United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Washington, D.C., on Thursday morning, 11 October.

Secretary-general urges renewed efforts to meet millennium

Goals for global economic, social progress

 

High-Level Dialogue on Financing for Development Is Told

Progress So Far ‘Uneven’; Midpoint Review Is Chance for New Breakthroughs

SEVEN YEARS AFTER SECURITY COUNCIL’S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1325 ON WOMEN, PEACE,

SECURITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES COLLECTIVE DUTY TO STEP UP IMPLEMENTATION

DISARMAMENT MUST REMAIN AT TOP OF AGENDA, STRESSES SECRETARY-GENERAL

AS HE WARNS AGAINST COMPLACENCY, IN MESSAGE TO PUGWASH CONFERENCE

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the fifty-seventh Pugwash Conference, in Bari, Italy, on 21 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RESTRAINT OVER TURKEY VOTE ON CROSS-BORDER RAIDS

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

SHOCKED SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS DEADLY PAKISTAN BOMBING

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

Despite many positive developments, special needs of Africa remain immense,

 

Says Secretary-General in General Assembly debate

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JAN BEAGLE OF NEW ZEALAND to be

 

DEPUTY DIRECTOR-GENERAL OF UNITED NATIONS GENEVA OFFICE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR POLITICAL WILL ‘TO END THE SCOURGE OF POVERTY

ONCE AND FOR ALL’, IN REMARKS AT INTERNATIONAL EVENT

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS SOMALIA’S DETENTION OF UNITED NATIONS OFFICIAL

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