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Statements and Messages

13 May 2009

SG/SM/12237

Secretary-General Says Fine Art Exhibit at Headquarters Advances Peace, Human Rights; Artist Shows Side of Human Trafficking That Diplomat Never Could

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the opening of the “Welcome to Gulu” exhibition, in New York, on 12 May:

11 May 2009

SG/SM/12236-ENV/DEV/1047-OBV/784

Stressing Need to Address Causes of Biodiversity Loss, Control Invasive Alien Species, Secretary-General Urges All to Protect Life On Earth

The following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Biological Diversity, to be observed on 22 May:

11 May 2009

SG/SM/12235

Secretary-General, Appalled at Killing of Hundreds in Sri Lanka, Urges Government to Explore All Options to Bring Conflict to End without Further Bloodshed

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

11 May 2009

SG/SM/12234-SC/9656-PAL/2115

Secretary-General Says Israelis, Palestinians ‘Need Confidence Commitments Made Will Be Commitments Monitored and Commitments Kept’

Following are the Secretary-General’s remarks to the ministerial meeting of the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East today:

11 May 2009

SG/SM/12233

United Nations Must Set World on Course towards Secure, Sustainable Future; Hospitality Committee Integral to This Effort, Says Secretary-General

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Hospitality Committee Annual Dinner, delivered by Vijay Nambiar, Chef de Cabinet, in New York on 8 May:

7 May 2009

SG/SM/12232

Parliamentarians Can Take Steps to Set World on Course for Economic Recovery, Sustainability, Says Secretary-General in Message to Geneva Meeting

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU) Conference on the global economic crisis, held in Geneva, 7-8 May, delivered by Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development: