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16 September 2009

SG/T/2697

Activities of Secretary-General in Mexico, 8-9 September

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Mexico City on the afternoon of Tuesday, 8 September. The primary purpose of his trip was to open the sixty-second annual Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organizations (DPI/NGO) Conference. The Conference’s theme this year was “For Peace and Development: Disarm Now!”.

16 September 2009

SG/SM/12456-OBV/809

United Nations Convening Power Unites People, Its Impartiality Bridges Deep Divides, Says Secretary-General on International Day of Democracy

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the United Nations Democracy Fund event on the International Day of Democracy, in New York, on 15 September:

16 September 2009

SG/T/2696

Activities of Secretary-General in Switzerland, 2-4 September

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, in the evening of Wednesday, 2 September.

16 September 2009

SG/T/2695

Activities of Secretary-General in Norway, 30 August – 2 September

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Oslo, Norway, late in the evening of Sunday, 30 August, on his way to the Polar Ice Rim.

15 September 2009

SG/SM/12455-WOM/1755

Secretary-General Calls for End to Silence that Shields Perpetrators, Perpetuates Crimes against Women, at Panel Discussion on New Book, ‘Half the Sky’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a panel discussion on the book Half the Sky: Turning Oppression into Opportunity for Women Worldwide, in New York Today, 15 September:

15 September 2009

SG/SM/12454-GA/10856

Secretary-General Welcomes General Assembly Resolution on System-Wide Coherence, Particularly Proposal for Stronger ‘Composite Entity’ to Promote Women’s Rights

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

15 September 2009

SEA/1923

Commission on Limits of Continental Shelf Concludes Twenty-Fourth Session

Pursuant to the decision taken at its twenty-second session and on the basis of General Assembly resolution 63/111, the Commission on the Limits of the Continental Shelf held its resumed twenty-third and twenty-fourth sessions at United Nations Headquarters from 3 to 7 August and from 10 August to 11 September, respectively.

14 September 2009

SG/SM/12451-PI/1911

United Nations Should Be Powerhouse Platform for Debating Ideas That Can Benefit All Humankind, Secretary-General Says at Launch of Intellectual History Project

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of "UN Ideas That Changed the World", published by the UN Intellectual History Project, in New York today, 14 September: