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20 November, 2009
SG/SM/12618-HR/5005Secretary-General, on Children’s Convention’s Twentieth Anniversary, Says Treaty ‘Our Beacon, Our Template’, Its Influence Profound

SG/SM/12619-AFR/1910-DEV/2775On Africa Industrialization Day, 20 Years Later, African Industrial Sector Still Not Lived Up to Potential, Says Secretary-General

SG/SM/12620Secretary-General, in Message to First Global Road Safety Conference, Says Meeting Long Overdue, Owing to Staggering Number of Deaths

SG/SM/12617-GA/10892-ENV/DEV/1092More Ambitious Agreement in Copenhagen Can More Quickly Be Codified in Treaty, Says Secretary-General to General Assembly Informal Meeting

SG/SM/12621Secretary-General Welcomes European Union’s Appointment of Its First President, High Representative for Foreign Policy and Security Policy

SG/T/2707Activities of Secretary-General in Italy, 15-17 November 2009

19 November, 2009
SG/SM/12614-AFG/346Secretary-General Congratulates Afghan President on Inauguration for Second Term

SG/SM/12613Legislative Voice, Vote Will Be Vital in Keeping Commitments to World’s Most Vulnerable, Secretary-General Tells Parliamentary Hearing at United Nations

SG/SM/12615-HR/5004-OBV/832Secretary-General, in Message to Mark International Day for Slavery’s Abolition, Says List of Similarly Abhorrent Modern Practices Is ‘Shockingly Long’

SG/SM/12616-GA/10891-ENV/DEV/1091In Copenhagen, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly Meeting, Solid Foundation Will Be Laid for Progress, Binding Treaty Reached in 2010

18 November, 2009
SG/SM/12610-PAL/2124Following Another ‘Painful Year’ in Middle East, Secretary-General Tells Meeting on Palestine Refugees ‘We Need to See Two States Living Side by Side in Peace’

SG/SM/12611-AFR/1909Secretary-General Meets with Members of Panel Tasked with Probing Alleged Human Rights Violations during Events on 29 September 2009 in Conakry, Guinea

SG/SM/12612-OBV/831-WOM/1767Secretary-General, in Message on International Day for Elimination of Violence against Women, Urges Ending Discrimination, Reaffirming Women’s Human Rights

17 November, 2009
SG/SM/12609Secretary-General Deplores Israel’s Settlement Expansion Decision

16 November, 2009
SG/SM/12606-SAG/426‘World Is Impatient For Us to Make a Difference. I Too Am Impatient. And I Am Committed,’ Says Secretary-General at Food Security Summit

DSG/SM/481-DEV/2774Deputy Secretary-General to New Resident Coordinators, United Nations Development Programme Resident Representatives: ‘You Are Face of UN, to People We Serve’

SG/SM/12607-ENV/DEV/1090‘Opportunity Knocks; It Is Up to You to Open the Door’, Secretary-General Says in Message to Pre-Copenhagen Meeting, Urging Climate Change Deal

SG/SM/12608-SAG/427Secretary-General, Addressing World Food Programme Staff, Pays Tribute to Colleagues Killed in Pakistan Terrorist Attack

13 November, 2009
DSG/SM/480-AFR/1906-REC/229Add Concrete Support to Regional Preparations for Copenhagen Climate Conference, Deputy Secretary-General Urges Coordination Mechanism of Africa Commission

12 November, 2009
SG/SM/12603-ENV/DEV/1089Secretary-General Urges Heads of State, Government to Attend Copenhagen Summit

SG/SM/12604-AFR/1905-OBV/829Secretary-General, In Message, Says Africa Industrialization Day Time to Reaffirm Continent’s Efforts to Create More Prosperous Future

SG/SM/12605-OBV/830Tolerance Is Not Indifference or Grudging Acceptance, but Way of Life Based on Understanding, Respect for Others, Says Secretary-General in Message

11 November, 2009
SG/SM/12599-DC/3201Secretary-General, Addressing Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II to Conventional Weapons Treaty, Calls Attention to Threat of Mines

SG/SM/12600-SC/9787Secretary-General, in Security Council Debate on Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict, Cites ‘Fundamental Failure’ By Parties to Respect Obligations

SG/T/2706Activities of Secretary-General in Washington, D.C., 9-10 November

SG/SM/12601/Rev. 1-AFG/345/Rev. 1Secretary-General Welcomes Japan’s Intention to Boost Aid for Afghanistan

SG/SM/12602-OBV/828In World Day Message, Secretary-General Urges International Community to Support Developing Countries in Preventing Diabetes, Increasing Access to Health Care

9 November, 2009
SG/SM/12591-AFR/1904Secretary-General Welcomes Madagascar Accord, Pledges United Nations Backing

SG/SM/12592-DC/3199Disarmament Can Provide Means for Peace, Development, Secretary-General Tells Religions for Peace Global Youth Campaign for Shared Security

SG/SM/12593-IK/612Secretary-General Hails Agreement on Iraq Electoral Law, Calls for Statesmanship