IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS VOLUNTEERS’

ALTRUISM IMMENSE; URGES ALL IN GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO TAP ITS GREAT RESERVE

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Volunteer Day, observed 5 December:

‘WE ARE NOT POWERLESS IN FACE OF DISEASE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN VIDEO MESSAGE

TO SADDLEBACK CIVIL FORUM ON GLOBAL HEALTH, IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS CRUCIAL WORK DONE TO STRENGTHEN BARRIERS AGAINST

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, BIOTERRORISM, IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA MEETING

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON WORLD AIDS DAY, PLEDGES TO DO UTMOST TO REACH GLOBAL TARGETS;

APPOINTS MICHEL SIDIBÉ OF MALI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNAIDS

Following is the text of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on World AIDS Day, in Doha, today, 1 December:

TO RESPOND TO HUNGER, GOVERNMENTS SHOULD GIVE EFFECT TO COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK

FOR ACTION, STARTING IN COUNTRIES ‘HURTING THE MOST’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON FINANCING EDUCATION, CALLS SCHOOLING

LIFEBLOOD OF NATION, BASIS FOR SURE FOOTING TOWARDS STABLE, FULFILLING FUTURE

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CHILDREN’S NETWORK TELEVISION IN DOHA ADULTS MUST CREATE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘NEW MULTILATERALISM’ NEEDED TO SET WORLD ON PATH TOWARDS

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GREATER STABILITY, MORE EFFECTIVE DECISION-MAKING

INNOVATIVE FINANCING WILL FEATURE PROMINENTLY IN FUNDING DEVELOPMENT

IN FUTURE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT DOHA CONFERENCE SIDE EVENT

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the side event on innovative financing mechanisms, in Doha, on Saturday, 29 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES TEAMWORK BETWEEN QATAR OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, GLOBAL

SPORT FUND ON INITIATIVE TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SPORT

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at an event for the Global Sport Fund for Youth, in Doha, 29 November: