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Official observances

3 March 2010

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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:

26 February 2010

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Gender Equality, Empowering Women Central to All Other Millennium Development Goals, Secretary-General Says in Message for International Day

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon message for International Women’s Day, to be observed under the theme “Equal rights, equal opportunities: progress for all” on 8 March:

19 February 2010

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Department of Public Information to Launch ‘Language Days at the United Nations’

On the occasion of International Mother Language Day on 21 February, the Department of Public Information is announcing the launch of “Language Days at the United Nations”, a new initiative which seeks to celebrate multilingualism and cultural diversity.

17 February 2010

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‘Lack of Social Justice Anywhere Is Affront to Us All,’ Says Secretary-General in Message for World Day of Social Justice

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

12 February 2010

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With Biodiversity Loss Accelerating, ‘We Are Bankrupting Our Natural Economy’, Says Secretary-General in Remarks at Event to Launch International Year

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s remarks at event to launch International Biodiversity Year at American Museum of Natural History, delivered by Olav Kjorven, Assistant Secretary-General and Director, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Bureau for Development Policy, in New York, 10 February:

26 January 2010

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Survivors Play Vital Role in Keeping Lessons of Holocaust Alive for Future Generations, Secretary-General Says at Exhibition Commemorating Victims

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the exhibition “Architecture of Murder”, in conjunction with the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, in New York, today, 26 January:

19 January 2010

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Holocaust Survivors ‘Living Testament That Tyranny, Though it May Rise, Will Surely Not Prevail', Says Secretary-General in International Day Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust, observed 27 January:

11 January 2010

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Secretary-General, in Message Marking International Year of Biodiversity, Calls for New Vision to Ensure Natural-Resource Sustainability, Long-Term Viability

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Year of Biodiversity (2010):

11 December 2009

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No Time Like Present to Make Common Cause, Says Secretary-General, Citing Multiple Global Crises, in Message for International Human Solidarity Day

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Human Solidarity Day, to be observed on 20 December:

11 December 2009

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Migration Part of Long-term Solution to Global Economic Crisis, Secretary-General Stresses in Message for International Migrants Day

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Migrants Day, to be observed on 18 December: