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12 February 2016

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Secretary-General Applauds First-Ever All-Female Police Unit for Exemplary Service after Nine-Year-Long Peacekeeping Mission in Liberia

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

11 February 2016

SG/SM/17531-AFR/3320

Secretary-General Condemns Attack on Nigerian Camp for Internally Displaced Persons, Reaffirms United Nations Support in Fight against Terrorism

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

11 February 2016

SG/SM/17530-GA/11759-ENV/DEV/1632

Least Developed Countries Are ‘Litmus Test’ for Success on 2030 Agenda, Climate, Development Agreements, Secretary-General Says in Message to Event

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Gyan Chandra Acharya, High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States, to the General Assembly special event “Building Synergy and Coherence in the Implementation of the Istanbul Programme of Action in the Context of the 2030 Sustainable Development Agenda”, in New York today:

10 February 2016

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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

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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

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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

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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:

9 February 2016

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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:

8 February 2016

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Achieving Zero Hunger Depends upon Delivery on All Sustainable Development Goals, Secretary-General Says in Message to World Food Programme Executive Board

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by David Nabarro, Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Food and Nutrition Security, to the World Food Programme (WFP) Executive Board in Rome today: