Biographical Note

CHANGING ATTITUDES JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ‘BRICKS AND MORTAR’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

EMPHASIZES IN ADDRESS TO FIRST RETREAT OF PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR IMMEDIATE END TO VIOLENCE ENGULFING GAZA,

REMINDS PARTIES OF OBLIGATIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on his first mission abroad in 2008, arrived in Madrid early on Tuesday morning, 15 January, where he opened the first ever Alliance of Civilizations Forum.

LET US NEVER TAKE OUR HUMAN RIGHTS FOR GRANTED, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

IN MESSAGE TO MARK INTERNATIONAL DAY IN MEMORY OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DE-ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN PALESTINIAN, ISRAELI AREAS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS DEADLY ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA,

 

SAYS DIALOGUE ONLY WAY TO STOP FURTHER VIOLENCE

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BEIRUT BOMBING

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ROTARY INTERNATIONAL’S LEADERSHIP, DETERMINATION,

GENEROSITY IN GLOBAL EFFORT TO ERADICATE POLIO

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to Rotary International on polio eradication, airing today in San Diego, California:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS IN ‘STRONGEST POSSIBLE TERMS’

 

ATTACK ON SERENA HOTEL IN KABUL

 

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