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Statements and Messages

5 August 2010

SG/SM/13043

At Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Monument, Secretary-General Says: ‘We Must Never Allow Such Devastation to Be Inflicted on any Population, Anywhere, Ever Again’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at a wreath laying at the Hypocenter Monument in Nagasaki, 5 August:

4 August 2010

SG/SM/13041

In Response to Pakistan Flood Disaster, Secretary-General Dispatches Special Envoy to Assess Situation, Help Mobilize Support for Immediate Needs, Early Recovery

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

4 August 2010

SG/SM/13039

No Other Challenge in Pacific as Urgent, Potentially Life-Threatening as Climate Change, Says Secretary-General in Message to Leaders Meeting in Vanuatu

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Pacific Islands Forum Leaders Meeting, delivered by Thomas Stelzer, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Inter-Agency Affairs, United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, in Port Vila, Vanuatu, 4 August:

4 August 2010

SG/SM/13040-AFR/2021

Secretary-General Congratulates People of United Republic of Tanzania for Peaceful Referendum in Zanzibar

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

4 August 2010

SG/SM/13038

In Remarks at Waseda University, Secretary-General Urges Young Japanese to Become ‘Leaders for Disarmament’, Keep Memory of Hiroshima, Nagasaki Alive

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a dialogue with Waseda University students, in Tokyo, 4 August:

3 August 2010

SG/SM/13035-IHA/1281-OBV/897

On Humanitarian Day, World Renews Commitment to Life-Saving Relief Efforts, Remembers Those Who Died Serving ‘Noble Cause’, Says Secretary-General

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Humanitarian Day, observed 19 August:

3 August 2010

SG/SM/13036-DEV/2806

Secretary-General Highlights ‘Significant Gains’ Made by Asia and Pacific Region towards Achieving Anti-Poverty Goals, in Message to Jakarta Meeting

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Sha Zukang, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs, to the Special Ministerial Meeting for the Millennium Development Goal Review in Asia and the Pacific, held in Jakarta, 3-4 August: