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Official observances

15 November 2012

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Secretary-General Pays Tribute to Traffic Accident Victims, Hails Global Efforts to Create Safe Roads, Save Lives

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, observed on 18 November:

14 November 2012

SG/SM/14638-OBV/1158

Speak up for Shared Values, against All Bias, Secretary-General Urges ‘Moderate Majority’ in Message to Mark International Day of Tolerance

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Tolerance, to be observed on 16 November:

9 November 2012

SG/SM/14620-OBV/1157

Diabetes a Development Issue, Poor Most at Risk, Says Secretary-General in Message Urging Global Action to Thwart Disease

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Diabetes Day, observed on 14 November:

9 November 2012

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Diabetes a Development Issue, Poor Most at Risk, Says Secretary-General in Message Urging Global Action to Thwart Disease

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Diabetes Day, observed on 14 November:

1 November 2012

SG/SM/14615-OBV/1156

Secretary-General Urges Recommitment to Safeguarding Natural Resources in Message on International Day for Preventing Exploitation of Environment in Armed Conflict

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, commemorated on 6 November:

25 October 2012

SG/SM/14604-OBV/1155

Secretary-General, Praising ‘Towering Humanitarian’ Stevie Wonder, Says UN Day Concert Brings All Countries Together with Universal Language of Music

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Day concert featuring Stevie Wonder, in New York, 24 October:

17 October 2012

SG/SM/14590-OBV/1154

‘Now Is the Time to Raise Our Collective Ambitions,’ Says Secretary-General, in UN Day Message, Urging Member States to Reaffirm Commitment to Charter

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to mark United Nations Day, commemorated on 24 October:

16 October 2012

SG/SM/14587-OBV/1153

Nearly 870 Million Hungry People Worldwide ‘Unacceptable’ in World of Plenty, Says Secretary-General in Message for World Food Day

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Food Day, observed on 16 October:

15 October 2012

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In Message on International Day to Eradicate Poverty, Secretary-General Says Investing in Poor Best Way to Build Stronger, More Prosperous Societies

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Eradication of Poverty, commemorated on 17 October:

11 October 2012

SG/SM/14579-OBV/1150

Child Marriage Divorces Girls from Opportunity, Undermines Their Well-being, Secretary-General Tells Inaugural International Day Observance

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon remarks at the High-level Panel on Child Marriage on the occasion of the International Day of the Girl Child, in New York, today, 11 October: