Secretary-General


SG/2142
9 September 2008
Press ReleaseSG/2142
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, OPENING SYMPOSIUM ON VICTIMS OF TERRORISM, URGES GOVERNMENTS


TO DRAW UPON THEIR COURAGE, STRENGTH IN IMPLEMENTING COUNTER-MEASURES


Unprecedented Gathering Hears from Survivors of Attacks Perpetrated Worldwide

SG/T/2620

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Turin on Thursday, 28 August, where the following morning he opened a two-day retreat with about 60 senior United Nations officials, Under-Secretaries-General and Assistant Secretaries-General coming from New York Headquarters as well as Geneva, Vienna and Nairobi.

SG/2118/Rev.1-BIO/3824/Rev.1
4 September 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/2118/Rev.1*
BIO/3824/Rev.1*
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Biographical Note


BAN KI-MOON, UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL

 


Ban Ki-moon of the Republic of Korea, the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations, brings to his post 37 years of service both in Government and on the global stage.