Secretary-General: Press Release


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17 June 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS IN STRONGEST TERMS BAGHDAD TERRORIST BOMBING

 


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

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17 June 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

WITH 16 MILLION REFUGEES WORLDWIDE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR REDOUBLED EFFORTS

 

TO ADDRESS CAUSES, CONSEQUENCES; MORE EQUITABLE SHARING OF BURDEN OF PROTECTION

 

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16 June 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

BBC MEMORIAL SOLEMN REMINDER OF THOSE WHO HAVE LOST THEIR LIVES ‘GIVING VOICE


TO THE VOICELESS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT LONDON UNVEILING


Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the unveiling of the BBC memorial to slain journalists, in London, 16 June:

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16 June 2008
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SECRETARY-GENERAL, COMMENDING INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION FOR TACKLING


COMPLEX ISSUES, EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IT WILL HELP TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) today, in London:

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16 June 2008
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DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT RENEWED FIGHTING IN CHAD, SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS


ATTEMPTS TO DESTABILIZE COUNTRY, CALLS ON PARTIES TO CEASE HOSTILITIES


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

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife Ban Soon-taek arrived in Paris on Thursday, 12 June.  In the morning, he addressed the Conference convened by the French Government in Paris to support Afghanistan, where President Hamid Karzai launched a National Development Strategy for his country.

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12 June 2008
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STABLE, SECURE, PROSPEROUS AFGHANISTAN BENEFITS ENTIRE GLOBAL COMMUNITY,


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO PARIS CONFERENCE

 


Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the conference on Afghanistan, in Paris, 12 June:

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11 June 2008
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SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RENEWED COMMITMENT TO REVERSING LAND DEGRADATION,


IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT, 17 JUNE


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June: