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”.

UN MUST ENSURE GLOBAL FINANCIAL CRISIS DOES NOT DEAL CRUSHING FINAL BLOW

TO POOREST OF POOR, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CHIEF EXECUTIVES BOARD

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:

‘CONTAGIOUS’ DOCTRINE OF DETERRENCE HAS MADE NON-PROLIFERATION MORE DIFFICULT,

RAISED NEW RISKS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN ADDRESS TO EAST-WEST INSTITUTE

SECRETARY-GENERAL, RECEIVING HUMANITARIANS OF THE YEAR AWARD, SAYS INVESTMENT

IN CLEAN ENERGY HOLDS GREAT BENEFITS FOR PEOPLE, ENVIRONMENT, ‘BOTTOM LINE’

Response of United Nations Chief Executives Board to Global Financial Crisis

 

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:

Secretary-General congratulates India for successful spacecraft launch

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

HEADQUARTERS EXHIBITION ‘TIMELY REMINDER NOT ONLY OF THE WONDERS OF NATURE,

BUT OF OUR DEPENDENCE ON IT’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

 

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.