TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 11 NOVEMBER 2008

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

Secretary-General regrets postponement of Los Angeles trip

 

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

The Secretary-General deeply regrets that he has had to postpone his scheduled trip to Los Angeles.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN WORLD AIDS DAY MESSAGE, SAYS AIDS NOT DISAPPEARING ANY TIME

SOON; IT IS AS REAL, AS URGENT AS EVER TO LEAD, EMPOWER, DELIVER ON AIDS

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the occasion of World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM LAUNCH, COMMENDS

INDONESIA’S LEADERSHIP IN REDUCING VULNERABILITY OF CITIZENS, NEIGHBOURS

 

Sixty-third General Assembly

Third Committee

39^th Meeting (AM)

Sixty-third General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion (PM)

global crisis has debunked myth of infallible markets, incompetent

government, second committee told during panel discussion

 

Laissez-Faire Needs Proper Burial, Speaker Insists

Sixty-third General Assembly

Plenary

44^th & 45^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Biographical Note

New permanent representative of SAUDI ARABIA presents credentials

 

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Biographical Note

New permanent representative of LATVIA presents credentials

 

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Biographical Note

New permanent representative of CONGO presents credentials

 

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service.)