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29 July 2013

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Security Council Press Statement on Attack against Turkish Embassy in Somalia

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Rosemary DiCarlo (United States):

29 July 2013

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Alarmed by Worsening Security Situation in Iraq, including Today’s Car Bombings, Secretary-General Says Leaders Must Bring Country ‘Back from the Brink’

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

29 July 2013

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Secretary-General Invites Club des Chefs des Chefs to Join Zero Hunger Challenge, as It Prepares Dinner for 250 Homeless in Harlem

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the Club des Chefs des Chefs, in New York, 29 July:

29 July 2013

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‘Today, We Set Off on Road to Rio — to the 2016 Olympics,’ Says Secretary-General As Baton Passes from London, Confident Games Will Advance Sustainable Development

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the event “Passing the Summer Olympics Baton: from London 2012 to Rio 2016”, in New York, 29 July:

29 July 2013

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Secretary-General, Condemning 17 July Attack on Turkish Office Staff in Mogadishu, Expresses Hope It Will Not Weaken Support of Somalia’s Partners

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

29 July 2013

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Security Council 1988 Committee Updates Its Guidelines to Include Details for National Contact Point of Government of Afghanistan

On 29 July 2013, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) approved updates to the Guidelines of the Committee for the Conduct of its Work to include the contact details for the National Contact Point of the Government of Afghanistan:

27 July 2013

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Secretary-General Condemns Deadly Violence in Egypt, Calling on All Leaders to Put National Interest above Individual, Group, Political Aims

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

27 July 2013

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On Sixtieth Anniversary of Korean War Armistice Agreement, Secretary-General Says Question Remains Unresolved, Permanent Peace ‘a Distant Prospect’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered in Seoul by Noeleen Heyzer, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), for the sixtieth anniversary of the Korean War Armistice Agreement, 27 July: