TODAY’S CHALLENGES REQUIRE STRONG UNITED NATIONS THAT MOVES IN FULL PARTNERSHIP

WITH UNITED STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT GEORGE BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL RECENT ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN GAZA,

SOUTHERN ISRAEL ‘DEEPLY ALARMING’, HAS LEFT TERRIBLE DEATH TOLL

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, in New York, 1 March:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Washington, D.C., early on Thursday, 14 February.

As part of his ongoing efforts to reach out to major American cities and citizens, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived on his first official trip to Chicago on Thursday morning, 7 February, where he held meetings at several local organizations.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, on Friday morning, 1 February, from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Addis Ababa at noon on Wednesday, 30 January.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Rwanda in the evening of Monday, 28 January.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Bratislava in the morning of Sunday, 27 January.  They first visited the United Nations regional centre, where the Secretary-General met with heads of United Nations agencies and held a town hall meeting with the staff. 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Ljubljana in the evening of Friday, 25 January.

GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS CAN BE MET ‘ONLY BY INVESTING IN THE WORLD’S WOMEN

 

AND GIRLS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on International Women’s Day, observed 8 March: