United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, from New York in the evening of Thursday, 6 November, to attend a regional summit meeting on the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Secretary-General ‘deeply concerned’ by severe Myanmar prison sentences

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

welcoming sudan ceasefire, Secretary-General calls for progress in peace process

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

education among best ways to prevent intolerance, Secretary-General

says in message to mark international day

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Tolerance, to be observed on 16 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN VIDEO MESSAGE, HAILS INTERNATIONAL TELECOMMUNICATION UNION’S

EFFORTS TO HELP DEVELOPING COUNTRIES OBTAIN DISASTER-RELIEF RESOURCES

Secretary-General, addressing high contracting parties, underscores importance

 

of making amended protocol to certain conventional weapons treaty universal

 

ENSURING GREATER SECURITY THROUGH CULTURAL DIVERSITY IS ONE OF GREATEST MODERN

CHALLENGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON CULTURE OF PEACE

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

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 11 NOVEMBER 2008

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

Secretary-General regrets postponement of Los Angeles trip

 

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

The Secretary-General deeply regrets that he has had to postpone his scheduled trip to Los Angeles.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN WORLD AIDS DAY MESSAGE, SAYS AIDS NOT DISAPPEARING ANY TIME

SOON; IT IS AS REAL, AS URGENT AS EVER TO LEAD, EMPOWER, DELIVER ON AIDS

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the occasion of World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December: