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14 July 2014

SG/SM/16021

Secretary-General, Pledging United Nations Strong Commitment to Ending Cholera in Haiti, Tells Church Service ‘I Have Come Here to Grieve with You’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a Church service in Los Palmas, Haiti, today:

14 July 2014

SG/SM/16019-AFR/2932

Secretary-General, Concerned at Increased Violence in Libya, Urges Restraint, Respect for Sacrifices Made to Establish State-based Rule of Law

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

13 July 2014

SG/SM/16018

Secretary-General, Alarmed at Worsening Situation, Demands Israelis, Palestinians Take Steps to End Fighting, Prevent Greater Risks to Regional Security

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

11 July 2014

SG/SM/16017-OBV/1354

Remembering Legacy of Nelson Mandela, Secretary-General Says Leader Showed ‘Human Rights and Equality are Stronger than Discrimination and Hate’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Nelson Mandela Day, to be observed on 18 July:

11 July 2014

SG/SM/16016-ENV/DEV/1440

Secretary-General Urges Clear Vision Anchored in Domestic Actions to Keep Rising Temperature below 2 Degrees Celsius, in Message to Preparatory Meeting

Following is UN Secretary-General’s message to the 2014 “Social Pre-COP” on Climate Change, in Margarita Island, Venezuela, 15 July:

10 July 2014

SG/SM/16014-ECOSOC/6641-DEV/3105

United Nations Counts on Development Cooperation Forum to Steer Efforts to Meet Needs of World’s People, Says Secretary-General

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Development Cooperation Forum of the Economic and Social Council, as delivered by Wu Hongbo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, in New York, today:

10 July 2014

SG/SM/16015

Secretary-General Calls Exhibit on Haiti’s Victory over Slavery ‘A Moment to Recognize Struggle and Courage’ of Victims

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at official opening of the exhibition: “Victory over Slavery: Haiti and Beyond”, in New York, today:

10 July 2014

SG/SM/16012-SC/11468

With Civilians Paying Price of Conflict, Secretary-General tells Security Council, Gaza, Region Cannot Afford ‘Another Full-Blown War and Another Fault Line’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s briefing to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, including the Question of Palestine, in New York today:

10 July 2014

SG/SM/16013-GA/11531

Private Sector Should Stop Marketing Unhealthy Foods to Children, Urges Secretary-General in Message to Meeting on Non-Communicable Diseases

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the high-level meeting on progress achieved in the prevention and control of non-communicable diseases, as delivered by Susana Malcorra, Chef de Cabinet of the Secretary-General, today in New York:

9 July 2014

SG/SM/16010-GA/PAL/1309

Secretary-General, in Message to Special Meeting of Palestinian Rights Committee, Urges Israeli, Palestinian Leadership to Find Way Back to Negotiations

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by Oscar Fernández-Taranco, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to the Special Meeting of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People to Commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Advisory Opinion of the International Court of Justice on the Legal Consequences of the Construction of a Wall in the Occupied Palestinian Territory, in New York, today: