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Statements and Messages

16 December 2010

SG/SM/13323-SC/10123-WOM/1837

Attacks on Women Are Attacks on Peace Itself, Secretary-General Tells Security Council, Calling on Leaders to Declare ‘Enough Is Enough!’

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement to the Security Council’s open debate on sexual violence in conflict, in New York, today, 16 December:

15 December 2010

SG/SM/13321

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Deadly Terrorist Bombing of Mosque in Iran

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

15 December 2010

SG/SM/13322-SC/10119-IK/630

Secretary-General, in Security Council, Tells People of Iraq: ‘You Have Suffered Too Much for Too Long; UN Will Help You Find Path of Prosperity and Peace’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Security Council High-Level Event on Iraq, today, 15 December, in New York:

15 December 2010

SG/SM/13320-AFR/2080

Deeply Concerned about Côte d’Ivoire Political Stalemate, Secretary-General Warns That Provocative Actions Could Lead to ‘Unpredictable Consequences’

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

14 December 2010

SG/SM/13318-IHA/1291

Central Emergency Response Fund Fast, Effective, ‘Most Importantly, It Saves Lives’, Says Secretary-General, at Headquarters Replenishment Conference

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the replenishment conference for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF), in New York, 14 December:

14 December 2010

SG/SM/13319-SAG/435

‘The House of UNESCO Is a Place, but It Is Also an Idea’ at Heart of Quest for Better World, Says Secretary-General in Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the sixty-fifth anniversary of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), in Paris, 14 December:

14 December 2010

SG/SM/13317-GA/COL/3214

Secretary General, at Meeting Marking Decolonization Declaration’s 50th Anniversary, Says ‘Decolonization Re-made the World – in Our Minds and on the Ground’

Following are UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon’s remarks on the fiftieth anniversary of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples, in New York, 14 December:

13 December 2010

SG/SM/13313-HR/5044

Continue Shining Spotlight on Human Trafficking, Secretary-General Urges Luxor International Forum, Saying Victims Often Lost in Shadows

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the Luxor Forum against Human Trafficking at Luxor, Egypt, on 11 December:

13 December 2010

SG/SM/13316

Fifteen Years of Turkmenistan’s Permanent Neutrality Brought Steady Realization of Nation’s Aspiration to Become Force for Progress, Says Secretary-General

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, as delivered by B. Lynn Pascoe, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to the International Conference on the Fifteenth Anniversary of Turkmenistan’s Permanent Neutrality, in Ashgabat, 11 December:

13 December 2010

SG/SM/13312-ENV/DEV/1175

As Conference Ends, Secretary-General Stresses Need to Use Important Tools Delivered by Cancun Outcomes in Strengthening Efforts on Climate Change

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the outcome of the climate change negotiations in Cancun, Mexico: