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SG/SM/11696/Rev. 1
14 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11696/Rev. 1*
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UNION FOR MEDITERRANEAN SHOULD BECOME UNITED NATIONS VIBRANT PARTNER IN MANY AREAS,


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT CLOSING OF LAUNCH OF NEW INITIATIVE


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s closing remarks at the launch of the Union for the Mediterranean, in Paris on 13 July:

SG/SM/11694-AFR/1730
14 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11694
AFR/1730
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Comments by Zimbabwe questioning Secretary-General’s impartiality ‘inappropriate


and unacceptable’, says United Nations spokesperson

 


The following statement was issued Saturday, 12 July, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

SG/T/2616

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Sapporo, Hokkaido, in northern Japan from Seoul, Republic of Korea, on Monday morning, 7 July.  He immediately travelled by road to the site of the Summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) leaders gathering at Toyako ( Lake Toya).

SG/SM/11693
11 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11693
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General welcomes formation of national unity government in lebanon


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

SG/SM/11692-ORG/1501
11 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11692
ORG/1501
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PRESENTING UN 21 AWARDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS RECIPIENTS ‘TRIUMPHS OF TEAMWORK’


IN JOINING TOGETHER TO DEVELOPING NEW APPROACHES, IDEAS

 


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the occasion of the UN 21 Awards, in New York today, 11 July:

SG/SM/11690-AFR/1728-PKO/189
9 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11690
AFR/1728
PKO/189
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS DEADLY AMBUSH OF DARFUR PEACEKEEPERS

 


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

SG/SM/11689
9 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11689
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

WELCOMING GROUP OF EIGHT FOCUS ON GLOBAL CRISES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


CHALLENGE NOW IS MOVING BEYOND DISCUSSIONS TO ACTION

 


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the Group of Eight Summit in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan, on 9 July:

SG/SM/11688
8 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11688
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

‘WE MUST ACT NOW’, TOGETHER AS ONE WORLD COMMUNITY, TO AVOID COLLAPSE OF FOOD


SECURITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY ADDRESS


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address at Hokkaido University in Japan, 8 July: