Secretary-General welcomes constructive outcome of Tripoli meeting on Darfur,

 

Says determined to expeditiously implement political road map

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

Security Council

5719^th Meeting (AM)

Chief of Hariri assassination investigation briefs Security Council,

says number of individuals identified who may have been involved

Tells Council Continued Probe of Those Persons Top Priority in Coming Months;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONSIDERS REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMME

OF ACTION FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES FOR DECADE 2001–2010

(Reissued as received.)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONSIDERS IMPLEMENTATION, FOLLOW-UP TO MAJOR

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCES, SUMMITS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY RESOLUTIONS

Discusses Follow-Up to the International Conference on Financing for Development

(Reissued as received.)

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek travelled to Washington, D.C., on Monday afternoon, 16 July.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, on Wednesday, 4 July, following an official visit to Italy.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Rome on Tuesday, 3 July.  There, the Secretary-General attended the Conference on the Rule of Law in Afghanistan.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Geneva on Sunday, 1 July, and visited the monument to Sergio Vieira de Mello and to the 21 other United Nations staff who were killed in Baghdad on 19 August 2003.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon paid a surprise visit to Kabul on Friday, 29 June, his first to Afghanistan since taking up his post.

Stalemate on ‘life and death matters’ of disarmament, non-proliferation

simply unacceptable, says Secretary-General in new york remarks

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters, in New York, 18 July: