SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RESTRAINT FOLLOWING RISE IN TENSIONS

INVOLVING COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, VENEZUELA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL IT MUST CREATE ENVIRONMENT OF TRUST,

FOSTER CLIMATE FOR BEST PRACTICES, SPUR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION

TODAY’S CHALLENGES REQUIRE STRONG UNITED NATIONS THAT MOVES IN FULL PARTNERSHIP

WITH UNITED STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT GEORGE BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL RECENT ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN GAZA,

SOUTHERN ISRAEL ‘DEEPLY ALARMING’, HAS LEFT TERRIBLE DEATH TOLL

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, in New York, 1 March:

GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS CAN BE MET ‘ONLY BY INVESTING IN THE WORLD’S WOMEN

 

AND GIRLS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on International Women’s Day, observed 8 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WARMLY WELCOMES ‘ACTING TOGETHER FOR KENYA’ AGREEMENT,

SAYS BREAKTHROUGH OFFERS HOPE FOR RETURN TO DECEMBER STABILITY

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

Secretary-General says proud UN chapter, decolonization, ‘still being written’,

looks to special committee to advance process in remaining territories

Secretary-General deeply concerned at loss of civilian life in southern Israel, gaza;

Says escalation of violence must not be allowed to deter political process

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTIES TO KENYA’S NATIONAL DIALOGUE

TO REACH SOLUTION TO CRISIS WITHOUT DELAY

 

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

Secretary-General says violence against women never acceptable, never excusable,

never tolerable, as he launches global campaign on issue

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Commission on the Status of Women in New York, 25 February: