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SG/SM/11641-SAG/418

SECRETARY-GENERAL, COMMENDING INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION FOR TACKLING COMPLEX ISSUES, EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IT WILL HELP TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE

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

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:

SG/SM/11640-AFR/1715

DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT RENEWED FIGHTING IN CHAD, SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATTEMPTS TO DESTABILIZE COUNTRY, CALLS ON PARTIES TO CEASE HOSTILITIES

16 June 2008
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AFR/1715
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

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:

SG/T/2610

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN FRANCE, 12 JUNE

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.

SG/SM/11637-AFG/316

STABLE, SECURE, PROSPEROUS AFGHANISTAN BENEFITS ENTIRE GLOBAL COMMUNITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO PARIS CONFERENCE

12 June 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11637
AFG/316
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

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:

SG/SM/11636-ENV/DEV/996-OBV/703

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RENEWED COMMITMENT TO REVERSING LAND DEGRADATION, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD DAY TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION AND DROUGHT, 17 JUNE

11 June 2008
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ENV/DEV/996
OBV/703
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

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:

SG/SM/11635

SECRETARY-GENERAL, PROFOUNDLY SAD ABOUT DEATH OF VIET NAM’S FORMER PRIME MINISTER, SAYS VO VAN KIET WAS MAJOR FORCE BEHIND COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC REFORMS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, PROFOUNDLY SAD ABOUT DEATH OF VIET NAM’S FORMER PRIME MINISTER,


SAYS VO VAN KIET WAS MAJOR FORCE BEHIND COUNTRY’S ECONOMIC REFORMS


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

SG/SM/11634-AFR/1714

OPENING HIGH-LEVEL MEETING BETWEEN EQUATORIAL GUINEA, GABON TOWARDS RESOLVING BORDER DISPUTE, SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS PARTIES’ COMMITMENT TO SETTLEMENT

11 June 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11634
AFR/1714
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

OPENING HIGH-LEVEL MEETING BETWEEN EQUATORIAL GUINEA, GABON TOWARDS RESOLVING

 

BORDER DISPUTE, SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS PARTIES’ COMMITMENT TO SETTLEMENT


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