United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Johannesburg in the late afternoon of Tuesday, 24 February, on his first official visit to South Africa.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, NEW UNITED STATES PRESIDENT AGREE ON WIDE RANGE

 

OF ISSUES IN FIRST OFFICIAL MEETING

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO PALESTINIAN ASSISTANCE SEMINAR, SAYS RECENT

EVENTS MUST NOT BE ALLOWED TO WIPE OUT PROGRESS MADE TOWARDS PEACE

WORLD HAS WITNESSED DISTURBING RISE IN HATRED, BIGOTRY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

URGING ON DAY TO ELIMINATE RACISM FOR ALL STATES TO WORK TOGETHER TO DEFEAT IT

JOINT COMMUNIQUÉ BY SECRETARY-GENERAL, PRESIDENT OF HAITI

 

Following is the text of the joint communiqué issued by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and President René Préval of Haiti, in Port-au-Prince on 9 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SET FOR WIDE-RANGING TALKS WITH TOP UNITED STATES OFFICIALS

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

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ‘CANNOT BE TOLERATED’ IN ANY CIRCUMSTANCE, BY ANY POLITICAL

LEADER OR GOVERNMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT NEW YORK OBSERVANCE

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on International Women’s Day in New York, 5 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY DEPLORES MOUNTING CIVILIAN DEATH TOLL IN SRI LANKA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SUDAN’S DECISION TO EXPEL NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS,

IF IMPLEMENTED, WILL CAUSE IRREVOCABLE DAMAGE TO HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS TO UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL CONFERENCE,

SAYS REALIZING EVERY PERSON’S RIGHT TO FOOD MORAL, HUMANITARIAN IMPERATIVE