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SG/SM/12173
6 April 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12173
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS GIVES CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE COMMON HUMANITY

 

‘BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ISTANBUL FORUM

 


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Second Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations in Istanbul, today, 6 April:

SC/9628
6 April 2009
Security CouncilSC/9628
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

6101st Meeting (AM & PM)


SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES PROGRESS IN CONSOLIDATING STABILITY IN HAITI, STRESSES


NEED FOR SECURITY GAINS TO BE ACCOMPANIED BY SOCIAL, ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT


Presidential Statement Follows Day-Long Debate; Special Representative Says

GA/10819
6 April 2009
General AssemblyGA/10819
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-third General Assembly

Thematic Dialogue on the

 Right to Food (AM & PM)


GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, OPENING INTERACTIVE THEMATIC DIALOGUE,


CALLS FOR NEW TYPE OF BOTTOM-UP ‘FOOD DEMOCRACY’

 


Special Rapporteur, High Representative for Most

SG/T/2666

On Friday, 3 April, United Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madame Ban Soon-taek arrived in Paris, France, where the Secretary-General’s primary purpose was to chair a gathering of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination.

SG/SM/12171
5 April 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12171
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS LAUNCH BY DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA,

 

URGES COUNTRY TO COMPLY WITH RELEVANT SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS


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

SG/T/2665

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-Taek arrived in London, United Kingdom, from The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday, 1 April, for the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit.  He was greeted at the airport by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, Representative of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

SG/SM/12169-AFR/1831
3 April 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12169
AFR/1831
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

VOICES OF SURVIVORS TOUCH US LIKE NO OTHER WORDS COULD, BUT SILENCE OF THOUSANDS


STILL HAUNTS COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL OF RWANDA GENOCIDE


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the fifteenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, on 7 April: