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SG/SM/12119-L/3138
2 March 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12119
L/3138
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ANNOUNCING START OF SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON, SAYS ITS WORK


MARKS DECISIVE MILESTONE IN TIRELESS EFFORTS BY ALL LEBANESE TO UNCOVER TRUTH


The following statement was issued on Sunday, 1 March, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

SG/SM/12117
27 February 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12117
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BRUTAL ACTS OF VIOLENCE IN BANGLADESH

 


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

SG/SM/12116-DC/3157
27 February 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12116
DC/3157
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RECOMMITMENT TO RIDDING WORLD OF ANTI-PERSONNEL MINES,


ASSISTING SURVIVORS, 10 YEARS AFTER MINE-BAN CONVENTION’S ENTRY INTO FORCE


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

SG/SM/12115-OBV/765-WOM/1712
27 February 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12115
OBV/765
WOM/1712
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General, in message, says world must work together, state at highest

 

level violence against women ‘will not be tolerated in any form’

 


Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Women’s Day, observed 8 March:

SG/SM/12114-AFR/1816
27 February 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12114
AFR/1816
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

AFRICA FACES CHALLENGES, BUT ‘SEEDS OF HOPE’-- EDUCATION, WOMEN’S RIGHTS, AGRICULTURE


GAINS –- EXIST, MUST BE NOURISHED, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN DAR ES SALAAM ADDRESS