SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF OFFICIAL RESULTS

IN SIERRA LEONE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

 

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

Atomic energy agency critical to nuclear non-proliferation efforts, reducing risks

Of nuclear terrorism, says Secretary-General in message to Vienna meeting

Secretary-General, in message, calls for rededication to ‘noble work’

of bringing Nuclear-test-ban into force

 

Biographical Note

JOINT STATEMENT BY MEMBERS OF MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS AFRICA STEERING GROUP

Following is the joint statement of the members of the Millennium Development Goals Africa Steering Group issued today following its meeting in New York:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sirte, Libya, from the Chadian capital N’Djamena on Saturday, 8 September.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in N’Djamena from Khartoum on Friday, 7 September.

After a three-day retreat for Under-Secretaries-General and Assistant Secretaries-General of the United Nations system at the United Nations staff college in Turin, Italy, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew to Khartoum on Monday, 3 September, to begin his first official visit to the Sudan in his current capacity.

Secretary-General says indigenous rights declaration ‘Triumph’

 

for indigenous peoples around the world

 

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

Battle to repair ozone layer ‘one of the great success stories’ In international

cooperation, says Secretary-General on international Day

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, observed 16 September: