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SC/9518
3 December 2008
Security CouncilSC/9518
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

6030th Meeting (PM)


SECURITY COUNCIL, MEETING AT LIBYA’S REQUEST, HEARS DIFFERING ACCOUNTS OF VESSEL


REFUSED AT GAZA PORT; DELEGATE INVITES VERIFICATION OF ITS HUMANITARIAN AIMS


No Member State Would Allow Shipment from Hostile Nation into Its Territory,

SC/9516
3 December 2008
Security CouncilSC/9516
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

6028th Meeting (AM)


INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT PROSECUTOR SAYS SECURITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE PREPARED


FOR ‘UNITED ACTION’ TO ENSURE EXECUTION OF SUDANESE PRESIDENT’S ARREST WARRANT


Says Sudan’s President Pursuing Plan to Destroy Entire Groups of People,

PAL/2108-PI/1868
3 December 2008
Press ReleasePAL/2108
PI/1868
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UN COMMUNICATIONS HEAD PRAISES ROLE OF ‘VISIONARY AND COURAGEOUS’ CIVIL SOCIETY


ACTORS, AS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SEMINAR ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONCLUDES


Joint Infrastructure Projects in Palestinian Territories

Discussed in Final Panel on the Israeli-Palestinian Civil Society Initiative

DC/3147
3 December 2008
Press ReleaseDC/3147
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

NEW TREATY BANNING CLUSTER MUNITIONS OPENS FOR SIGNATURE IN OSLO


NEW YORK, 3 December (UN Mine Action Service)-- An international treaty that prohibits the use, production, stockpiling and transfer of cluster munitions is opening for signature in Oslo, Norway today.

SG/SM/11977
2 December 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11977
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

‘URGENT CHALLENGE’ FOR ASIA -– TO FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH, WHILE MINIMIZING IMPACT


ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO HONG KONG MEETING

 


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Clinton Global Initiative in Hong Kong, 2 December:

SG/SM/11976
2 December 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11976
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL SPEAKS WITH INDIA’S PRIME MINISTER ON MUMBAI ATTACKS;


COMMENDS COURAGE, RESILIENCE SHOWN BY GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE

 


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