United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Geneva, Switzerland, in the morning of Friday, 12 December, from Poznan, Poland, to attend the Human Rights Council’s commemorative session on the sixtieth anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES, RESPECT FOLLOWING DEATH OF GUINEA’S

PRESIDENT, STRESSES NEED FOR PEACEFUL, DEMOCRATIC TRANSFER OF POWER

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES MAURITANIAN PRESIDENT’S RELEASE FROM HOUSE ARREST

The following statement was issued on Sunday, 21 December, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RECENT JUDGEMENTS HANDED DOWN

 

BY INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA

 

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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JÁN KUBIŠ OF SLOVAKIA TO HEAD

UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

 

FOLLOWING SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES 1 MARCH 2009

START DATE FOR SPECIAL LEBANON TRIBUNAL ON HARIRI ASSASSINATION

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

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 17 DECEMBER 2008

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.  It’s a great pleasure to meet you.

welcoming lifting of state of emergency in Bangladesh, Secretary-General

Encourages all parties to ‘address nation’s challenges together’

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LAW ALLOWING JAPAN TO CONTINUE SUPPORT IN AFGHANISTAN

 

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

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