Time of Test, Era of Opportunity : Selected Speeches of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, 2007-2016 / UN.

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Book

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UN.

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English

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United Nations.

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United Nations.

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1 online resource (367 pages)

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[Place of publication not identified] : United Nations, 2016.

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Summary:

This publication features a selection of speeches delivered by the United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon during his tenure from 2006 to 2016, a decade that has witnessed considerable upheaval and transformation. The most important issues of our time are addressed in this volume, ranging from international peace and security to sustainable development, climate change to disarmament, humanitarian action to human rights, justice and the rule of law, and the empowerment of women and girls and of the new generations. This collection of speeches provides vital insights into our rapidly changing world and of the multiple challenges facing humanity today.

Contents:

About Ban Ki-moon

Introduction

Address to the 71st General Assembly, New York, 20 September 2016

Address to the 70th General Assembly, New York, 28 September 2015

Address to the 69th General Assembly, New York, 24 September 2014

Address to the 68th General Assembly, New York, 24 September 2013

Address to the 67th General Assembly, New York, 25 September 2012

Address to the General Assembly: Five-Year Action Agenda: The Future We Want, New York, 25 January 2012

Address to the 66th General Assembly, New York, 21 September 2011

Remarks to the General Assembly upon re-election as Secretary-General, New York, 21 June 2011

Address to the 65th General Assembly, New York, 23 September 2010

Address to the 64th General Assembly, New York, 23 September 2009

Address to the 63rd General Assembly, New York, 23 September 2008

Address to the 62nd General Assembly, New York, 25 September 2007

Address to the General Assembly upon appointment as Secretary-General, New York, 13 October 2006

Address to Global Compact Leaders Summit, New York, 22 June 2016

Remarks on the visit of His Holiness Pope Francis, New York, 25 September 2015

Norman Rockwell's Big Worldview, op-ed article, The Boston Globe, 30 June 2015

Remarks on the 70th anniversary of the adoption of the UN Charter, San Francisco, 26 June 2015

Remarks at Sabarmati Gandhi Ashram, Ahmedabad, India, 11 January 2015

Remarks at memorial ceremony for Nelson Mandela, Johannesburg, 10 December 2013

Address to the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea: Together, Building the Future We Want, Seoul, 30 October 2012

Address upon receiving the Seoul Peace Prize, Seoul, 29 October 2012

Remarks to the 16th Summit of the Movement of Non-Aligned Nations, Tehran, 30 August 2012

Remarks at gravesite of Dag Hammarskjöld, Uppsala, 12 October 2011

Remarks to roundtable at the Central Party School, Beijing, 3 November 2010

Address to the European Parliament, Strasbourg, 19 October 2010

Address to the Asia Society, New York, 6 November 2007

Remarks at High-level Meeting on large movements of refugees and migrants, New York, 19 September 2016

Remarks on the adoption of the 2030 Agenda For Sustainable Development, New York, 25 September 2015

Remarks at Third International Conference on Financing for Development, Addis Ababa, 13 July 2015

Remarks at ebola treatment unit PTS1, Hastings, Sierra Leone, 19 December 2014

1,000 Days to Keep the Millennium Promise, op-ed article, China Daily, 1 April 2013

Remarks at Museum of Oceanography, Monaco, 3 April 2013

Remarks at World Food Prize Ceremony, Des Moines, 18 October 2012

Remarks to the General Assembly on the prevention and control, of non-communicable diseases New York, 19 September 2011

Remarks at launch of Roll Back Malaria Partnership Report, New York, 13 September 2011

Remarks to General Assembly High-level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, New York, 8 June 2011

Remarks to High-level Plenary Meeting of the General Assembly on the Millennium Development Goals, New York, 20 September 2010

Remarks at the Event: One World One Dream: Sanitation and Water for All, New York, 24 September 2008

Address to the Arctic Circle Assembly, Reykjavik, 8 October 2016

Remarks at signing ceremony for the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, New York, 22 April 2016

Remarks following the adoption of the Paris Agreement on Climate Change, Paris, 12 December 2015

Remarks at Vatican Conference on the Moral Dimensions of Climate Change and Sustainable Development: Protect the Earth, Dignify Humanity, Vatican City, 28 April 2015

Remarks at Climate Summit, New York, 23 September 2014

Remarks to Climate Change Summit, New York, 22 September 2009

The Ice Is Melting, op-ed article on Visit to the Arctic Circle, the New York Times, 17 September 2009

Address on Adapting to Climate Change, Ulaanbaatar, 27 July 2009

Remarks During Visit to Antarctica, Antarctica, 9 November 2007

Don't Shoot the Messenger, Israel, op-ed article, the New York Times, 31 January 2016

Remarks to the African Union, Addis Ababa, 30 January 2016

Remarks to the General Assembly on UN peace operations, New York, 12 October 2015

Keeping Peace, Building Trust, op-ed article on sexual exploitation and abuse, Le Monde, 23-24 August 2015

Remarks to International University for Humanities and Development, Ashgabat, 13 June 2015

Remarks at Summit on Countering Violent Extremism, Washington, D.C., 19 February 2015

Remarks on the situation in Syria, New York, 20 June 2014

South Sudan: Hard-won Hope Turns to Ashes, op-ed article, Los Angeles Times 10 May 2014

Remarks to the Security Council on sexual violence In armed conflict, New York, 25 April 2014

A Ticket Out of Misery, op-ed article, the Washington Post, 14 April 2014

In Africa's Great Lakes Region, Peace Dividend Must Follow Peace Deal, by Ban Ki-moon, with Jim Yong Kim, President of the World Bank Group, op-ed article, the Huffington Post, 20 May 2013

Address to the Union Assembly of Myanmar, Nyapyidaw, 30 April 2012

Address to the Sofia Platform, Sofia, 6 May 2011

Remarks to civil society groups, Tunis, 22 March 2011

The Cyril Foster Lecture: Human Protection and the 21st Century United Nations, Oxford, 2 February 2011

Remarks at high-level meeting on Côte d'Ivoire, Addis Ababa, 29 January 2011

Remarks to press, Gaza City, Gaza, 20 January 2009

Address to Symposium on Supporting Victims of Terrorism, New York, 9 September 2008

Remarks at New York University on the future of multilateral disarmament, New York, 22 November 2016

Remarks at special event marking the opening of the Arms Trade Treaty for signature New York, 3 June 2013

Remarks at Summit on the Safe and Innovative Use of Nuclear Energy, Kiev, 19 April 2011

Remarks to the Conference on Disarmament, Geneva, 26 January 2011

Remarks at peace memorial ceremony, Hiroshima, 6 August 2010

Remarks at Semipalatinsk test site, Kazakhstan, 6 April 2010

Address to the East-West Institute: A five-point proposal to revitalize the International Disarmament Agenda, New York, 24 October 2008

Remarks at the World Humanitarian Summit, Istanbul, 23 May 2016

Remarks at high-level meeting on global responsibility sharing for Syrian Refugees, Geneva, 30 March 2016

Give Refugees Opportunities to Give Back, op-ed article, Le Figaro, 11 November 2015

Remarks at Third World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction, Sendai, Japan, 14 March 2015

The Sergio Vieira de Mello Lecture, Geneva, 1 March 2013

Welcoming America Inspired My Public Service, op-ed article for Red Cross Reunion, The USA Today, 22 August 2012

Remarks at reception hosted by Japan to mark the one-year anniversary of the great East Asia earthquake, New York, 8 March 2012

Address upon receiving an honorary degree from the University of Cambridge Cambridge, 3 February 2016

Remarks at ceremony marking the 20th Anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, Kigali, 7 April 2014

A Heart-rending Visit To Auschwitz Inspires Hope, op-ed article, The Citizen, 23 January 2014

Statement on launch of "Human Rights up Front" Initiative: Renewing Our Commitment to the Peoples and Purposes of the United Nations, 22 November 2013

Protecting all Members of our Human Family, op-ed article on LGBT rights, The Jakarta Post, 20 December 2012

Remarks to high-level meeting of the General Assembly on the Rule of Law, New York, 24 September 2012

Remarks at Memorial Centre, Srebrenica, 26 July 2012

Address to Stanley Foundation Conference on the Responsibility to Protect, New York, 18 January 2012

Remarks at Space for Memory and for the Protection and Defence of Human Rights, Buenos Aires, 13 June 2011

Address to Review Conference of the International Criminal Court: An Age of Accountability, Kampala, 31 May 2010

Remarks to the Commission on the Status

of Women, New

York, 14 March 2016

Remarks on the Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation, New York, 8 February 2016

Remarks to Security Council marking 15th anniversary of the adoption of Resolution 1325 on Women, Peace and Security, New York, 13 October 2015

Remarks to the Global Colloquium of University Presidents: Empowering Women to Change the World, Philadelphia, 4 April 2011

Remarks at launch of Every Woman, Every Child Initiative, New York, 22 September 2010

Remarks at launch of the UNiTE Network of Men Leaders To End Violence Against Women, New York, 24 November 2009

Remarks on the UNiTE to End Violence Against Women Campaign, New York, 5 March 2009

Remarks to General Assembly on gender equality and the empowerment of women, New York, 6 March 2007

Address at McGill University: Threats and Opportunities: The Power of Young People To Shape A New Future, Montreal, 12 February 2016

Remarks at event marking the 20th anniversary of the World Programme of Action for Youth, New York, 29 May 2015

Remarks to Youth Assembly on Malala Day, New York, 12 July 2013

Glossary of abbreviations and acronyms.

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9789210583633

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