DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES SPECIFIC TICAD IV ACTION PLAN, IN LINE WITH SUMMIT

THEME –- ‘TOWARDS A VIBRANT AFRICA: A CONTINENT OF HOPE AND OPPORTUNITY’

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS EXTENSION OF MYANMAR OPPOSITION LEADER’S HOUSE ARREST

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on Myanmar today, 27 May:

FOCUS ON PEOPLE, NOT POLITICS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, UNDERSCORING HUMANITARIAN

CHALLENGE IN ADDRESS TO INTERNATIONAL PLEDGING CONFERENCE FOR MYANMAR

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the ASEAN-UN International Pledging Conference in Yangon, on 25 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED BY REPORTED UNDER-REPORTING OF ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPERS,

 

UNDERSCORES COMMITMENT TO CANDID, COMPREHENSIVE, ROBUST COUNTER-MEASURES

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES LEBANESE ON ELECTION OF NEW PRESIDENT

The following statement was issued on Sunday, 25 May, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Security Council

5898^th Meeting (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES DEEPEST CONCERN AT CONTINUED CIVILIAN SUFFERING DURING

CONFLICT, CONDEMNS ALL VIOLATIONS OF HUMANITARIAN LAW THREATENING NON-COMBATANTS

Presidential Statement on Civilian Protection Follows Day-Long Debate;

United Nations to mark 60 Years of Peacekeeping on 29 May

 

The United Nations will mark the sixtieth anniversary of United Nations Peacekeeping on Thursday, 29 May, the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.

Note to Correspondents

EXHIBIT ON 60 YEARS OF UN PEACEKEEPING OPENS AT UN HEADQUARTERS

 

Special Committee on

Decolonization

3^rd Meeting (AM)

HANDS-ON APPROACH MAKES MORE OF A DIFFERENCE THAN POLICIES OR RESOURCES,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GLOBAL NETWORK OF RELIGIONS FOR CHILDREN

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the Global Network of Religions for Children in Hiroshima, on 26 May: