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21 January 2013

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Focus on Training Individuals while Neglecting to Build Institutions Puts Peacekeeping Gains at Risk, Secretary-General Tells Security Council

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council open debate on “United Nations Peacekeeping: A Multidisciplinary Approach”, in New York on 21 January:

18 January 2013

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Holocaust Observance to Honour Those with ‘Courage to Care’, with Capacity for Remarkable Good in Darkest Days, Secretary-General Says in Message

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

18 January 2013

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Current Period of ‘Great Transition’ Has Economic, Developmental, Political Dimensions, Secretary-General Says in Remarks at Stanford University

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on “The United Nations in a World in Transition”, as prepared for delivery at Stanford University in Palo Alto on 17 January:

18 January 2013

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Security Council Press Statement on Terrorist Attack at In Aménas, Algeria

The following statement was issued today by Council President Mohammad Masood Khan (Pakistan):

18 January 2013

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Longer World Delays on Nuclear Disarmament, Proliferation, ‘the Greater the Risk that These Weapons Will Be Used’, Says Secretary-General at Monterey Institute

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Monterey Institute of International Studies entitled “Advancing the Disarmament and Non-Proliferation Agenda: Seeking Peace in an Over-armed World”, as prepared for delivery in Monterey, California, 18 January:

18 January 2013

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Commission on Limits of Continental Shelf to Hold Thirty-first Session at Headquarters, 21 January-8 March

The Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf will hold its thirty-first session from 21 January to 8 March 2013. The plenary segments of the session will be held from 28 January to 1 February and from 25 February to 1 March, while the remainder of the time will be devoted to the technical examination of submissions at the Geographic Information Systems laboratories and other technical facilities of the Division.

18 January 2013

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Globalization Expands Access to Technology, Materials Needed for Mass Destruction Weapons, Creating New Disarmament Challenges, Says Secretary-General

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Turtle Bay Roundtable on Proliferation Challenges in a Globalized World, delivered by Angela Kane, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, in New York, 18 January:

17 January 2013

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Regional Cooperation, Perspectives Crucial in Setting ‘Bold, Yet Practical’ Post-2015 Global Development Agenda, Says Deputy Secretary-General

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to the inception meeting of the Asian Development Bank (ADB), Economic and Social Council for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) and United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Millennium Development Goals (MDG) report in New York on 14 January: