United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife, Ban Soon-taek, arrived from Tokyo to Beijing on Tuesday, 1 July, on the second leg of his three-country North-East Asian visit and to the Group of Eight (G-8) Summit in Hokkaido the following week.

CHINESE COMPANIES CAN LAY FOUNDATION FOR SUSTAINABLE, PROSPEROUS WORLD,

SAYS SECRETARY–GENERAL AT MEETING WITH GLOBAL COMPACT CHINA

 

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Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a meeting with the Global Compact China in Beijing yesterday, 2 July:

INVOKING POWER OF CHANGE IN ADDRESS AT SEOUL NATIONAL UNIVERSITY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES STUDENTS TO EMBRACE, NOT FEAR IT

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address at Seoul National University today, 3 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF COOPERATIVES, WELCOMES

 

MOVEMENT’S CONTRIBUTION IN ADDRESSING CLIMATE CHANGE ISSUES

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Cooperatives, to be observed on 5 July:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife, Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Tokyo from New York on Saturday, 28 June, and immediately proceeded to Tokyo train station to board a Shinkansen or high-speed bullet train to Kyoto, kicking off a two-week, three-nation official visit to East Asia, which was to culminate with his participation at the annual Summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrialized countries in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARMLY WELCOMES RESCUE OF HOSTAGES IN COLOMBIA;

SEEKS IMMEDIATE, UNCONDITIONAL RELEASE OF REMAINING HOSTAGES

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES RESORT TO VIOLENCE IN MONGOLIA

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS DEADLY JERUSALEM BULLDOZER ATTACK

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING FOREIGN AFFAIRS UNIVERSITY STUDENTS, STRESSES NEED

TO HARNESS CHINA’S UNPRECEDENTED GROWTH IN DRIVING DEVELOPMENT WORLDWIDE

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address at Foreign Affairs University, as prepared for delivery, in Beijing, China, today, 1 July:

HUMANITY’S COMMON TIES FRAYING UNDER GLOBAL TRIPLE CRISIS, SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS

AT BREAKFAST MEETING WITH JAPAN INSTITUTE FOR INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS

The following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a breakfast meeting with the Japan Institute for international Affairs, in Tokyo today, 1 July: