In progress at UNHQ

Secretary-General


SG/T/3024

Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled to Washington, D.C., on Wednesday evening, 15 April, in order to meet with United States officials and participate in the Spring Meetings of the World Bank Group and the International Monetary Fund.  Ban Ki-moon was the first Secretary-General to receive invitations to speak to the Development Committee and the International Monetary and Finance Committee of those two bodies.

SG/SM/16690-DC/3549

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message, delivered by Virginia Gamba, Deputy to the High Representative for Disarmament Affairs, to the “A Century of Weapons of Mass Destruction:  Enough!” event, organized by the municipalities of Ypres and Langemarck-poelkapelle in cooperation with the International Network of Mayors for Peace, held in Ypres, Belgium, today: