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Statements and Messages

23 September 2016

SG/SM/18144

Cultivating Inclusion Creates More Stable World for All, Secretary-General Tells Alliance of Civilizations Meeting, Urging All to Address Xenophobia

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening of the United Nations Alliance of Civilizations Group of Friends ministerial meeting, in New York today:

23 September 2016

SG/SM/18137

Indigenous People’s Rights ‘Key’ to Ensuring Sustainable Development Progress, Secretary-General Tells Leaders at Pacific Islands Summit

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the Pacific Islands Forum leaders meeting, in New York today:

22 September 2016

SG/SM/18120-ENV/DEV/1719

Build on Respective Strengths, Forge New Partnerships to Turn 2030 Agenda into Reality, Secretary-General Urges Stakeholders at High-Level Event

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Oscar Fernandez-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, to the high-level event on “Achieving Peaceful, Just and Inclusive Societies for Sustainable Development”, in New York today:

22 September 2016

SG/SM/18126-DEV/3243-SOC/4840

With Nearly 800 Million People Still Underfed Worldwide, Secretary-General Urges United Nations Agencies, Governments to Advance ‘Zero Hunger’ Initiative

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks at the high-level side event on pathways to zero hunger, in New York today:

22 September 2016

SG/SM/18130-AFR/3454-DEV/3244

Africa’s Population Well Placed to Seize Opportunities Offered by Innovation, Technology, Secretary-General Says in Message for Conference

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Maged Abdelaziz, Under-Secretary-General and Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa, to the conference on Israeli innovation and technology in Africa, in New York today:

22 September 2016

SG/SM/18118-IHA/1415

Champion Outcomes of World Humanitarian Summit, Secretary-General Urges, at High-Level Side Event on Advancing Agenda for Humanity

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level side event “Beyond the World Humanitarian Summit: Advancing the Agenda for Humanity”, in New York today:

22 September 2016

SG/SM/18123-AFR/3452-IHA/1416

Secretary-General, at High-Level Event on Humanitarian Situation in South Sudan, Urges Pressure to Make Leaders Halt Slide into Deeper Violence

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level event on the humanitarian situation in South Sudan, in New York today:

22 September 2016

SG/SM/18128-DC/3659-OBV/1662

In Message Marking Day for Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Secretary-General Says All States Must Act Now to Fulfil Disarmament, Non-proliferation Commitments

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki‑moon’s message on the International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, observed on 26 September:

22 September 2016

SG/SM/18133-AFR/3455

Secretary-General Urges Maximum Restraint, Respect for Human Rights Ahead of Gabon Court Ruling on Presidential Elections

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

22 September 2016

SG/SM/18116-L/3259

Secretary-General Urges ‘Utmost’ Efforts to Ensure International Criminal Court Reaches Full Maturity, in Message for Informal Ministerial Network

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Under-Secretary-General Miguel de Serpa Soares, United Nations Legal Counsel, to the annual breakfast meeting of the Informal Ministerial Network on the International Criminal Court, in New York today: