United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek travelled from Accra, Ghana, to Monrovia, Liberia in the afternoon of Monday, 21 April.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by his wife, Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Accra, Ghana, late in the evening of Saturday, 19 April, at the beginning of a visit to West Africa that would also take him to Liberia, Burkina Faso and Côte d’Ivoire.

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S STATEMENT ON non-PERMANENT SECURITY COUNCIL SEATS

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

IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ALL SOCIETIES

 

TO ‘SPARE NO EFFORT’ TO BRING TO JUSTICE PERPETRATORS OF ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Press Freedom Day, on 3 May:

LAUNCHING GENEVA LECTURE SERIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS CHANCE

TO ADDRESS ROOT PROBLEMS OF WORLD’S POOREST, MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE SMALL FARMERS

Following is the text of the inaugural lecture of the Geneva Lecture Series by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at Palais des Nations, on 29 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO PARIS CONFERENCE, SAYS 2008 MARKS ‘SIXTIETH YEAR

OF PALESTINIAN DISPOSSESSION’, UNDERLINES URGENCY OF FINDING SOLUTION TO QUESTION

Secretary-General, in remembrance day message, says adherence to convention

 

is genuine way to honour all victims of chemical warfare

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on Remembrance Day for Victims of Chemical Warfare, today, 29 April:

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

ASIA PACIFIC MUST PROMOTE SUSTAINABLE, EFFICIENT ENERGY USE,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO BANGKOK MEETING

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS LOSS OF CIVILIAN LIFE IN GAZA

 

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