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29 February 2016

PI/2154

West-Eastern Divan Orchestra Designated United Nations Global Advocate for Cultural Understanding

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today designated the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra as a United Nations Global Advocate for Cultural Understanding.

29 February 2016

SG/SM/17569-OBV/1582-WOM/2062

Devote Solid Funding, Courageous Advocacy, Unbending Political Will to Achieving Gender Equality, Secretary-General Urges in International Women’s Day Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on International Women’s Day, “From the Glass Ceiling to a Carpet of Shards”, to be observed on 8 March:

28 February 2016

SG/SM/17566

Secretary-General Condemns Apparent Air Strike on Yemen Market, Calling for Prompt Investigation into Deadly Attack

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

28 February 2016

SG/SM/17565-AFR/3332

Secretary-General, Concerned over Developments in Comoros Elections, Urges All Parties to ‘Play by the Rules’, Refrain from Violence

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

26 February 2016

DSG/SM/944-REF/1225

Do More to Promote Positive, Comprehensive Narrative on Effects of International Migration, Deputy Secretary-General Urges at Coordination Event

Following are UN Deputy-Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks to the fourteenth Coordination Meeting on International Migration, in New York today:

26 February 2016

DSG/SM/943-GA/11765

As General Assembly Debates Second ‘Responsibility to Protect’ Decade, Deputy Secretary-General Calls for Stronger Peacebuilding Commitments

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the General Assembly’s thematic panel discussion “From commitment to implementation: Ten years of the responsibility to protect”, in New York, today:

26 February 2016

SG/SM/17564-SC/12262

Implementation of Security Council Resolution 2268 (2016) ‘Our Best Chance’ to Reduce Brutal Violence in Syria, Says Secretary-General

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

26 February 2016

SG/SM/17563-REF/1224

Greatly Concerned over Rise in Refugee Restrictions, Secretary-General Urges All States to Keep Borders Open, Expand Legal Asylum Paths, Share Responsibilities

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

25 February 2016

SG/SM/17562-GA/COL/3286

States Must Promptly Act to End Colonialism, Honour Charter Principles, Secretary-General Says in Message for Special Decolonization Committee

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs Tayé-Brook Zerihoun, to the opening of the 2016 session of the Special Committee on Decolonization, in New York today:

24 February 2016

SG/SM/17561-DEV/3220

Secretary-General Applauds ‘Pioneering Analysis and Forceful Advocacy’ of United Nations Development Programme at Fiftieth Anniversary Event

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the ministerial meeting marking the fiftieth anniversary of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in New York today: