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Official observances


SG/SM/11467-OBV/686
17 March 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11467
OBV/686
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES COLLECTIVE RESPONSIBILITY TO STAMP OUT RACISM,


IN MESSAGE TO MARK DAY FOR ELIMINATION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION


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

OBV/684-WOM/1674
6 March 2008
Meetings CoverageOBV/684
WOM/1674
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Observance of International

Women’s Day


 ‘INVESTING IN WOMEN IS NOT ONLY THE RIGHT THING TO DO; IT IS THE SMART THING TO DO’,


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AS UNITED NATIONS MARKS INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY


South Africa’s Public Service Minister, Goldman Sachs Chairman Also Speak;

SG/SM/11451-ENV/DEV/972-OBV/683
5 March 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11451
ENV/DEV/972
OBV/683
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD WATER DAY, CALLS LACK OF POLITICAL WILL


BIGGEST CULPRIT IN FAILURE TO ACHIEVE BASIC SANITATION GOAL


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

SG/SM/11442-OBV/682-WOM/1671
29 February 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11442
OBV/682
WOM/1671
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS CAN BE MET ‘ONLY BY INVESTING IN THE WORLD’S WOMEN

 

AND GIRLS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

 


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

OBV/681
28 January 2008
Press ReleaseOBV/681
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

United Nations, iSRAEL pOST issue Holocaust REMEMBRANCE StampS


Today, the United Nations Postal Administration is launching a new stamp in observance of the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust.

OBV/680
28 January 2008
Press ReleaseOBV/680
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UNITED NATIONS TO OBSERVE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY ON 28 JANUARY 2008


Week-Long Events Include Concert, Exhibits, Educational Briefings, Film Screenings

SG/SM/11335-OBV/677
14 December 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11335
OBV/677
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE, STRESSES migrants should

 

not be seen as burden but assets to society

 


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

SG/SM/11312-HR/4936-OBV/676
4 December 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11312
HR/4936
OBV/676
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

universal declaration should be integral part of everyone’s life,

 

Secretary-General says in message to mark human rights day

 


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on Human Rights Day, to be observed on 10 December: