SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONCRETE STEPS BY INDONESIA, TIMOR-LESTE TO ENSURE FULL

ACCOUNTABILITY, AS FINAL REPORT OF TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION SUBMITTED

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES ‘CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS’ IMPLEMENTING ACTION PROGRAMME

ON SMALL ARMS, OUTLINES CHALLENGES, IN MESSAGE TO HEADQUARTERS MEETING

UN conditions of service must attract motivated staff of highest calibre to carry

out twenty-first century mandates, says Secretary-General to new york meeting

Secretary-General emphasizes independence of International Criminal Court,

 

as prosecutor requests arrest warrant for sudan’s president

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

UNION FOR MEDITERRANEAN SHOULD BECOME UNITED NATIONS VIBRANT PARTNER IN MANY AREAS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT CLOSING OF LAUNCH OF NEW INITIATIVE

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s closing remarks at the launch of the Union for the Mediterranean, in Paris on 13 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NEW UNION FOR MEDITERRANEAN COMBINES DIVERSITY OF CULTURES,

WORLD VIEWS FUNDAMENTAL TO ADDRESS TODAY’S COMPLEX TRANSNATIONAL PROBLEMS

Comments by Zimbabwe questioning Secretary-General’s impartiality ‘inappropriate

and unacceptable’, says United Nations spokesperson

 

The following statement was issued Saturday, 12 July, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Sapporo, Hokkaido, in northern Japan from Seoul, Republic of Korea, on Monday morning, 7 July.  He immediately travelled by road to the site of the Summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) leaders gathering at Toyako ( Lake Toya).

Secretary-General welcomes formation of national unity government in lebanon

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

PRESENTING UN 21 AWARDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS RECIPIENTS ‘TRIUMPHS OF TEAMWORK’

IN JOINING TOGETHER TO DEVELOPING NEW APPROACHES, IDEAS

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the occasion of the UN 21 Awards, in New York today, 11 July: