SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING JOINT SESSION OF MEXICAN CONGRESS, UNDERSCORES

PARLIAMENTARIANS’ PIVOTAL ROLE IN BRIDGING LOCAL, GLOBAL ISSUES

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to a joint session of the Senate and Chamber of Deputies in Mexico City, yesterday, 4 August:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MICHAEL WILLIAMS OF UNITED KINGDOM AS SPECIAL COORDINATOR

FOR LEBANON; JOHAN VERBEKE OF BELGIUM AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GEORGIA

Note to Correspondents

INVEST ENERGY, BRIGHT IDEAS IN SHAPING MORE SUSTAINABLE PLANET, SECRETARY-GENERAL

 

ADVISES YOUNG PEOPLE IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Youth Day, to be observed on 12 August:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GREATER POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT

TO FORESTALL UPGRADING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, EXPANSION OF EXISTING ARSENALS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE, URGES ENFORCEMENT

OF LEGISLATION OUTLAWING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the International AIDS Conference in Mexico City, yesterday, 3 August:

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SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL DPI/NGO CONFERENCE, WITH LEADING ACTIVIST SIMONE VEIL

AS KEYNOTE SPEAKER, TO CONVENE IN PARIS ON 3-5 SEPTEMBER

 

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

 

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN AUGUST

 

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for August:

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