United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly [to 21 March 2015]
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Selected Press Releases/Meetings Coverage
20 March 2015
ENV/DEV/1497-OBV/1442
International Forest Day: Forests Essential for Meeting People’s Needs and Tackling Climate Change
The sustainable management and conservation of forests must be considered in the design and implementation of the new sustainable development goals and the new climate change agreement to be adopted this December in Paris, according to United Nations officials and forest experts in messages for the International Day of Forests, observed on 21 March.
20 March 2015
SG/SM/16605-OBV/1441
Commemorating Transatlantic Slave Trade Victims, Secretary-General Calls for Ending Modern Slavery, Announces Unveiling of Permanent Memorial
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon’s message for the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, observed on 25 March.
19 March 2015
SG/SM/16601-DC/3540
Fresh Approaches, Mechanisms to Consider Civil Society’s Role in Disarmament Critical to Create Safer World, Secretary-General Tells Geneva Forum
19 March 2015
SG/SM/16600-OBV/1437
Secretary-General, in Message for International Happiness Day, Urges Efforts to Achieve Universal Peace, Prosperity, Human Rights
17 March 2015
SG/SM/16598-ENV/DEV/1495-OBV/1436
Secretary-General, on World Water Day, Says Access to Potable Water, Proper Sanitation Essential for Global Prosperity, Health
16 March 2015
SG/SM/16597-ENV/DEV/1494-OBV/1435
Secretary-General, on International Day of Forests, Stresses Investment, Smart Policies Essential for Building Sustainable, Climate-Resilient Future
16 March 2015
SG/SM/16593-IHA/1358
Reducing Disaster Risks Is ‘Everybody’s Business’, Secretary-General Says at Symposium on Great East Japan Earthquake, Calling for ‘All Hands on Deck’