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20 November 2009

SG/SM/12621

Secretary-General Welcomes European Union’s Appointment of Its First President, High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Policy

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

19 November 2009

SG/SM/12614-AFG/346

Secretary-General Congratulates Afghan President on Inauguration for Second Term

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

19 November 2009

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Secretary-General, in Message to Mark International Day for Slavery’s Abolition, Says List of Similarly Abhorrent Modern Practices Is ‘Shockingly Long’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Message for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, to be observed on 2 December:

19 November 2009

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Legislative Voice, Vote Will Be Vital in Keeping Commitments to World’s Most Vulnerable, Secretary-General Tells Parliamentary Hearing at United Nations

Following are UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon’s remarks to the Parliamentary Hearing at the United Nations in New York today, 19 November:

19 November 2009

SG/SM/12616-GA/10891-ENV/DEV/1091

In Copenhagen, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly Meeting, Solid Foundation Will Be Laid for Progress, Binding Treaty Reached in 2010

Following is a text of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the informal meeting of the General Assembly plenary on climate change, in New York today, 19 November:

18 November 2009

SG/SM/12610-PAL/2124

Following Another ‘Painful Year’ in Middle East, Secretary-General Tells Meeting on Palestine Refugees ‘We Need to See Two States Living Side by Side in Peace’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Bader Al-Dafa, Executive-Secretary of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia, to the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East Hosts and Donors Meeting, Dead Sea, Jordan, today 18 November:

18 November 2009

SG/SM/12611-AFR/1909

Secretary-General Meets with Members of Panel Tasked with Probing Alleged Human Rights Violations during Events on 29 September 2009 in Conakry, Guinea

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

18 November 2009

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Secretary-General, in Message on International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, Urges Ending Discrimination, Reaffirming Women’s Human Rights

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women, observed on 25 November:

17 November 2009

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Secretary-General Deplores Israel’s Settlement Expansion Decision

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

16 November 2009

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‘Opportunity Knocks; It Is Up to You to Open the Door’, Secretary-General Says in Message to Pre-Copenhagen Meeting, Urging Climate Change Deal

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Pre-COP Meeting, held in Copenhagen, 16 to 17 November, as delivered today, 16 November, by Yvo de Boer, Executive Secretary, United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change: