Selected DPI and UN System Press Releases Last updated 16 June 2013

June 2013 By Conserving Arid Lands Essential Water Supplies Can Be Protected-UN Chief Statement Attributable To the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the Elections in the Islamic Republic Of Iran Education for Peace UN Secretary-General, In Message for Word Environment Day, Calls Food Waste Massive Cost In Terms Of Energy, Land, Water Iranian Young Scientist Wins UNESCO Award May 2013 Ban Calls on Everyone to Help Syrian People Find the Path to Reconciliation, Reconstruction and Peace On Peacekeepers Day, UN Chief Salutes Bravery of UN Peacekeepers Biodiversity Central to Achieving the Vision of a Water Secure World-Ban In Africa’s Great Lakes Region, Peace Dividend Must Follow Peace Deal Telecommunication Technology Reduces Traffic Fatalities On Int’l Day of Families Ban Calls for a Healthier World for All Get Featured and Celebrate UNESCO’s International Arts Education Week with Our Asia-Pacific Photo Activity 1.3 Million People Die In Road Accidents Annually-UN Chief April 2013 Ban Calls On Int’l Community to Rid the World of Chemical Weapons Ban Urges Global Health Community to Provide Universal Access to Malaria Interventions Forward-Looking Macroeconomic Policies for Inclusive and Sustainable Development Ban Pledges Aid to Iran and Pakistan Following Powerful Earthquake International Community Should Step Up Assistance to Syrian Refugees, Displaced, Appeals UNFPA Head Preventing Genocide, A Shared Responsibility-UN Chief On World Health Day, Ban Underlines Need For Enhancing Public Awareness on Problem of Hypertension A Thousand Days to Keep the Millennium Promise A World Free From Threat of Mines March 2013 All People Can Use Nowruz to Reflect On Beauty of Nature, Promise of Spring and Power Of Culture To Build Peace-UN Chief New Report Indicates That Road Traffic Injuries Claim 1.24 Million Lives Every Year On International Women’s Day Ban Calls For Prosecution Of Crimes Against Women INCB: We Must Halt Unprecedented Proliferation and Abuse Of ‘Legal Highs’ UN Women’s Commission Begins Annual Session With Call To Stop Gender-Based Violence Commodities In Need Of Regulation: Towards an Arms Trade Treaty February 2013 Social Justice for All Ban Calls On All Governments to Make Concrete Commitment of Action To End Violence Against Women, Girls On World Radio Day Ban Calls for Tuning World to Frequency of Peace, Development and Human Rights January 2013 New UN Report Shows Major Decline in Foreign Direct Investment In 2012 UN And Partners Launch Global Campaign to Reduce Food Waste World’s Youth Facing Worsening Unemployment, Warns New UN Report Millions of Domestic Workers Worldwide Lack Social Protection, Says New UN Report

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