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:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PEACEBUILDING COOPERATION FRAMEWORK CAN MARK DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN A SIERRA LEONE BURDENED BY THREATS TO PEACE, CHANCE TO CONSOLIDATE IT

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:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO LUANDA MEETING, NOTES ‘ENCOURAGING’ STEPS TOWARDS

PEACE IN CENTRAL AFRICA, BUT SAYS SOME RECENT EVENTS THREATEN LASTING STABILITY

INVESTMENT IN AFRICA NEEDED FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO TAKE ROOT,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO MINISTERIAL ROUND TABLE

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:

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:

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:

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:

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: