United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek travelled from United Nations Headquarters to Cambridge, Massachusetts, in the morning of Tuesday, 21 October, arriving in the early afternoon at Harvard University, where the Secretary-General was to deliver a speech entitled “Securing the common good in a time of global crises”.
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UN MUST ENSURE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS DOES NOT DEAL CRUSHING FINAL BLOW
TO POOREST OF POOR, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CHIEF EXECUTIVES BOARD
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SECRETARY-GENERAL, DISCUSSING INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC SITUATION WITH TOP EXPERTS,
STRESSES NEED TO KEEP LONG-TERM OBJECTIVES AT CENTRE OF GLOBAL AGENDA
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
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‘CONTAGIOUS’ DOCTRINE OF DETERRENCE HAS MADE NON-PROLIFERATION MORE DIFFICULT,
RAISED NEW RISKS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN ADDRESS TO EAST-WEST INSTITUTE
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SECRETARY-GENERAL, RECEIVING HUMANITARIANS OF THE YEAR AWARD, SAYS INVESTMENT
IN CLEAN ENERGY HOLDS GREAT BENEFITS FOR PEOPLE, ENVIRONMENT, ‘BOTTOM LINE’
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Response of United Nations Chief Executives Board to Global Financial Crisis
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Ensuring World food security will lay foundation for future peace,
prosperity, says Secretary-General at food day observance
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the observance of World Food Day in New York, 23 October:
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Secretary-General congratulates India for successful spacecraft launch
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
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HEADQUARTERS EXHIBITION ‘TIMELY REMINDER NOT ONLY OF THE WONDERS OF NATURE,
BUT OF OUR DEPENDENCE ON IT’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL
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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attended the twelfth Summit of the Francophonie in Quebec City, Canada, where he and his wife, Ban Soon-taek, arrived on the afternoon of Friday, 17 October.