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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPORT ON MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS PACKAGE ON WAY FORWARD MUST BE LAUNCHED AT BALI CONFERENCE

4 May 2007
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPORT ON MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE,


SAYS PACKAGE ON WAY FORWARD MUST BE LAUNCHED AT BALI CONFERENCE


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

SG/SM/10974-IK/571

REGIONAL, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO SUPPORT IRAQ MUST BE TOP PRIORITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN SHARM EL-SHEIKH

4 May 2007
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

REGIONAL, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO SUPPORT IRAQ MUST BE TOP PRIORITY,


SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN SHARM EL-SHEIKH


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the foreign ministers meeting on Iraq, held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 4 May:

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AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE HAS IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY ACROSS UNITED NATIONS AGENDA, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO ITS ANNUAL DINNER

3 May 2007
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

american jewish committee has important role to play across United Nations


agenda, says Secretary-General in message to its annual dinner


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the 101st annual dinner of the American Jewish Committee in Washington, D.C., today, 3 May:

SG/SM/10971-IK/570

IRAQ AT CRITICAL JUNCTURE, FACING IMMENSE CHALLENGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT SHARM EL-SHEIKH LAUNCH OF INTERNATIONAL COMPACT

3 May 2007
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

IRAQ AT CRITICAL JUNCTURE, FACING IMMENSE CHALLENGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


AT SHARM EL-SHEIKH LAUNCH OF INTERNATIONAL COMPACT


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the launch of the International Compact with Iraq, delivered in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 3 May:

SG/A/1061-ENV/DEV/929

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS THREE NEW SPECIAL ENVOYS ON CLIMATE CHANGE

1 May 2007
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS THREE NEW SPECIAL ENVOYS ON CLIMATE CHANGE


United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today announced the appointment of three Special Envoys on Climate Change.

SG/SM/10970-AFR/1527

AT OPENING OF EXHIBIT ON RWANDA TRAGEDY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR BUILDING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST GENOCIDE

30 April 2007
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

AT OPENING OF EXHIBIT ON RWANDA TRAGEDY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS


FOR BUILDING GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP AGAINST GENOCIDE

 


Following is the text of remarks today by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at the opening of the exhibition “Lessons from the Rwanda Genocide”, in New York:

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ATTACKS ON PRESS FREEDOM ARE ATTACKS ‘AGAINST EVERYTHING UNITED NATIONS STANDS FOR’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD DAY

30 April 2007
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

ATTACKS ON PRESS FREEDOM ARE ATTACKS ‘AGAINST EVERYTHING UNITED NATIONS


STANDS FOR’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD DAY


Following is the message by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon for World Press Freedom Day, observed on 3 May: