SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE, SAYS WITH HALF THE WORLD’S POPULATION UNDER AGE 25,

YOUNG PEOPLE ‘CAN AND MUST’ PLAY CENTRAL ROLE IN OVERCOMING GLOBAL CHALLENGES

STATEMENT BY SECRETARY-GENERAL ON PASSING OF LUCILLE MAIR, WOMEN’S RIGHTS CHAMPION

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES RECENT LOSS OF LIFE IN MADAGASCAR,

 

CALLS ON GOVERNMENT TO PROTECT POPULATION

 

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

INVESTMENT IN SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES WILL TURN TODAY’S CRISIS INTO TOMORROW’S

SUSTAINABLE GROWTH, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN DAVOS, ENCOURAGES GLOBAL ADVERTISING GIANTS TO HELP SHAPE

CLIMATE CHANGE MESSAGE, GET WORD OUT, BUILD GRASS-ROOTS MOVEMENT FOR CHANGE NOW

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEMS EFFORT BY WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM TO CREATE WATER SECURITY

GLOBAL AGENDA COUNCIL, DEVELOP ECONOMIC, GEOPOLITICAL FORECAST ‘ESSENTIAL’

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon departed Kuwait for Israel, via Jordan, early in the morning of Tuesday, 20 January.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Kuwait from Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in the evening of Sunday, 18 January.  He went immediately to the inauguration ceremony of the new United Nations House, which was donated to the United Nations by the Kuwaiti Government.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled from Damascus to Sharm el-Sheikh in the afternoon of Sunday, 18 January, where he attended the Conference on Reconstruction and Humanitarian Assistance in Gaza, hosted by Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak.

On Sunday, 18 January, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled from Beirut, Lebanon, to Damascus, capital of Syria.  He was greeted at the airport by Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Al-Moualem.