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24 May 2011

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Secretary-General, in Message, Urges Push to Cut Tobacco-related Deaths, Enliven Battle against Other Non-communicable Diseases, Create Healthier World for All

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World No Tobacco Day, 31 May:

24 May 2011

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Secretary-General Urges Nigerian State Governors to Address Unemployment-Driven Instability, Ensure Better Health-Care Access for Women, Children

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery at a breakfast meeting with the Governors’ Forum in Abuja, Nigeria, 24 May:

24 May 2011

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Secretary-General, Addressing Asia Media Summit, Urges Free Access to Internet, Social Media Tools for Transformation of Societies Everywhere

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Asia Media Summit, taking place in Hanoi from 24-25 May:

24 May 2011

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Empowering Youth Essential for Sustainable Economic Growth, Management of Earth’s Resources, Secretary-General Says in Africa Day Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Day, to be observed on 25 May:

24 May 2011

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‘Let Us Save Our Children; Let Us Resolve Ourselves, Here in Nigeria, to Do All We Can’ to Stamp Out Malaria Death, Says Secretary-General

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Dutse Makaranta primary health care centre, in Abuja, Nigeria, 23 May:

24 May 2011

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Secretary-General Says Governments Must Take Lead in Providing Health Care, but Private Sector, Civil Society Have Crucial Role to Play

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, to private sector and civil society leaders, in Abuja, Nigeria, 23 May:

23 May 2011

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Nigeria Can Be Leader in ‘Heroic Effort’ to Reach Millennium Development Goals, Says Secretary-General, Pledging United Nations Partnership ‘Every Step of Way’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the meeting of the Presidential Committee on the Status of the Millennium Development Goals, in Abuja, Nigeria, on 23 May: