United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly [to 18 July 2015]

United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly  [to 18 July 2015]
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Selected Press Releases/Meetings Coverage
16 July 2015
SG/SM/16948-DEV/3192
Secretary-General Praises Adoption of Addis Ababa Action Agenda at Development Financing Conference as ‘Major Step Forward’ towards Prosperous World

16 July 2015
DEV/3191
World Conference on Financing for Development Forges ‘New Financial Alliance’ as Global Leaders Conclude Summit with Adoption of Addis Ababa Action Agenda
ADDIS ABABA, 16 July — World leaders agreed that strengthening cooperation in technology, infrastructure and social protections to drive prosperity was key to realizing inclusive, sustainable development, as the Third International Conference on Financing for Development concluded this evening in Addis Ababa with the adoption of an outcome text — described by some as a “new financial alliance”

15 July 2015
DEV/3190
Speakers at Addis Conference Urge ‘Fully Operational’ Development Financing Scheme to Minimize Effects of World’s Crises on Vulnerable States
ADDIS ABABA, 15 July – Ministers of countries that had made strides in the complex task of sustaining social cohesion and growing their economies, nevertheless urged the adoption at the Third International Conference on Financing for Development, in Ethiopia, of an effective framework for assistance that would help build the resilience of all States to the multiple crises the world currently faced.

14 July 2015
DEV/3187
As Developing Countries Strive to Enhance Economic Performance, Developed Partners Should Honour or Surpass Aid Pledges, Addis Conference Hears
ADDIS ABABA, 14 July — Developing countries were committed to resolving their development challenges but required “space and autonomy” to mobilize domestic resources, senior officials attending the Third International Conference on Financing for Development said today, pressing partner countries to honour — or surpass — overdue assistance pledges and revitalize cooperation so they could catalyse genuine change in the post-2015 era

14 July 2015
SG/SM/16943
Secretary-General Congratulates P5+1, Iran for Reaching Historic Agreement

14 July 2015
SG/SM/16944-AIDS/198
Secretary-General, at AIDS-Related Millennium Development Goal Report Launch, Says ‘World Has Delivered’ on Halting, Reversing Epidemic Globally

13 July 2015
SG/SM/16938-DEV/3186
Secretary-General Launches New Financing Model Aimed at Improving Health for Women, Children, Adolescents, Ending Preventable Deaths
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the “Every woman, every child” launch of the Global Financing Facility.