United Nations – Secretary General, Security Council, General Assembly  [to 5 December 2015]
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Selected Press Releases/Meetings Coverage

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4 December 2015
SG/SM/17387-HR/5279-OBV/1564
Secretary-General, in Message for Human Rights Day, Urges Concerted Global Action to Protect, Promote Fundamental Freedoms, Birthright of All Peoples

4 December 2015
SG/SM/17388-ENV/DEV/1609
Secretary-General Calls New Report of Climate Finance Leadership Alliance ‘Launch Pad’ for Future Cities’ ‘True Transformation’
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks, as prepared for delivery, at the launch of the Cities Climate Finance Leadership Alliance report on “State of City Climate Finance”, in Paris.

3 December 2015
SG/SM/17385-HR/5278-OBV/1563
Secretary-General Stresses Need to Account for ‘Unconsidered and Unheard’ Needs of Persons with ‘Invisible’ Disabilities, at International Day Observance
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the opening ceremony of the observance of the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, in New York.

3 December 2015
SG/A/1616*-BIO/4794*-ENV/DEV/1607
Secretary-General Appoints David Nabarro of United Kingdom Special Adviser on 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of David Nabarro of the United Kingdom as Special Adviser on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The Special Adviser will work with Member States and other relevant stakeholders to galvanize action on implementation of the Agenda, while also overseeing the Secretary-General’s special initiatives, for example, “Every Woman Every Child”.

3 December 2015
GA/11734
General Assembly Adopts without Vote Two Resolutions Calling for Concerted Global Efforts to Advance Culture of Peace, Non-Violence, Tolerance
Confronting an increasingly polarized world where religious intolerance, discrimination, xenophobia, conflict and the emergence of new extremist ideologies abounded, the General Assembly today adopted, without a vote, two resolutions that stressed the advancement of a culture of peace and non-violence based on education, tolerance, dialogue and cooperation.

1 December 2015
SG/A/1614*-BIO/4792*-HR/5277
Secretary-General Appoints Kate Gilmore of Australia As Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of Kate Gilmore of Australia as Deputy High Commissioner for Human Rights. She will succeed Flavia Pansieri of Italy, to whom the Secretary-General and the High Commissioner for Human Rights are grateful for her dedicated service to the United Nations human rights programme during the past three years, following a long and distinguished career in the United Nations system around the world.

1 December 2015
SG/SM/17379-HR/5276-OBV/1560
Use 2030 Agenda as Road Map to Free World’s Enslaved People, Secretary-General Says, in Message Marking International Day for Abolition of Slavery