SECRETARY-GENERAL TROUBLED BY ESCALATING KENYAN TENSIONS, VIOLENCE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY RESUMED HOSTILITIES IN WEST DARFUR;

URGES RESTRAINT, HALT TO MILITARY ACTION

 

The following statement was issued on 31 December 2007 by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

 

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN January

 

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for January:

2007 ‘ONE OF DEADLIEST YEARS’ FOR UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL, STAFF UNION SAYS;

AT LEAST 9 PEACEKEEPERS, 33 CIVILIAN STAFF MEMBERS KILLED DURING YEAR

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY KENYA VIOLENCE FOLLOWING ELECTION RESULTS,

APPEALS FOR CALM, PATIENCE, RESPECT FOR LAW

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF MUCH SWIFTER DEPLOYMENT, AS AFRICAN UNION

MISSION TRANSFERS AUTHORITY TO HYBRID OPERATION IN DARFUR

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SAAD HOURY AS DEPUTY EXECUTIVE

 

DIRECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND

 

AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SUDAN TO TRANSFER AUTHORITY

TO NEW ‘HYBRID’ OPERATION ON 31 DECEMBER

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘SHOCKED AND OUTRAGED’ BY BHUTTO ASSASSINATION

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on Pakistan:

Security Council

5816^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, CONDEMNS ‘IN STRONGEST TERMS’

SUICIDE ATTACK THAT KILLED FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF PAKISTAN

 

Members Pay Tribute to Benazir Bhutto, Express Sympathy for Other Victims