SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY INTER-COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA,

ENCOURAGED BY EFFORTS TO RESTORE NORMALCY

 

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

AS FINANCIAL CRISIS OF ENORMOUS PROPORTIONS UNFOLDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES FOCUS

ON POLICY OPTIONS TO HELP HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRIES, AT DOHA SIDE EVENT

(Delayed in transmission.)

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS VOLUNTEERS’

ALTRUISM IMMENSE; URGES ALL IN GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO TAP ITS GREAT RESERVE

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Volunteer Day, observed 5 December:

‘WE ARE NOT POWERLESS IN FACE OF DISEASE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN VIDEO MESSAGE

TO SADDLEBACK CIVIL FORUM ON GLOBAL HEALTH, IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS CRUCIAL WORK DONE TO STRENGTHEN BARRIERS AGAINST

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, BIOTERRORISM, IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA MEETING

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON WORLD AIDS DAY, PLEDGES TO DO UTMOST TO REACH GLOBAL TARGETS;

APPOINTS MICHEL SIDIBÉ OF MALI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNAIDS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on World AIDS Day, in Doha, today, 1 December:

TO RESPOND TO HUNGER, GOVERNMENTS SHOULD GIVE EFFECT TO COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK

FOR ACTION, STARTING IN COUNTRIES ‘HURTING THE MOST’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON FINANCING EDUCATION, CALLS SCHOOLING

LIFEBLOOD OF NATION, BASIS FOR SURE FOOTING TOWARDS STABLE, FULFILLING FUTURE

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CHILDREN’S NETWORK TELEVISION IN DOHA ADULTS MUST CREATE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘NEW MULTILATERALISM’ NEEDED TO SET WORLD ON PATH TOWARDS

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GREATER STABILITY, MORE EFFECTIVE DECISION-MAKING