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6 March 2012

SG/SM/14144-ECO/205-WOM/1900

Women’s Empowerment ‘Not a Human Resources Problem’, Says Secretary-General, Urging Business Leaders to Apply ‘Gender Lens’ to All Their Activities

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, at “Equality Means Business: Gender Equality for Sustainable Business”, in New York today, 6 March:

5 March 2012

SG/SM/14141-SC/10567-AFR/2349

To Keep Somalis ‘Committed’, Secretary-General Urges Security Council to Continue Support of Political, Security, Recovery Processes

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council’s open debate on Somalia, in New York on 5 March:

5 March 2012

SG/SM/14142-AFR/2350

Secretary-General Saddened by Deadly Accidental Explosion in Brazzaville

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

2 March 2012

SG/SM/14137-AFR/2348

Secretary-General Commends Senegal for Peaceful Conduct of Presidential Election’s First Round, Appeals for Same Spirit of Democratic Commitment in Second

The following statement was issued on 1 March by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

2 March 2012

SG/SM/14138-EN/268

Year after Devastating Earthquake, Secretary-General Praises Courage, Impressive Resilience of Japanese People, in Message to Fukushima Energy Seminar

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the International Energy Seminar in Fukushima, Japan, 2 March:

2 March 2012

SG/SM/14139-GA/11211

International Community’s Inaction May Have Encouraged Brutal Suppression in Syria; ‘We Must Act, Urgently and in Concert,’ Secretary-General Tells General Assembly

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s oral report to the General Assembly on the implementation of resolution 66/253, in New York on 2 March:

2 March 2012

SC/10565

Security Council 1988 Sanctions Committee Adds Abdul Samad Achekzai to Its Sanctions List

On 1 March 2012, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1988 (2011) approved the addition of the entry specified below to the Committee’s List (the 1988 Sanctions List) of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1988 (2011).

2 March 2012

SG/SM/14140-OBV/1072-WOM/1896

Female Energy, Talent, Strength Represent Humankind’s Most Valuable Untapped Resource, Secretary-General Says in Message for International Women’s Day

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

1 March 2012

SG/T/2836

Activities of Secretary-General in Angola, 26-27 February

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Luanda on the afternoon of Sunday, 26 February, after a flight from Livingstone, Zambia.