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WELCOMING GROUP OF EIGHT FOCUS ON GLOBAL CRISES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CHALLENGE NOW IS MOVING BEYOND DISCUSSIONS TO ACTION

9 July 2008
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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:

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‘WE MUST ACT NOW’, TOGETHER AS ONE WORLD COMMUNITY, TO AVOID COLLAPSE OF FOOD SECURITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY ADDRESS

8 July 2008
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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:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS SUICIDE BOMBING IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

7 July 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS SUICIDE BOMBING IN ISLAMABAD, PAKISTAN

 


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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS RECENT BOMBINGS ON ABKHAZ-CONTROLLED TERRITORY, CALLS FOR ‘IMMEDIATE AND THOROUGH’ INVESTIGATION, MAXIMUM RESTRAINT AMONG PARTIES

7 July 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS RECENT BOMBINGS ON ABKHAZ-CONTROLLED TERRITORY, CALLS

 

FOR ‘IMMEDIATE AND THOROUGH’ INVESTIGATION, MAXIMUM RESTRAINT AMONG PARTIES


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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BRUTAL KILLING OF ACTING HEAD OF UNITED NATIONS DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME OFFICE IN SOMALIA BY UNIDENTIFIED GUNMEN

7 July 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS BRUTAL KILLING OF ACTING HEAD OF UNITED NATIONS


DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME OFFICE IN SOMALIA BY UNIDENTIFIED GUNMEN

 


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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS IN STRONGEST TERMS SUICIDE BOMBING IN AFGHANISTAN TODAY

7 July 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS IN STRONGEST TERMS SUICIDE BOMBING IN AFGHANISTAN TODAY


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

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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE FOR WORLD POPULATION DAY STRESSES NEED TO FOCUS ON FAMILY PLANNING AS CRITICAL ELEMENT IN IMPROVING MATERNAL HEALTH

7 July 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE FOR WORLD POPULATION DAY STRESSES NEED TO FOCUS

 

ON FAMILY PLANNING AS CRITICAL ELEMENT IN IMPROVING MATERNAL HEALTH

 


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Population Day, to be observed on 11 July:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS PROMOTION OF COOPERATION BETWEEN CITIES, EFFORTS TO BRIDGE DIGITAL DIVIDE, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD E-GOVERNMENT MAYORS’ FORUM

7 July 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General hails promotion of cooperation between cities, efforts to bridge


digital divide, in message for world e-government mayors’ forum


Following is the text of UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon’s video message for the World e-Government Mayors’ Forum in Seoul, from 7 to 9 July:

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SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE IN REPUBLIC OF KOREA ‘YOU ARE FUTURE WORLD LEADERS’, CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE IN SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS WORK

7 July 2008
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE IN REPUBLIC OF KOREA ‘YOU


ARE FUTURE WORLD LEADERS’, CATALYSTS FOR CHANGE IN SUPPORT OF UNITED NATIONS WORK


Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Model United Nations Conference at Cheongju University, Republic of Korea, on 5 July: