SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS 23 NOVEMBER ATTACK ON RESIDENCE OF GUINEA-BISSAU’S

PRESIDENT, WHICH COULD DEVASTATE COUNTRY’S FRAGILE STABILITY

The following statement was issued yesterday, 23 November, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SIXTH AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT FORUM, WHEN IT COMES

TO WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, THERE CAN BE NO MORE BUSINESS AS USUAL

Secretary-General stresses interdependence of democracy, peace, development

in message to workshop on promoting peaceful african transitions

Security Council PRESS STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU

 

The following Security Council press statement on Guinea-Bissau was read out today by Council President Jorge Urbina ( Costa Rica):

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON SOMALIA

 

The following Security Council press statement on Somalia was read out today by Council President Saul Weisleder ( Costa Rica):

This afternoon, the Council held consultations of the whole to continue discussing the situation in Somalia. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, NOTING PROSECUTOR’S WARRANT REQUEST, STRESSES CRITICAL

IMPORTANCE OF COMPLIANCE WITH ACTIONS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES END TO HOSTILITIES FOLLOWING REPORTS OF FIGHTING IN DARFUR

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED AT NEW PIRACY ACTS OFF SOMALIA’S COAST, STRONGLY

SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO ADDRESS SCOURGE, STRENGTHEN SECURITY IN AREA

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Secretary-General welcomes humanitarian access in Democratic Republic of Congo

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

IN MESSAGE FOR AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ABILITY

TO PROCESS RAW MATERIALS INTO HIGH-VALUE-ADDED GOODS IS ESSENTIAL

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on Africa Industrialization Day, to be observed on 20 November: