{"id":196764,"date":"2010-12-17T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:16:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/?p=196764"},"modified":"2019-03-12T17:16:30","modified_gmt":"2019-03-12T17:16:30","slug":"auto-insert-196764","status":"publish","type":"document","link":"https:\/\/www.un.org\/unispal\/document\/auto-insert-196764\/","title":{"rendered":"SecGen opening remarks at UN Headquarters year-end press conference &#8211; Press release (excerpts)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\n<hr height=\"7px\" \/>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><strong>Looking back, Ban calls 2010 &#8216;a big year for the United Nations&#8217;<\/strong><\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align:left;padding-top:8px;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\"><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">17 December 2010 &#8211; In his end-of-year &#8220;state of the world&#8221; news conference, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today <\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.un.org\/apps\/news\/infocus\/sgspeeches\/statments_full.asp?statID=1039\" style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\"><strong>called<\/strong><\/a><span style=\"color:#000000;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">&nbsp;2010 &#8220;a big year for the United Nations,&#8221; with progress on issues from biodiversity to electoral support in Iraq and Afghanistan, but warned of challenges ahead in Sudan, the Middle East and other world flashpoints. <\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">\/&#8230;<\/p><\/div>\n<div style=\"color:#000000;text-align:left;padding-top:8px;font-size:8pt;font-family:Verdana, san-serif;\">\n<p style=\"margin-top:0px;margin-bottom:0px;\">Turning to the Middle East, he once again urged Israelis and Palestinians to engage seriously and be forthcoming on substance and reiterated Israel&#8217;s obligation to freeze all settlement activity, including in East Jerusalem. <\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Looking back, Ban calls 2010 &#8216;a big year for the United Nations&#8217; 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