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Press Release

SG/SM/12045-DC/3152

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES IRAQ ON ACCESSION TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION, SAYS DEMONSTRATES COMMITMENT TO DISARMAMENT, NON-PROLIFERATION

13 January 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12045
DC/3152
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General congratulates iraq on accession to chemical weapons convention,


says demonstrates commitment to disarmament, non-proliferation


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

Daily Press Briefing by the Office of the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General

13 January 2009
Spokesperson's Noon Briefing
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL


The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Michèle Montas, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.


Good afternoon all.  We will continue in a few minutes our daily updates from Gaza.

Press Conference by Japan

9 January 2009
Press Conference
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PRESS CONFERENCE BY Japan

 


“The Security Council is not a debating society, it is a place to decide,” the Permanent Representative of Japan to the United Nations said today at Headquarters.