TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE ON MIDDLE EAST BY SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON,

QUARTET PRINCIPALS AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 26 SEPTEMBER 2008

Security Council press statement on Damascus terrorist attack

 

The following press statement on the terrorist attack in Damascus was read out today by Security Council President Michel Kafando ( Burkina Faso):

Security Council

5984^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMS EARLIER RESOLUTIONS ON IRAN’S URANIUM ENRICHMENT,

CALLS ON COUNTRY TO COMPLY WITH OBLIGATIONS ‘FULLY AND WITHOUT DELAY’

Resolution 1835 (2008) Adopted Unanimously

Sixty-third General Assembly

Plenary

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ON STATE SOVEREIGNTY, DISARMAMENT MATTERS, WORLD LEADERS URGE SOLIDARITY

OVER SELECTIVITY, AS ASSEMBLY CONTINUES GENERAL DEBATE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING CRISIS-MANAGEMENT SEMINAR, CITES COORDINATION,

FLEXIBILITY AS KEY ELEMENTS FOR UNITED NATIONS-EUROPEAN UNION COOPERATION

LET US INCORPORATE DISASTER REDUCTION NEEDS AS KEY PLANK OF DEVELOPMENT AGENDA,

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day for Disaster Reduction, to be observed on 8 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, VOICING STRONG SUPPORT FOR BOLIVIA’S DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS,

WELCOMES GOVERNMENT EFFORTS FOR DIALOGUE WITH OPPONENTS

 

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

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

 

CALLS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED NATIONAL AGEING-SPECIFIC POLICIES

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Older Persons, to be observed on 1 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT GROUP OF 77 MINISTERIAL MEETING, INVOKES MONTERREY SPIRIT

IN EMPHASIZING CRITICAL NEED FOR ACTION ON TRADE, DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

STATEMENT BY MIDDLE EAST QUARTET

 

Following is the text of the statement issued today in New York by the Quartet ( United Nations, Russian Federation, United States and European Union):