Secretary-General, in message, stresses importance of science, technology in Africa’s

efforts to alleviate poverty, achieve sustainable industrial development

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Industrialization Day, observed 20 November:

PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY PROVIDES ‘STEADYING INFLUENCE’ IN REGION BURDENED

BY CONFLICT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO AMMAN MEETING

 

UNITED NATIONS ‘READY AND WILLING’ TO HELP BANGLADESH RESPOND TO CYCLONE SIDR,

WITH ASSESSMENT TEAMS, MILLIONS FROM CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND

The following statement was issued Sunday, 18 November, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

IN MESSAGE TO MINE BAN CONVENTION STATES PARTIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS LANDMINES

HAVE ‘ NO PLACE IN THE WORLD’, APPLAUDS COMMITMENT TO THEIR ELIMINATION

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR LOGISTICS

BASE IN VALENCIA, TO BE APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN, GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks in Valencia, Spain, on 17 November:

Buenos dias!

SLOWING -- AND REVERSING -- CLIMATE CHANGE THREAT ‘DEFINING CHALLENGE OF OUR AGE’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOLLOWING RELEASE OF United Nations PANEL REPORT

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Mrs. Ban Soon-taek arrived in Brazil on Sunday, 11 November.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LIFTING OF STATE OF EMERGENCY IN GEORGIA

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES CANADA’S DANIEL BELLEMARE COMMISSIONER OF INTERNATIONAL

INDEPENDENT COMMISSION, PROSECUTOR OF SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY CAMEROON’S, NIGERIA’S RESPONSE TO BAKASSI ATTACK

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