Secretary-General, addressing ministerial disarmament meeting, rejects pessimistic

view of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty’s entry into force

ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS PLAYS KEY ROLE IN PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY BY ADDRESSING

CONDITIONS THAT FOSTER EXTREMISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GROUP OF FRIENDS

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON MEMBER STATES TO INVEST ‘UP FRONT’ IN QUIET DIPLOMACY;

URGES SECURITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE MEDIATION WITH SAME SUPPORT AS PEACEKEEPING

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NATIONS CAN NO LONGER PROTECT INTERESTS, ADVANCE WELL-BEING

OF THEIR PEOPLE, WITHOUT PARTNERSHIP OF THE REST, AT GENERAL DEBATE’S OPENING

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD HABITAT DAY, CALLS ON EVERYONE TO ENSURE

THAT DECENT LIVING CONDITIONS FOR ALL PROMOTE GREENER, SMARTER GROWTH

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Habitat Day, 6 October:

Secretary-General, addressing side event on food security in africa, stresses need

to change laws, practices that discriminate against women

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS BOMBINGS IN SPAIN

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS TO AD HOC LIAISON COMMITTEE, CALLS FOR GENUINE

ISRAELI SETTLEMENT FREEZE TO RECIPROCATE PALESTINIAN MEASURES

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MEETING ON AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT TO STRENGTHEN COMMITMENT

TO CHANGE COURSE OF HISTORY, BRING HOPE, DEVELOPMENT TO AFRICA, ENTIRE WORLD

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS HEINOUS TERRORIST ATTACK IN PAKISTAN

The following statement was issued on 20 September by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: