SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON PALESTINE, STRESSES NEED

 

food production must rise by 50 per cent, Secretary-General tells rome high-level

conference, stressing that crisis is chance to revisit past policies

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-Level Conference on World Food Security in Rome today, 3 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS ON HAITIAN FOOD SECURITY, STRESSES IMPORTANCE

OF COORDINATED INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO HELP POOREST COPE WITH CRISIS

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the high-level meeting on food security in Haiti, delivered in Rome, today, 2 June:

Secretary-General deeply concerned by Israel’s announcement

of possible new settlement construction in East Jerusalem

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY, HAILS AGENCY STAFF’S

ROLE AT FOREFRONT OF GLOBAL EFFORTS AGAINST HUNGER, POVERTY, PESTILENCE

Secretary-General strongly condemns islamabad car bombing

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES POSITIVE HUMANITARIAN STEPS BY ISRAEL, HIZBULLAH

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES WORLD BANK’S FUNDING FOR VICTIMS OF FOOD SECURITY CRISIS

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RETURN HOME OF BURUNDI REBEL LEADER

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ADOPTION OF CONVENTION ON CLUSTER MUNITIONS

 

The following statement concerning the adoption of the Convention on cluster munitions was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: