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21 March 2012

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On World Day, Deputy Secretary-General Says Commemoration Time to Reaffirm Persons with Down Syndrome Entitled to Full Enjoyment of All Human Rights, Freedoms

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks on World Down Syndrome Day, in New York, 21 March:

20 March 2012

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On World Down Syndrome Day, Secretary-General Urges ‘Inclusive Society for All’, Reaffirms UN Treaty on Rights of Persons with Disabilities

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Down Syndrome Day, to be commemorated on 21 March 2012:

20 March 2012

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Secretary-General Calls on All People to Join UN in Drive to Stamp Out ‘Weapon’ of Racism, Which Is Used to Undermine Peace, Engender Fear, Incite War Crimes

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

15 March 2012

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Unwise Use of Water Will Result in Persisting Hunger, Drought, Political Instability, Secretary-General Warns in Observance Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Water Day, to be observed on 22 March:

15 March 2012

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On World Day, Secretary-General Calls for Intensified Global Solidarity to End Neglect of Tuberculosis, ‘End Deaths from This Disease in Our Lifetime’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Tuberculosis Day, observed 24 March:

15 March 2012

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At Time of Change, Uncertainty, Secretary-General Says Day of Nowruz Occasion to Celebrate Rebirth of Life, Commit to Building Safer Global Community

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

7 March 2012

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‘Nowhere, at No Time, Can We Allow Women to Be Treated or Accepted as Second-Class Citizens,’ Declares Secretary-General at International Women’s Day Event

Following are UN Secretary-General’s remarks at the International Women’s Day Event: “Empower Rural Women — End Hunger and Poverty”, today, 7 March, in New York:

2 March 2012

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Female Energy, Talent, Strength Represent Humankind’s Most Valuable Untapped Resource, Secretary-General Says in Message for International Women’s Day

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

16 February 2012

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Secretary-General, in Message to Mark World Social Justice Day, Stresses Importance of Laying Foundations for Dignity, Stability, Opportunity

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

23 January 2012

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Secretary-General Stresses Need to Reach New Audiences with History of Holocaust, at Event Commemorating Its Victims

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Park East Synagogue commemoration of the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, in New York on 21 January: