SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT INAUGURATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS ROOM

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, URGES WORK, LIKE DESIGN ITSELF, TO BE VISIONARY, BOLD

Note to Correspondents

PHOTO EXHIBIT ON CHILD SOLDIERS OPENS 20 NOVEMBER AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

 

A photographic exhibition entitled “Children of War:  Broken Childhood” will be formally launched in the South Gallery of the Visitors Lobby on Thursday, 20 November at 6 p.m.

Sixty-third General Assembly

Third Committee

40^th & 41^st Meetings (AM & PM)

Sixty-third General Assembly

Second Committee

27^th Meeting (AM)

Sixty-third General Assembly

Plenary

53^rd & 54^th Meetings (AM & PM)

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled to Washington, D.C., on Friday morning, 14 November, where that evening he spoke at a White House working dinner to leaders gathered for the Group of 20 Summit about the impact of the current financial crisis, and his concern that it should not evolve into tomorrow’s human crisis.

IN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TOWERING VISION OF UNIVERSAL

 

DECLARATION HONOURED ONLY WHEN PRINCIPLES FULLY APPLIED EVERYWHERE FOR EVERYONE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Human Rights Day, on 10 December:

IN MESSAGE FOR AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ABILITY

TO PROCESS RAW MATERIALS INTO HIGH-VALUE-ADDED GOODS IS ESSENTIAL

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on Africa Industrialization Day, to be observed on 20 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE, TELLS MEETING OF CHINESE, MULTINATIONAL BUSINESSES

TOGETHER, FOUNDATION CAN BE LAID FOR PROSPEROUS FUTURE IN CHINA, WORLDWIDE

AT DIFFICULT TIME FOR WORLD ECONOMY, GLOBAL SOLIDARITY MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO STRASBOURG ‘DEVELOPMENT DAYS’ MEETING

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the European Development Days in Strasbourg, 15 November: