Committee on NGOs

7^th & 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL Ban Ki-moon

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, 23 january 2008

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY COMMITMENT TO END HOSTILITIES

IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

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

UNITED NATIONS MUST BALANCE MISSION ON BEHALF OF OTHERS WITH NEED TO PROTECT ITS

OWN, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN REMARKS TO CEREMONY FOR ALGIERS BOMBING VICTIMS

 

Secretary-General, launching 2008 consolidated appeal, invokes shared humanity

in urging donors to ensure survival of world’s ‘bottom billion’

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the launch of the Consolidated Appeal in Geneva today, 23 January:

TROUBLED BY ‘IMPASSE OVER PRIORITIES’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CONFERENCE THAT

DISARMAMENT STALEMATE JEOPARDIZES OTHER KEY GOALS OF UNITED NATIONS CHARTER

Following is the text of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, today, 23 January:

Security Council

5825^th Meeting (AM)

accepting Secretary-General’s recommendation, government request, Security Council

grants six-month extension of United Nations Mission in nepal

 

Committee on NGOs

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

committee on non-governmental organizations recommends 7 applications

for special consultative status, defers 22, sees 1 withdrawn

 

Biographical Note

Security Council

5824^th Meeting (AM & PM)