LAUNCHING LATEST AFRICA REPORT, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES SOME ‘GOOD NEWS’

TOWARDS ATTAINING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, URGES SCALED UP INTERVENTIONS

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CHARLES TAYLOR TRIAL CONTRIBUTES TO FIGHT

 

AGAINST IMPUNITY, STRENGTHENS RULE OF LAW WORLDWIDE

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISPATCHING UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS

TO HORN OF AFRICA FOR CONSULTATIONS ON SOMALIA

 

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

Secretary-General, in remarks at Africa Day celebrations, urges full use

Of Region’s Institutional mechanisms to promote real progress

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Africa Day celebrations in New York today, 31 May:

Secretary-General strongly condemns attacks on villagers

 

in south kivu, Democratic Republic of Congo

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS KILLING OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICER IN SUDAN

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

General Assembly President, in meSsage for africa day, stresses ‘moral obligation’

 

to share burden of continent’s overwhelming challenges

 

TANGIBLE, IMMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS NEEDED IN BURUNDI TO MAKE ‘HARD-WON PEACE’

IRREVERSIBLE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DONOR CONFERENCE

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the donor round table conference on Burundi, held in Bujumbura, 24-25 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL MARTIN L. AGWAI OF NIGERIA

AS FORCE COMMANDER OF AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SUDAN

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

CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES AGREE ON ELABORATION OF LEGAL INSTRUMENT

TO CONTROL SMALL ARMS, CODE OF CONDUCT FOR SECURITY SERVICES

(Delayed in transmission, issued on 25 May 2007.)