SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT MADRID CEREMONY, SALUTES COURAGE OF SPANISH PEACEKEEPERS,

SAYS SACRIFICES IN 20 YEARS OF SERVICE MUST NEVER BE FORGOTTEN

CONTINUING HUNGER ‘DEEP STAIN ON OUR WORLD’, BUT WEALTH, KNOW-HOW EXIST ‘TO REMOVE

IT –- FOREVER’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO HIGH-LEVEL MADRID MEETING

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SPAIN’S PRIME MINISTER ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT

 

FOLLOWING FOOD SECURITY MEETING IN MADRID

 

Following is the text of a joint statement by Prime Minister Rodriguez Zapatero and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued today in Madrid, Spain:

Security Council

6077^th Meeting (PM)

‘EVERY GAZAN HAS A TALE OF PROFOUND GRIEF TO TELL’, YET PEOPLE ALSO DETERMINED

TO OVERCOME PAIN, REBUILD LIVES, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

 

Briefed by United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Head,

Security Council

6076^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATES OF UN CÔTE D’IVOIRE OPERATION, FRENCH SUPPORTING

FORCES UNTIL 31 JULY, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1865 (2009)

Reduces Troop Strength; Endorses Reconfiguration, Benchmarks for Further Drawdown;

Committee on NGOs

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GOVERNMENTS LINK WITH CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNERS ON FOOD SECURITY AT MADRID MEETING

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IMMEDIATE, ABSOLUTE PRIORITY MUST BE GIVEN TO PROTECTION

OF CIVILIANS CAUGHT IN INTENSIFIED FIGHTING IN VANNI REGION OF SRI LANKA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS HOSTILITIES IN NORTH DARFUR,

 

SAYS CONTINUED MILITARY ACTIONS JEOPARDIZING POLITICAL PROCESS

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

AT HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE CEREMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WORLD MUST REAFFIRM FAITH

IN HUMAN DIGNITY, ‘OUR MORAL STRENGTH –- EVEN AMID HISTORY’S DARKEST CHAPTERS’