Secretary-General, in message to inaugural asia-pacific water summit, warns

that scarcity threatens socio-economic gains, could fuel conflicts

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the first Asia-Pacific Water Summit in Beppu, Japan, today, 3 December:

COOPERATION IS ESSENTIAL IN DETERMINING EFFECTIVENESS OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL

COURT, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS STATES PARTIES TO ROME STATUTE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR AFRICAN UNION BORDER DEMARCATION EFFORTS,

IN MESSAGE TO SEMINAR ON IMPLEMENTATION OF REGIONAL PROGRAMME

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT WORLD AIDS DAY OBSERVANCE, CALLS FOR RENEWED

LEADERSHIP IN ERADICATING STIGMA ASSOCIATED WITH HIV

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the observance of World AIDS Day, in New York on 30 November:

AT THIRD INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COLOMBIA, SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES COMMENDABLE

PROGRESS TOWARDS RE-ESTABLISHING COUNTRYWIDE PEACE AND SECURITY

ON INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR ABOLITION OF SLAVERY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS POVERTY,

 

SOCIAL EXCLUSION, DISCRIMINATION ALLOW CONTEMPORARY SLAVERY TO FESTER

 

ON INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DISABLED PERSONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES PLEDGE

 

BY ALL TO ENSURE DISABLED PERSONS’ FULL PARTICIPATION IN COMMUNITY LIFE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS VOLUNTEERS PLAY INDISPENSABLE ROLE IN TACKLING VAST,

COMPLEX GLOBAL CHALLENGES, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY

Following is the text of the message of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon for the commemorational of International Volunteer Day, observed 5 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE TO ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE

STRESSES NEED FOR BETTER, MORE EFFICIENT COOPERATION WITH UNITED NATIONS

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS VLADIMIR GORYAYEV OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION AS EXECUTIVE

DIRECTOR OF OFFICE OF UNITED NATIONS REGISTER OF DAMAGE