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10 February 2016

SG/SM/17528-GA/11758-SOC/NAR/955

Secretary-General, at Consultation, Urges Nations, Civil Society to Hold ‘Broadest Possible Debate, Weigh Every Option’ during Special Session on World Drug Problem

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the informal interactive stakeholder consultation for the General Assembly Special Session on the world drug problem in New York today:

10 February 2016

SG/SM/17529-ORG/1626

Stronger Collaboration Critical as World Population Grows, Stresses Secretary-General at Seventieth Anniversary Event for ACABQ

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as prepared for delivery at the seventieth anniversary commemoration of the establishment of the Advisory Committee on Administrative and Budgetary Questions (ACABQ) in New York today:

9 February 2016

SG/SM/17525-HR/5292

Secretary-General, Launching Report at World Humanitarian Summit, Stresses Need to Move from Managing Crises to Preventing Them

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at the launch of the report for the World Humanitarian Summit, “One Humanity: Shared Responsibility”, in New York today:

9 February 2016

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Deputy Secretary-General Asks Leaders at World Government Summit to Become Catalysts, Drivers Charting Road towards Sustainable Development for All

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Jan Eliasson’s remarks at the 2016 World Government Summit, in Dubai today:

9 February 2016

SG/SM/17527

Secretary-General Saddened by Death of Former Prime Minister of Nepal

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

9 February 2016

SG/SM/17524-HR/5291

Promoting Rights Central to Strategy for Ending Trafficking in Human Beings, Secretary-General Tells Event on Eradicating ‘Modern-Day Slavery’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the high-level event “In Stronger Partnership and Coordination to Stop Human Trafficking: Eradicating Modern-Day Slavery through Sustainable Development”, in New York today:

9 February 2016

SG/SM/17526-ENV/DEV/1631

Secretary-General Welcomes Proposal by Aviation Industry of First-Ever Binding Standards Aimed at Limiting Carbon Emissions

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

8 February 2016

SG/SM/17521-SOC/4836

Secretary-General Tells Commission for Social Development Its Policy Guidance Will Be Crucial in Delivering on 2030 Agenda, Other Landmark Accords

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the fifty-fourth session of the Commission for Social Development in New York today:

8 February 2016

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Secretary-General Urges Shift in Focus from Female Genital Mutilation to Girls’ Education, at Event Marking Commitment to End Harmful Practice by 2030

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Special Event on Mobilizing to Achieve the Global Goals through the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) by 2030, in New York today:

8 February 2016

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Secretary-General, in Message to Inter-Parliamentary Union Hearing on Illicit Drugs, Stresses Central Importance of People’s Health, Well-Being

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Yuri Fedotov, Director-General of the United Nations Office in Vienna and Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, to the Inter-Parliamentary Union hearing in New York today: