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SG/SM/12162

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT IN ISRAEL

1 April 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12162
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES FORMATION OF NEW GOVERNMENT IN ISRAEL

 


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

SG/SM/12160-HRC/11

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES UNITED STATES INTENTION TO SEEK HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SEAT; SAYS CONCRETE EMBODIMENT OF COUNTRY’S COMMITMENT TO ‘NEW ERA OF ENGAGEMENT’

31 March 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12160
HRC/11
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES UNITED STATES INTENTION TO SEEK HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL SEAT;


SAYS CONCRETE EMBODIMENT OF COUNTRY’S COMMITMENT TO ‘NEW ERA OF ENGAGEMENT’


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

SG/SM/12159-AFG/328

AVOID FOCUS ON PAST SETBACKS IN AFGHANISTAN, SEIZE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESS, HELP AFGHANS SECURE NEW VISION FOR FUTURE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

31 March 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12159
AFG/328
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

AVOID FOCUS ON PAST SETBACKS IN AFGHANISTAN, SEIZE OPPORTUNITIES FOR PROGRESS,


HELP AFGHANS SECURE NEW VISION FOR FUTURE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the International Conference on Afghanistan, in The Hague on 31 March:

SG/SM/12158

ARAB SUMMIT MEETS AT TIME OF ‘PALPABLE UNCERTAINTY’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, NOTING ARAB WORLD FACES INSECURITY TODAY, POTENTIAL FOR MORE TOMORROW

30 March 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12158
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

ARAB SUMMIT MEETS AT TIME OF ‘PALPABLE UNCERTAINTY’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,


NOTING ARAB WORLD FACES INSECURITY TODAY, POTENTIAL FOR MORE TOMORROW


Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Summit of the League of Arab States, in Doha, Qatar, 30 March:

SG/SM/12155-ENV/DEV/1031

‘EARTH HOUR’ CLEAR MESSAGE FROM CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ‘THEY WANT ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN VIDEO MESSAGE

30 March 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12155
ENV/DEV/1031
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

‘EARTH HOUR’ CLEAR MESSAGE FROM CITIZENS THROUGHOUT THE WORLD ‘THEY WANT


ACTION ON CLIMATE CHANGE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN VIDEO MESSAGE


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message in support of “Earth Hour”, issued in New York, 28 March:

SG/SM/12154

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS FOR FOREIGN MINISTRY JOURNAL, OUTLINES HOW RUSSIAN FEDERATION CAN HELP BOOST EFFORTS TO TACKLE MAJOR GLOBAL CHALLENGES

27 March 2009
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/12154
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General, in remarks for foreign ministry journal, outlines how Russian


federation can help boost efforts to tackle major global challenges


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks for International Affairs, the journal of the Russian Foreign Ministry, in Moscow today, 27 March: