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Happy New Year to you all. I wish you and your countries prosperity and peace in the year ahead.I thank you for this opportunity to address the General Assembly about our common future.
Aujourd’hui, je vous présenterai les décisions que nous avons prises dans le cadre des crises qui se poursuivent en Syrie, au Soudan du Sud, en République centrafricaine et en République démocratique du Congo.
Je lance un appel pour que des mesures soient adoptées afin de faire face aux menaces sous-jacentes, promouvoir le développement et protéger la planète. J’exhorterai les dirigeants à dépasser les intérêts nationaux pour notre avenir collectif.
Nous sommes capables de cet esprit de citoyenneté mondiale.
J’en ai eu la preuve au cours de l’année écoulée.
You, the Member States, adopted the Arms Trade Treaty. We would like to see this historic pact come into effect this year.
You held the first-ever High-Level Meeting on disabilities and development.
One hundred and thirty five Member States endorsed a Declaration of Commitment on eliminating sexual violence in conflict.
The High-Level Dialogue on Migration and Development adopted a path-breaking Declaration.
States also adopted the first environmental instrument in more than a decade: the Minamata Convention on Mercury.
I mention these major accomplishments so we may be inspired to overcome the challenges ahead.
I have just returned from a Syrian refugee camp in the Kurdistan Governorate of Iraq.
I had previously already visited the refugee camps in Jordan and Turkey.
The Deputy Secretary-General also visited one in Lebanon.
The people there depend on our solidarity to survive. But more than supplies and services, they need peace.
From Iraq, I went to the Second International Humanitarian Pledging Conference on Syria in Kuwait.
His Highness the Emir of Kuwait proved his country to be a global humanitarian centre. His contribution of a half billion dollars set an inspiring tone.
Your governments and other partners pledged more than $2.4 billion. These funds will help us give hope to families. And they will contribute to regional stability by helping Syria’s neighbours to cope with the economic, social, political and security difficulties of hosting more than three million refugees.
Humanitarian aid can feed a hungry child, which is important enough. But it can also indirectly stop a car bomb by reducing social tensions.
The conference in Kuwait responded to the humanitarian dimension of the Syria crisis.
We are also addressing disarmament and peace.
The Joint OPCW-UN team is meeting a tight timeline to rid Syria of chemical weapons. We are intensifying efforts to bring the parties together for the International Conference
on Syria in Switzerland next week. In Montreux, we will press them to launch a political process, move to a transitional governing body with full executive powers, and stop the violence......................http://www.un.org/sg/statements/
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Addressing General Assembly, Ban urges political, financial support for UN priorities
“I will urge world leaders to rise above national interests for our collective future,” Mr. Ban said in his address to the 193-member General Assembly. “We are capable of this spirit of global citizenship.”
The Secretary-General stressed that while he is determined to make the UN Secretariat “truly global, modern and effective,” Member States must also do their part to “empower the United Nations itself.”
“This global Organization should not have to plead with Governments for troops, police, assets or resources while the victims of war and poverty suffer and die,” he said urging action that would make this year “one of extraordinary progress.”......................http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=46953&Cr=general+assembly&Cr1=#.UtmNffvQDs0
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