TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE ON MIDDLE EAST BY SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON,

QUARTET PRINCIPALS AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 26 SEPTEMBER 2008

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING CRISIS-MANAGEMENT SEMINAR, CITES COORDINATION,

FLEXIBILITY AS KEY ELEMENTS FOR UNITED NATIONS-EUROPEAN UNION COOPERATION

LET US INCORPORATE DISASTER REDUCTION NEEDS AS KEY PLANK OF DEVELOPMENT AGENDA,

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day for Disaster Reduction, to be observed on 8 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, VOICING STRONG SUPPORT FOR BOLIVIA’S DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS,

WELCOMES GOVERNMENT EFFORTS FOR DIALOGUE WITH OPPONENTS

 

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

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF OLDER PERSONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

 

CALLS FOR SUBSTANTIALLY IMPROVED NATIONAL AGEING-SPECIFIC POLICIES

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Older Persons, to be observed on 1 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT GROUP OF 77 MINISTERIAL MEETING, INVOKES MONTERREY SPIRIT

IN EMPHASIZING CRITICAL NEED FOR ACTION ON TRADE, DEVELOPMENT FINANCE

FOOD CRISIS FAR FROM OVER, SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS, CALLING CHILDREN’S DECLINING

NUTRITIONAL STATUS ‘A MORAL OUTRAGE’, AT OPENING OF HIGH-LEVEL EVENING EVENT

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS HIGH-LEVEL EVENT OUTCOME AS GLOBAL LEADERSHIP IN ACTION

AT JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE WITH UNITED KINGDOM PREMIER, GATES FOUNDATION CHIEF

VOICING OPTIMISM IN CONCLUDING REMARKS TO HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON MILLENNIUM GOALS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CULTURE OF INDIFFERENCE CANNOT CONTINUE

DELAY IN TACKLING CLIMATE CHANGE COURTS DISASTER, SECRETARY-GENERAL WARNS

IN REMARKS TO EVENT HOSTED BY INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL