Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MAJOR GENERAL PABAN JUNG THAPA

 

OF NEPAL AS FORCE COMMANDER OF UNMIS

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LIEUTENANT GENERAL CHIKADIBIA ISAAC OBIAKOR

OF NIGERIA AS MILITARY ADVISER FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL REGRETS EXTENSION OF MYANMAR OPPOSITION LEADER’S HOUSE ARREST

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on Myanmar today, 27 May:

FOCUS ON PEOPLE, NOT POLITICS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, UNDERSCORING HUMANITARIAN

CHALLENGE IN ADDRESS TO INTERNATIONAL PLEDGING CONFERENCE FOR MYANMAR

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the ASEAN-UN International Pledging Conference in Yangon, on 25 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED BY REPORTED UNDER-REPORTING OF ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPERS,

 

UNDERSCORES COMMITMENT TO CANDID, COMPREHENSIVE, ROBUST COUNTER-MEASURES

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES LEBANESE ON ELECTION OF NEW PRESIDENT

The following statement was issued on Sunday, 25 May, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

we must kick carbon habit, Secretary-General stresses, likening dependence

 

on fossil fuels to addiction in message for world environment day 2008

 

Secretary-General condemns ambush of peacekeepers; mourns loss of Nigerian troops

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

in shadow of enormous tragedies, buddha’s teachings carry added urgency,

Secretary-General says in message for vesak day

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LANDMARK SAUDI CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

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