DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP, GLOBAL REACH OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION’S GOVERNING

BODY PROMOTES DECENT WORK CRUCIAL TO WEATHER BAD TIMES, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Secretary-General welcomes humanitarian access in Democratic Republic of Congo

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES END TO HOSTILITIES FOLLOWING REPORTS OF FIGHTING IN DARFUR

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

greater transparency key to discussions about limiting or eliminating armaments,

Secretary-General stresses in message on strengthening collective security

un-habitat will strive to ensure rightful role of local authorities in global

development during ‘urban millennium’, Secretary-General tells asian mayors

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT INAUGURATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS ROOM

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, URGES WORK, LIKE DESIGN ITSELF, TO BE VISIONARY, BOLD

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled to Washington, D.C., on Friday morning, 14 November, where that evening he spoke at a White House working dinner to leaders gathered for the Group of 20 Summit about the impact of the current financial crisis, and his concern that it should not evolve into tomorrow’s human crisis.

IN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TOWERING VISION OF UNIVERSAL

 

DECLARATION HONOURED ONLY WHEN PRINCIPLES FULLY APPLIED EVERYWHERE FOR EVERYONE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Human Rights Day, on 10 December:

IN MESSAGE FOR AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ABILITY

TO PROCESS RAW MATERIALS INTO HIGH-VALUE-ADDED GOODS IS ESSENTIAL

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on Africa Industrialization Day, to be observed on 20 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE, TELLS MEETING OF CHINESE, MULTINATIONAL BUSINESSES

TOGETHER, FOUNDATION CAN BE LAID FOR PROSPEROUS FUTURE IN CHINA, WORLDWIDE