SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS ON NEW CHARTER;

 

SAYS ‘HISTORIC STEP’ TOWARDS CLOSER INTEGRATION, COOPERATION

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ANNUAL PARLIAMENTARY HEARING THAT UNITED NATIONS VIEWS

INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION AS ESSENTIAL PARTNER IN ENFORCING RULE OF LAW

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL CREATION OF WORKING GROUP ON CIVILIAN

PROTECTION ‘INEVITABLE NEXT STEP’ TO GIVE PRACTICAL MEANING TO COMMITMENT

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN SHOULD BE ACCORDED ‘DEADLY

 

SERIOUSNESS’, NOT JUST ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, 25 NOVEMBER, BUT EVERY DAY

 

Secretary-General, in message, stresses importance of science, technology in Africa’s

efforts to alleviate poverty, achieve sustainable industrial development

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Industrialization Day, observed 20 November:

PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY PROVIDES ‘STEADYING INFLUENCE’ IN REGION BURDENED

BY CONFLICT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO AMMAN MEETING

 

UNITED NATIONS ‘READY AND WILLING’ TO HELP BANGLADESH RESPOND TO CYCLONE SIDR,

WITH ASSESSMENT TEAMS, MILLIONS FROM CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

The following statement was issued Sunday, 18 November, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

IN MESSAGE TO MINE BAN CONVENTION STATES PARTIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS LANDMINES

HAVE ‘ NO PLACE IN THE WORLD’, APPLAUDS COMMITMENT TO THEIR ELIMINATION

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR LOGISTICS

BASE IN VALENCIA, TO BE APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN, GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks in Valencia, Spain, on 17 November:

Buenos dias!

SLOWING -- AND REVERSING -- CLIMATE CHANGE THREAT ‘DEFINING CHALLENGE OF OUR AGE’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOLLOWING RELEASE OF United Nations PANEL REPORT