Secretary-General reiterates aim to keep human rights ‘high on agenda’

as he welcomes General Assembly endorsement of new high commissioner

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS INDIA BOMBINGS, APPEALS FOR RESTRAINT

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

Biographical Note

FOLLOWING GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVAL, SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NAVANETHEM PILLAY

OF SOUTH AFRICA AS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARMLY WELCOMES AGREEMENT BY GREEK, TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADERS

TO LAUNCH FULL-FLEDGED NEGOTIATIONS ON 3 SEPTEMBER

 

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

CONCERNED SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ISRAEL TO FREEZE ALL SETTLEMENT ACTIVITY

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONVENES MEETING ON SPECIAL ADVISER’S UPCOMING VISIT TO MYANMAR

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

PROTECT, PROMOTE ENDANGERED LANGUAGES, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IN MESSAGE

FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF WORLD’S INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES CONTINUING NEED FOR ACCESS TO COMMUNICATIONS

AS UNIVERSAL POSTAL UNION HOLDS TWENTY-FOURTH CONGRESS IN GENEVA

 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife, Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Berlin, the German capital, on an official visit on Tuesday, 15 July, from Paris, where he had attended the Summit of the Union for the Mediterranean.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARMLY CONGRATULATES NEPAL’S FIRST PRESIDENT

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