CALLING WORLD CONFERENCE ON DIALOGUE A SYMBOL OF UNITY AMONG DIFFERENT TRADITIONS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES TURNING SOLIDARITY INTO GENUINE FORCE FOR GOOD

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the World Conference on Dialogue in Madrid today, 16 July:

Security Council

5935^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT CONDEMNS IN STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS

8 JULY ATTACK ON AFRICAN UNION-UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS IN DARFUR

Says ‘Unacceptable Act of Extreme Violence’, Which Killed Seven,

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

31^st & 32^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

Third Biennial Meeting of States

on Illicit Trade in Small Arms

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEFENDS, CLARIFIES ‘RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT’ AT BERLIN EVENT

ON ‘RESPONSIBLE SOVEREIGNTY: INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION FOR A CHANGED WORLD’

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONCRETE STEPS BY INDONESIA, TIMOR-LESTE TO ENSURE FULL

ACCOUNTABILITY, AS FINAL REPORT OF TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION SUBMITTED

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

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

30^th Meeting (PM)

RISKS LINKED TO SURPLUS WEAPONS STOCKPILES, ILLICIT ARMS BROKERING

EXAMINED AS BIENNIAL MEETING OF STATES ON SMALL ARMS CONTINUES

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

847^th & 848^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES ‘CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS’ IMPLEMENTING ACTION PROGRAMME

ON SMALL ARMS, OUTLINES CHALLENGES, IN MESSAGE TO HEADQUARTERS MEETING