Press Release


PI/1847
2 September 2008
Press ReleasePI/1847
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION LAUNCHES TEXT-MESSAGING


CAMPAIGN TO MAKE INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE MORE VISIBLE

 


A text-messaging-for-peace campaign was launched today at the United Nations to bring visibility to the International Day of Peace, on 21 September.

DSG/SM/411-ENV/DEV/1001
2 September 2008
Deputy Secretary-GeneralDSG/SM/411
ENV/DEV/1001
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

‘ENERGY REVOLUTION’ NEEDED TO CHART PATH TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE, PROSPEROUS,


INCLUSIVE FUTURE, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO SLOVENIA FORUM

 


Following is UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s address to the Bled Strategic Forum in Bled, Slovenia, 31 August:

SG/SM/11766-AFR/1741
29 August 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11766
AFR/1741
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LIFTING OF AID SUSPENSION BY ZIMBABWE GOVERNMENT


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

SG/SM/11764-OBV/716
29 August 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11764
OBV/716
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MARK INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE, ANNOUNCES


PLANS FOR TEXT MESSAGING CAMPAIGN AIMED AT MOBILIZING PEOPLE WORLDWIDE


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Peace, to be observed on 21 September: