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SG/SM/12173
6 April 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12173
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS GIVES CHANCE TO RECOGNIZE COMMON HUMANITY

 

‘BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ISTANBUL FORUM

 


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Second Forum of the Alliance of Civilizations in Istanbul, today, 6 April:

SG/T/2666

On Friday, 3 April, United Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madame Ban Soon-taek arrived in Paris, France, where the Secretary-General’s primary purpose was to chair a gathering of the United Nations System Chief Executives Board for Coordination.

SG/SM/12171
5 April 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12171
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS LAUNCH BY DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA,

 

URGES COUNTRY TO COMPLY WITH RELEVANT SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTIONS


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

SG/T/2665

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-Taek arrived in London, United Kingdom, from The Hague, Netherlands, on Wednesday, 1 April, for the Group of 20 (G-20) Summit.  He was greeted at the airport by Baroness Royall of Blaisdon, Representative of the Secretary of State for Foreign and Commonwealth Affairs.

SG/SM/12169-AFR/1831
3 April 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12169
AFR/1831
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

VOICES OF SURVIVORS TOUCH US LIKE NO OTHER WORDS COULD, BUT SILENCE OF THOUSANDS


STILL HAUNTS COLLECTIVE CONSCIENCE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL OF RWANDA GENOCIDE


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the fifteenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, on 7 April:

SG/SM/12168-DC/3161
3 April 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12168
DC/3161
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RUSSIAN FEDERATION-UNITED STATES COMMITMENT TO NEW


DISARMAMENT TREATY, SAYS THEIR LEADERSHIP VITAL TO NUCLEAR-WEAPON-FREE WORLD


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

SG/SM/12167-AFR/1830
3 April 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12167
AFR/1830
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF SUDAN’S NATIONAL ELECTIONS


IN FEBRUARY 2010, PLEDGES UNITED NATIONS READINESS TO ASSIST


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

SG/SM/12166
3 April 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12166
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY DISTRESSED AT ONGOING CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, CONFINEMENT


IN VANNI REGION OF SRI LANKA, REMINDS GOVERNMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY TO PROTECT


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