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June 21, 2007
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The United Nations Office of the Secretary General issued the text of the following statement:

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks at the presentation ceremony of the Mahbub ul Haq Award, in New York, yesterday, 20 June:

It gives me great pleasure to join all of you for this very special occasion. The Human Development Awards celebrate what is ultimately our Organization's highest calling: building lives in larger freedom for all humankind. Today, by honouring Sheila Watt-Cloutier with the Mahbub ul Haq Award for Human Development, we celebrate a truly remarkable individual with one of the UN's most exceptional Awards.

Sheila has devoted her entire life to ...

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