-WOM/2020

Secretary-General, at New York March, Calls for Strong Global Action to Achieve Gender Equality, Citing Slow Progress in Implementing Beijing Declaration

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the march for gender equality and women’s rights, in New York on 8 March:

4 March 2015

DSG/SM/852-GA/11624-OBV/1431

Wildlife Crime Deters Sustainable Development, Threatens National Security, Deputy Secretary-General Warns at High-Level General Assembly Meeting

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as delivered, to the General Assembly today during an informal meeting to commemorate World Wildlife Day, observed on 3 March:

3 March 2015

SG/SM/16561-OBV/7430-WOM/2017

Secretary-General Says, in Message for International Women’s Day, ‘Unleash the Power of Women’ to Secure Bright Future for All

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March:

26 February 2015

SG/SM/16551-ENV/DEV/1490-OBV/1429

Secretary-General Urges Consumers, Governments to Treat Crimes against Wildlife as ‘Threat to Our Sustainable Future’, In Message for International Day

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Wildlife Day, observed on 3 March:

19 February 2015

SG/SM/16539-OBV/1428-SOC/4831

Stressing 21 Million People Are ‘Modern Slaves’, Secretary-General Urges Further Global Efforts to End Trafficking, in World Day for Social Justice Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the World Day of Social Justice, to be observed on 20 February:

13 February 2015

SG/SM/16530-OBV/1427-PI/2114

World Radio Day Highlights Medium’s Importance to 1.8 Billion Youths, Says Secretary-General in Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Radio Day, today:

6 February 2015

SG/SM/16517-OBV/1426

Marking World Interfaith Harmony Week, Secretary-General Calls for Sustainable Future Based on Major Religions’ Shared Principles of Tolerance, Respect

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the event marking World Interfaith Harmony Week, delivered by Cristina Gallach, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, in New York today:

3 February 2015

SG/SM/16512-OBV/1425-WOM/2013

Breaking Silence, ‘Disproving Myths’ around Female Genital Mutilation First Steps to Eliminating It, Says Secretary-General in Message for International Day

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation, observed on 6 February:

28 January 2015

SG/SM/16493-OBV/1424

Marking International Day Commemorating Holocaust Victims, Secretary-General Calls for Responses to Terrorism, Provocation, that Resolve, Not Multiply, Intolerance

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the ceremony marking the International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, in New York today: