Secretary-General: Press Conference

Following is a transcript of the joint press conference by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Denmark’s Prime Minister, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, held in New York today, 22 September:

“The near poor are becoming the new poor” as a result of the global financial crisis, the Deputy Secretary-General of the United Nations said today at Headquarters, as she announced the development of the United Nations Global Impact and Vulnerability Alert System, or “GIVAS”.

Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 17 September:

“The Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) are more than a set of targets – they are a solemn promise to the world’s poorest and most vulnerable,” United Nations Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro said today at a Headquarters press briefing to launch the 2009 report of the MDG Gap Task Force.

The upcoming United Nations Summit on Climate Change would be crucial in providing much-needed political momentum for negotiations on the issue as the deadline for an international deal loomed, Janos Pasztor, Director of the Secretary-General’s Climate Change Support Team, said at Headquarters this afternoon.

Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in Geneva, 3 September:

Following is the transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's press conference held in New York today:

Following is a transcript of a joint press conference by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and UN Special Envoy for Haiti, William J. Clinton, held today in New York:

Following is the transcript of a press conference by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, held in New York today:

Following is a transcript of UN Secreatry-General Ban Ki-moon's press conference held in New York today: