SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PLEDGE OF G-20 LEADERS TO $1.1 TRILLION AID PACKAGE,

DEEMS IT CRITICAL THAT PORTION SLATED FOR POORER COUNTRIES IS DELIVERED

The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Group of 20 (G-20) London Summit Outcome was issued today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS LONDON MEETING CAN BE ‘NEW BEGINNING’, SET PATH FOR MORE

ROBUST, EQUITABLE, SUSTAINABLE WORLD ECONOMY FOR DECADES TO COME

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s prepared remarks for the Group of 20 (G-20) London Summit on 2 April:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MAJOR GENERAL FLORIANO PEIZOTO VIERA NETO (BRAZIL)

AS FORCE COMMANDER OF UNITED NATIONS STABILIZATION MISSION IN HAITI

 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madame Ban Soon-taek arrived in the Netherlands during the evening of Monday, 30 March, from Doha, Qatar, where the Secretary-General had addressed the League of Arab States Summit.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PRINCE OF WALES’ RAINFOREST PROJECT RECALLS NEED FOR LOFTY

PRINCIPLES TO BE TETHERED TO PRACTICAL WORKS TO MEET CLIMATE CHANGE CHALLENGE

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT IN ISRAEL

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED BY SUICIDE ATTACKS IN KANDAHAR,

 

SAYS ‘MORALLY REPUGNANT’ ACT SETBACK TO PEACE EFFORTS

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES UNITED STATES INTENTION TO SEEK HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SEAT;

SAYS CONCRETE EMBODIMENT OF COUNTRY’S COMMITMENT TO ‘NEW ERA OF ENGAGEMENT’

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

AVOID FOCUS ON PAST SETBACKS IN AFGHANISTAN, SEIZE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESS,

HELP AFGHANS SECURE NEW VISION FOR FUTURE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the International Conference on Afghanistan, in The Hague on 31 March:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS HELEN CLARK OF NEW ZEALAND AS NEW ADMINISTRATOR

of United Nations Development Programme