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SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR AFRICA DAY, CALLS DYNAMISM, CREATIVITY OF REGION’S PEOPLE BEST RESOURCE TO MEET ITS FORMIDABLE CHALLENGES

19 May 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General, in message for africa day, calls dynamism, creativity


of region’s people best resource to meet its formidable challenges


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Day, to be observed on 25 May:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ‘POSITIVE DEVELOPMENT’ IN BURUNDI PEACE PROCESS, AS DELEGATION OF PALIPEHUTU-FNL ARRIVES IN CAPITAL

16 May 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General welcomes ‘positive development’ in Burundi peace process,


As delegation of palipehutu-fnl arrives in capital

 


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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED AT ATTACKS ON OUTSKIRTS OF KHARTOUM, CONDEMNS USE OF FORCE TO ACHIEVE POLITICAL ENDS

12 May 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED AT ATTACKS ON OUTSKIRTS OF KHARTOUM,


CONDEMNS USE OF FORCE TO ACHIEVE POLITICAL ENDS

 


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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES RECENT NORTH DARFUR BOMBINGS TARGETING CIVILIANS, CALLS ON PARTIES TO COMMIT TO POLITICAL PROCESS

7 May 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES RECENT NORTH DARFUR BOMBINGS TARGETING CIVILIANS,


CALLS ON PARTIES TO COMMIT TO POLITICAL PROCESS

 


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

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DARFUR FOCUS SHOULD NOT ECLIPSE WORK FOR COUNTRYWIDE PEACE, EMPHASIZES DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL AT OSLO OPENING OF SUDAN CONSORTIUM

7 May 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

darfur focus should not eclipse work for countrywide peace, emphasizes

 

Deputy Secretary-General at oslo opening of sudan consortium


Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the opening session of the Sudan Consortium in Oslo, yesterday, 6 May:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL, CLOSELY FOLLOWING EVOLVING SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE, SAYS INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS NEEDED FOR FUTURE STAGES OF ELECTORAL PROCESS

7 May 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CLOSELY FOLLOWING EVOLVING SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE, SAYS


INTERNATIONAL OBSERVERS NEEDED FOR FUTURE STAGES OF ELECTORAL PROCESS


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

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DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, TO ANNUAL AFRICAN AMBASSADORS’ DINNER, SAYS AFRICA, MORE THAN ANY OTHER CONTINENT, HAS CARVED ITS POLITICAL, ECONOMIC UNITY

30 April 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, TO ANNUAL AFRICAN AMBASSADORS’ DINNER, SAYS AFRICA,


MORE THAN ANY OTHER CONTINENT, HAS CARVED ITS POLITICAL, ECONOMIC UNITY


Following is Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s address to the annual African Ambassadors’ dinner, in Washington, D.C., on 24 April: