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Official observances

24 November 2010

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Targeted Laws, Policies Needed to Empower People with Disabilities, Secretary-General Stresses in Message for International Day

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, to be observed on 3 December:

23 November 2010

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Secretary-General, at International Day Commemoration, Invites Proposals for ‘Innovative’ Projects in Campaign to Combat Violence against Women

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the commemoration of the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, in New York, today, 23 November:

18 November 2010

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Secretary-General, in Message, Spotlights Role of Business in Ending Violence against Women by Embracing Corporate Social Responsibility Principles

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, 25 November:

18 November 2010

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Secretary-General, in Message for World Day, Hails Philosophy’s ‘Uncommon, Unexpected’ Power to Build Bridges, Open Channels among Peoples, Cultures

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Philosophy Day, observed 18 November:

15 November 2010

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On World Day, Secretary-General Says ‘Action to Spare the Lives of Others’ Best Possible Way to Honour Memory of Victims of Road Tragedies

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, observed 21 November:

11 November 2010

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Secretary-General, in Message for Africa Industrialization Day, Says Helping Region Build Capacity for Economic Integration is Collective Challenge

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Industrialization Day, to be observed on 20 November:

10 November 2010

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Differences Not Barriers, but Invitations to Dialogue, Understanding, Secretary-General Says in Message for International Day of Tolerance

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

9 November 2010

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Secretary-General, in Message for World Diabetes Day, Calls for Global Efforts to Ensure Needed Treatment and Care for Victims

This is the text of a message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s for World Diabetes Day, to be observed 14 November:

4 November 2010

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In World of Plenty, Global Food Systems Failing Most Vulnerable, Says Secretary-General at World Food Day Commemoration, Calling for ‘Fix’

At a special ceremony today in observance of the 2010 World Food Day on the theme “United against Hunger”, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said that in a world of plenty, the world’s food systems were failing the most vulnerable. Calling for the world’s food systems to be “fixed” in order to meet that internationally agreed development target, he said achieving that would lift up whole societies and help achieve all of the other Goals.

4 November 2010

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Environment Suffers in Warfare, Risking Welfare of Vulnerable, Secretary-General Says in Message, Urging Renewal of Commitment to Natural Resource Base

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