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8 November 2011

SG/SM/13929-DEV/2922

Secretary-General Describes ‘Global Pulse’ Initiative as Quick Way to Check Needs of Vulnerable Groups, Enabling Faster, Better Response

This is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at a General Assembly briefing on the “Global Pulse” initiative, in New York, 8 November:

8 November 2011

SG/SM/13928-AFR/2282

Secretary-General, in Message to African Meeting on Post-Conflict Peacebuilding, Calls for `Better Partnerships’ to Meet Goals

This is the text of a message from United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, delivered on his behalf by Judy Cheng-Hopkins, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacebuilding Support, to a high-level event on post-conflict peacebuilding held in Kigali, Rwanda, 8-9 November:

4 November 2011

SG/SM/13923-AFR/2275

Secretary-General Stresses Importance of ‘Peaceful, Credible, Transparent’ Liberian Elections, as Second Round of Presidential Balloting Approaches

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

3 November 2011

SG/SM/13919-AFG/376

Secretary-General Appeals for Regional Cooperation to Bolster Afghanistan’s Transition Process, Hails Government’s Efforts to ‘Reach out to Neighbours’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Istanbul Conference on Afghanistan, delivered by Staffan de Mistura, Special Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), in Istanbul, 2 November:

3 November 2011

SG/SM/13920-SAG/439

In Ever More Mixed Societies, Landmark UNESCO Declaration Sets out Principles for Embracing ‘Fruitful Diversity of Cultures’, Secretary-General Says

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message from the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) Universal Declaration on Cultural Diversity, 2 November:

3 November 2011

SG/SM/13921-ECO/197

‘We Cannot Burn Our Way to the Future, Consume our Way to Greater Prosperity’, Secretary-General Tells Labour Summit, Urging Sustainable Growth, Development

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the 2011 Labour Summit, in Cannes, France, 3 November:

3 November 2011

SG/SM/13922-ENV/DEV/1239-OBV/1047

Environment Is ‘Casualty of Warfare’, Says Secretary-General, Seeking Sustainable Management of Natural Resources as Critical for Durable Peace, Security

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Preventing the Exploitation of the Environment in War and Armed Conflict, on 6 November: