LET US INCORPORATE DISASTER REDUCTION NEEDS AS KEY PLANK OF DEVELOPMENT AGENDA,

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day for Disaster Reduction, to be observed on 8 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, VOICING STRONG SUPPORT FOR BOLIVIA’S DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS,

WELCOMES GOVERNMENT EFFORTS FOR DIALOGUE WITH OPPONENTS

 

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

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

 

CALLS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED NATIONAL AGEING-SPECIFIC POLICIES

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Older Persons, to be observed on 1 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT GROUP OF 77 MINISTERIAL MEETING, INVOKES MONTERREY SPIRIT

IN EMPHASIZING CRITICAL NEED FOR ACTION ON TRADE, DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

STATEMENT BY MIDDLE EAST QUARTET

 

Following is the text of the statement issued today in New York by the Quartet ( United Nations, Russian Federation, United States and European Union):

FOOD CRISIS FAR FROM OVER, SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS, CALLING CHILDREN’S DECLINING

NUTRITIONAL STATUS ‘A MORAL OUTRAGE’, AT OPENING OF HIGH-LEVEL EVENING EVENT

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS HIGH-LEVEL EVENT OUTCOME AS GLOBAL LEADERSHIP IN ACTION

AT JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH UNITED KINGDOM PREMIER, GATES FOUNDATION CHIEF

VOICING OPTIMISM IN CONCLUDING REMARKS TO HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON MILLENNIUM GOALS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CULTURE OF INDIFFERENCE CANNOT CONTINUE

DELAY IN TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE COURTS DISASTER, SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS

IN REMARKS TO EVENT HOSTED BY INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL

 

Secretary-General calls for greater resources to promote gender equality

in remarks at event on empowerment of women