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SG/SM/11928-ECO/137
17 November 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11928
ECO/137
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN STATEMENT FOLLOWING SUMMIT ON WORLD ECONOMY, URGES

 

‘GREEN’ ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS PART OF FISCAL STIMULUS PACKAGE


The following statement was issued on Saturday, 15 November, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

SG/SM/11927-ECO/136
17 November 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11927
ECO/136
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

WORLD LEADERS MUST NOT ALLOW TODAY’S FINANCIAL CRISIS TO EVOLVE ‘INTO TOMORROW’S


HUMAN CRISIS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO GROUP OF 20 SUMMIT

 


Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Group of 20 Financial Summit in Washington, D.C., on 14 November:

GA/10785
17 November 2008
General AssemblyGA/10785
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-third General Assembly

Plenary

51st & 52nd Meetings (AM & PM)


AILING WORLD ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL SYSTEM MUST BE RESTRUCTURED BY 192 NATIONS,


NOT JUST ‘G-20’, PRESIDENT OF BOLIVIA SAYS IN ADDRESS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SG/SM/11925
14 November 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11925
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

ON WORLD DIABETES DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ALL TO SHINE LIGHT ON IMPACT


OF THIS DEADLY DISEASE, LIGHT WAY TO IMPROVED HEALTH SERVICES, CARE


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the occasion of World Diabetes Day, today, 14 November, in New York: