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Author Ki-moon, Ban

Title Building a better future for all : selected speeches of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, 2007-2012
Published New York, N.Y. : United Nations, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (xiii, 362 pages) : color illustrations
Contents About Ban ki-moon -- Introduction -- Address to the sixty-seventh General Assembly: A call to ambition -- Address to the General Assembly: Five-year action agenda: The future we want -- Address to the sixty-sixth General Assembly: We the Peoples -- Remarks to the General Assembly upon re-election as Secretary-General -- Address to the sixty-fifth General Assembly: Pulling together in testing times: Securing a better future for all -- Address to the sixty-fourth General Assembly: Now is our time -- Address to the sixty-third General Assembly: A call to global leadership -- Address to the sixty-second General Assembly: A stronger UN for a better world -- Remarks to the General Assembly on restructuring the Secretariat -- Address to the General Assembly upon appointment as Secretary-General -- Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea: Together, building the future we want -- Address on receiving the Seoul Peace Prize -- Remarks to the sixteenth Summit of the Movement of Non-Aligned Nations -- Remarks to the Atlantic Council -- Remarks at the gravesite of Dag Hammarskjöld -- Remarks to the annual reception of the Francophone Community -- Remarks to the Pacific Island Forum -- Remarks to the Parliament of Uruguay -- Remarks to roundtable at the Central Party School -- Remarks to the European Parliament -- Remarks to the Caribbean Community -- Address to the Global Compact Leaders Summit -- Remarks at memorial ceremony in honour of those killed in the Haiti earthquake -- Address to the Global Insight Summit -- Address to the Asia society -- Address to the United Nations Association of Sudan -- Address to the Korea Society -- Address to the African Union Summit -- Remarks to the United Nations Correspondents Association -- Remarks at World Food Prize Ceremony -- Remarks to UN Conference on Sustainable Development (Rio+20) -- Remarks to World Future Energy Summit -- Remarks to fourth High-level Forum on Aid Effectiveness -- Remarks to the General Assembly on the prevention and control of non-communicable Diseases -- Remarks at launch of Roll Back Malaria Partnership report -- Remarks to General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS -- Remarks on redefining sustainable development -- Remarks at launch of every Woman Every Child initiative -- Remarks to "1,000 Days, Change a Life" event on child under-nutrition -- Remarks at High-Level Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals -- Remarks to the National Assembly of Cameroon -- Remarks to Global Forum on Migration and Development -- Remarks to High-Level meeting on food security for all -- Remarks at G-20 Summit -- Remarks on sanitation and Water -- Remarks at the launch of UN Cares, the UN workplace programme on HIV -- Address to UN conference on Climate change -- Remarks to UN Climate Change Summit -- The ice is melting: Op-ed article in The New York Times -- Address on adapting to climate change -- Address to UN conference on climate change -- Remarks during visit to Antarctica -- Remarks to international conference on Afghanistan -- Remarks to Action Group on Syria -- Address to the Union Assembly of Myanmar -- Remarks to Herzliya Conference -- Address to High-level Meeting on Reform and Transitions to Democracy -- Remarks to the Security Council on Somalia -- Remarks at UN Memorial Cemetery in Korea -- Remarks at Press Conference -- Remarks at ceremony marking the independence of South Sudan -- Address to the Sofia Platform -- Remarks to Civil Society Groups -- Listening to the people: A changing Arab World and the United Nations -- The Cyril Foster Lecture: Human protection and the 21st century United Nations -- Remarks at High-level Meeting on Côte d'ivoire -- Remarks to the Parliament of Kyrgyzstan -- Remarks to Security Council on organized crime -- Remarks to Diplomatic missions, non-governmental Organizations and UN agencies -- Remarks to the Press -- Remarks at symposium on supporting victims of Terrorism -- Remarks at international meeting on the Middle East -- Remarks at Summit on the Safe and Innovative use of Nuclear Energy -- Remarks to the Conference on Disarmament -- Remarks at Peace Memorial Ceremony -- Remarks to International Conference for a Nuclear-Free, Peaceful, Just and Sustainable World -- Remarks at Semipalatinsk test site -- Address to the East-West Institute -- Welcoming America inspired my public service: Op-ed article in USA today -- Pakistan needs our help, now: Op-ed article in the New York Times -- Remarks to Haiti reconstruction and donors conference -- Do not wait for disaster: Op-ed article in The Daily Star -- Remarks to High-level meeting of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law -- Remarks at Memorial Centre -- Message to Human Rights Council on discrimination based on sexual orientation or gender identity -- Address to Stanley Foundation conference on the Responsibility to Protect -- Remarks at Space for Memory and for the protection and defense of human rights -- Address to Review Conference of the International Criminal Court: An age of accountability -- Remarks to the press following address to the Parliament of Malawi -- Remarks to the Third Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations -- Remarks at Holocaust Remembrance Day Ceremony at Park East Synagogue -- Address to forum on responsible sovereignty -- Remarks to the Human Rights Council -- Remarks to the press at Rwanda Genocide Memorial -- Remarks to Vienna Community: Empowering people in a changing world -- Remarks to the Global Colloquium of University Presidents: Empowering women to change the world -- Remarks to ministerial meeting of the Security Council on resolution 1325 -- Launch of the UNiTE Network of Men Leaders to End Violence Against Women -- Remarks on UNiTE to End Violence Against Women -- Remarks to the General Assembly on gender equality and the empowerment of women -- Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms
Summary Annotation The United Nations works across the world for peace, sustainable development, human rights and the rule of law. This collection of speeches by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon shows the breadth of those efforts advances and struggles alike at a time of profound transition for the human family. Since taking office in 2007, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has sought to mobilize the international community behind global solutions to urgent challenges ranging from climate change and poverty to armed conflict and the spread of deadly weapons. The goal: dignity, freedom and opportunity for all
Notes Print version record
Subject Ki-moon, Ban
SUBJECT Pan, Ki-mun, 1944- fast
Subject United Nations. Secretary-General.
SUBJECT United Nations. Secretary-General fast
Subject POLITICAL SCIENCE -- General.
Form Electronic book
Author United Nations.
ISBN 9789210559959
9210559959