IN ADDRESS TO UNA-USA BUSINESS COUNCIL, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ONLY UNITED NATIONS

HAS UNIVERSAL LEGITIMACY NEEDED TO ADDRESS TODAY’S GLOBAL CHALLENGES

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5617^th Meeting (PM)

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5616^th Meeting (AM)

EUROPEAN UNION MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO CONTRIBUTED SUCCESSFULLY

 

TO COUNTRY’S POLITICAL TRANSITION, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPORTS OF RELEASE OF POLITICAL PRISONERS IN MYANMAR

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL VERY CONCERNED AT HEIGHTENED TENSIONS IN GUINEA-BISSAU;

URGES NEGOTIATED SOLUTION TO DIFFERENCES

 

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

IN REMARKS TO SECURITY COUNCIL, SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES

 

TO PLAY ROLE OF HARMONIZER, BRIDGE-BUILDER

 

Following is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at today’s Security Council meeting on threats to international peace and security:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HIS FIRST SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING, ASSURES

MEMBERS OF HIS ‘DEEP SENSE OF MISSION’

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY URGES GOVERNMENT TO STAY EXECUTION

 

OF DEATH SENTENCES IMPOSED BY IRAQI HIGH TRIBUNAL

 

The following statement was issued on 6 January by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

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5615^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT WELCOMES NEW SECRETARY-GENERAL,

COMMITS TO WORKING CLOSELY TO ADDRESS MULTIFACETED WORLD THREATS

Ban Ki-moon Highlights Deep Sense of Mission, Dedication,

Following is a statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
 

I have decided to appoint Dr. Asha-Rose Migiro, Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of the United Republic of Tanzania, as Deputy Secretary-General.  Minister Migiro served previously as Minister for Community Development, Gender and Children of the United Republic of Tanzania for five years.  In her academic career, she rose to the rank of a Senior Lecturer at the Faculty of Law of the University of Dar-es-Salaam.