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SG/SM/11636-ENV/DEV/996-OBV/703
11 June 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11636
ENV/DEV/996
OBV/703
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RENEWED COMMITMENT TO REVERSING LAND DEGRADATION,


IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT, 17 JUNE


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June:

SG/SM/11635
11 June 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11635
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, PROFOUNDLY SAD ABOUT DEATH OF VIET NAM’S FORMER PRIME MINISTER,


SAYS VO VAN KIET WAS MAJOR FORCE BEHIND COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC REFORMS


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

SG/SM/11634-AFR/1714
11 June 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11634
AFR/1714
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

OPENING HIGH-LEVEL MEETING BETWEEN EQUATORIAL GUINEA, GABON TOWARDS RESOLVING

 

BORDER DISPUTE, SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS PARTIES’ COMMITMENT TO SETTLEMENT


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