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SG/SM/11894-DEV/2700-POP/969

AS WORLD COPES WITH ‘CASCADE’ OF NATIONAL FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, HUMAN MOBILITY CAN BE TOOL TO ‘HELP LIFT US OUT OF THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

29 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11894
DEV/2700
POP/969
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

AS WORLD COPES WITH ‘CASCADE’ OF NATIONAL FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, HUMAN MOBILITY CAN


BE TOOL TO ‘HELP LIFT US OUT OF THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

SG/SM/11893-AFR/1763

SECRETARY-GENERAL VEHEMENTLY CONDEMNS MULTIPLE BOMB ATTACKS IN NORTHERN SOMALIA, AS SUICIDE BOMBING AT UNITED NATIONS COMPOUND KILLS TWO STAFF

29 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11893
AFR/1763
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL VEHEMENTLY CONDEMNS MULTIPLE BOMB ATTACKS IN NORTHERN SOMALIA,


AS SUICIDE BOMBING AT UNITED NATIONS COMPOUND KILLS TWO STAFF


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

SG/SM/11892-AFR/1762-PKO/198

SECRETARY-GENERAL ALARMED AT ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, WARNS OF POSSIBLE ‘CATASTROPHIC’ HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

29 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11892
AFR/1762
PKO/198
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL ALARMED AT ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC


REPUBLIC OF CONGO, WARNS OF POSSIBLE ‘CATASTROPHIC’ HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

 


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

SG/SM/11891

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH, DESTRUCTION FROM PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE, SAYS UNITED NATIONS STANDS READY TO LEND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

29 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11891
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH, DESTRUCTION FROM PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE,


SAYS UNITED NATIONS STANDS READY TO LEND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE


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

SG/SM/11890

ON YOUTH, DEVELOPMENT, ‘WORLD HAS MUCH TO LEARN FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE AND EXAMPLE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT

29 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11890
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

ON YOUTH, DEVELOPMENT, ‘WORLD HAS MUCH TO LEARN FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE AND EXAMPLE’,


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT

 


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Ibero-American Summit, being held in San Salvador, 29 to 31 October:

SG/SM/11889-AFR/1761-SOC/NAR/937

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES IN COMBAT AGAINST ‘ALARMING SURGE’ IN DRUG TRAFFICKING, ORGANIZED CRIME

28 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11889
AFR/1761
SOC/NAR/937
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT WEST AFRICAN COUNTRIES


IN COMBAT AGAINST ‘ALARMING SURGE’ IN DRUG TRAFFICKING, ORGANIZED CRIME

SG/SM/11886-AFR/1759-PKO/197

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTREMELY CONCERNED BY FURTHER SECURITY DETERIORATION IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

27 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11886
AFR/1759
PKO/197
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTREMELY CONCERNED BY FURTHER SECURITY DETERIORATION


IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 


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

SG/SM/11885-AFR/1758-PKO/196

BRIGADIER GENERAL ISHMEEL BEN QUARTEY OF GHANA TO SERVE AS ACTING FORCE COMMANDER IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO PENDING APPOINTMENT OF NEW COMMANDER

27 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11885
AFR/1758
PKO/196
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

BRIGADIER GENERAL ISHMEEL BEN QUARTEY OF GHANA TO SERVE AS ACTING FORCE COMMANDER


IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO PENDING APPOINTMENT OF NEW COMMANDER


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