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SG/SM/12001
12 December 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12001
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General expresses strong support for goal of verifiable denuclearization


of Korean peninsula, as latest six-party talks end with differences unresolved


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

SG/SM/12000-IK/596
12 December 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12000
IK/596
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General strongly condemns ‘heinous’ bomb attack in kirkuk


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

SG/SM/11999-HRC/10
12 December 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11999
HRC/10
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN GENEVA, SAYS WORK TO ACHIEVE HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION’S


PRINCIPLES MUST CONTINUE UNTIL THEY ARE ‘FOUNDATION OF LIFE’ FOR ALL PEOPLE


Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, 12 December:

SC/9535
12 December 2008
Security CouncilSC/9535
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

6041st Meeting (AM)


impunity ‘not an option’, Security Council told in briefing on completion


strategies of international tribunals for former yugoslavia, rwanda

 


Members Hear from Chair of Informal Working Group, Top Tribunal Officials

PBC/45-PI/1870
12 December 2008
Press ReleasePBC/45
PI/1870
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

FAR-REACHING ‘FOURTH ESTATE’ MERITS INTERNATIONAL FUNDING, PARTICIPANTS IN MEETING


ON ‘MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS IN PEACEBUILDING’ DECIDE AMID CONFLICTING VIEWS


Views Expressed at Conference Be Compiled into Document on ‘The Way Forward’