Secretary-General: Press Release


SG/SM/11011-AFR/1541
24 May 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11011
AFR/1541
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

TANGIBLE, IMMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS NEEDED IN BURUNDI TO MAKE ‘HARD-WON PEACE’


IRREVERSIBLE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DONOR CONFERENCE


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the donor round table conference on Burundi, held in Bujumbura, 24-25 May:

SG/SM/11010
23 May 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11010
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

REVERSING INTOLERANCE, CROSS-CULTURAL TENSIONS VITAL TO PEACE, STABILITY,

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR BUDDHISM’S DAY OF VESAK

 


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the occasion of the Day of Vesak, to be observed on 29 May:

SG/SM/11008-AFR/1539-OBV/625
23 May 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11008
AFR/1539
OBV/625
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR AFRICA DAY, URGES STRONGER INSTITUTIONAL


PROMOTION OF PEACE, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS, WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Day, to be observed on 25 May:

SG/SM/11007-AFR/1538
23 May 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11007
AFR/1538
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

MINERAL EXPLOITATION, WEAPONS TRADING CLAIMS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO


UNDER INVESTIGATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

 


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