Background Press Release

 ‘CONNECT AFRICA’ INITIATIVE TO BE FOCUS OF BRIEFINGS

 

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 19-20 SEPTEMBER

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF OFFICIAL RESULTS

IN SIERRA LEONE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

 

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

JOINT STATEMENT BY MEMBERS OF MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AFRICA STEERING GROUP

Following is the joint statement of the members of the Millennium Development Goals Africa Steering Group issued today following its meeting in New York:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, BRIEFING SECURITY COUNCIL, SAYS CREDIBLE PROGRESS MADE ON KEY

DARFUR ISSUES DURING RECENT ‘INTENSIVE AND REWARDING’ TRIP TO REGION

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS François Lonseny FALL of Guinea

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS AHMEDOU OULD-ABDALLAH OF MAURITANIA

 

AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SOMALIA

 

Security Council press statement on Democratic Republic of Congo

 

The following Security Council statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo was delivered today by the Council President Jean-Maurice Ripert ( France):

Biographical Note

Secretary-General pleased by orderly, peaceful elections in Sierra Leone

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED, SADDENED BY ESCALATION OF TERRORIST VIOLENCE IN ALGERIA

The following statement was issued on 8 September by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: