ensure justice is not sidelined in short-term interest of unsustainable peace,

urges Deputy Secretary-General in remarks to american bar association

Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the American Bar Association, in New York on 9 August:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ALARMED BY ESCALATION IN GEORGIA-SOUTH OSSETIA CRISIS

 

The following statement was issued yesterday, 9 August, by United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

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SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS THIRD EMERGENCY MEETING AS SOUTH OSSETIA CONFLICT

 

INTENSIFIES, EXPANDS TO OTHER PARTS OF GEORGIA

 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife, Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Mexico City on Sunday, 3 August.

SOUTH-SOUTH DIALOGUE, CO-DEVELOPMENT NEEDS RELIABLE, EFFICIENT UNITED NATIONS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL OF ASILAH

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR PEACEFUL ATMOSPHERE IN BOLIVIAN VOTE

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

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SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS CONFLICTING RUSSIAN, GEORGIAN VIEWS OF WORSENING CRISIS

AS MEMBERS SEEK END TO VIOLENCE IN DAY’S SECOND MEETING ON SOUTH OSSETIA

 

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SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS EMERGENCY MEETING IN RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN FEDERATION’S

 

REQUEST AS CRISIS ESCALATES IN SOUTH OSSETIA, GEORGIA

 

Note to Correspondents

INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ART SHOW OPENS AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS ON 12 AUGUST

 

In observance of International Youth Day, a joint art exhibition of children’s works of art will be launched in the Main Gallery of the Visitor’s Lobby on Tuesday, 12 August, at 6 p.m.

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

STRESSES THEIR CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE IN SUSTAINING DEVELOPMENT