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  1. Secretary-General's mesage to Summit of the World's Regions on Food Security [delivered by David Nabarro, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Food Security and Nutrition]

    ... and income-earning. Disproportionate numbers of women and children experience undernutrition and nutritional deficiency. We must do a ...

  2. Secretary-General's remarks at press encounter with Foreign Minister Oldemiro Baloi of Mozambique

    ... this role as Education Champion. There are many more children survive beyond the age of five.  You have deepened democracy.  ...

  3. Secretary-General's remarks at Akash Tablet Event

    ... the digital divide. We need to do more to help all children and young people make the most of the opportunities provided by ...

  4. Secretary-General's Remarks at the Commemoration of the 75th Anniversary of the First Meeting of the United Nations General Assembly [as delivered]

    ... impact on the poor and dispossessed, older people and children, those with disabilities, and minorities of all kinds. It has pushed ... Disruption to education will affect millions of children for their entire lives. Millions of women have been trapped at ...

  5. Secretary-General's joint press conference with World Bank President Robert Zoellick after the first day of the G8 Summit Outreach Session [unofficial transcript]

    ... ensure coverage of basic services for maternal, newborn and children's health. More investment for training community health workers, would ...

  6. Secretary-General's message on World Health Day

    ... helped to cut malaria rates dramatically, particularly among children and pregnant women.  Sustained political commitment can save ...

  7. Secretary-General's Remarks to the Opening of the Fourth United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries [As delivered]

    ... half their incomes on food. More than 40 per cent of children in LDCs have had their growth and development stunted by malnutrition. A country that cannot feed its children cannot thrive. My final point concerns trade. The ...

  8. Secretary-General's opening remarks at Budapest Water Summit [as prepared for delivery]

    ... defecation. Diarrhoea is the second biggest killer of children under five in the world after pneumonia. Even when it does not ... repeated diarrhoea can cause childhood stunting. These children are more vulnerable to disease and their brains do not develop as they ...

  9. Note to Correspondents - Transcript of stakeout by UN Senior Adviser, Jan Egeland

    ... they can, all of them it seems, to avoid us helping women, children, wounded on the other side. That has to change, it can change, we ...

  10. Secretary-General's remarks at launch of Call to Action on Demographic Issues in the Sahel Region [as prepared for delivery] [Please scroll down for French version]

    ... families where mothers and fathers decide together how many children they want to have. The time to do this is now. I have full ...