TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL Ban Ki-moon

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, 23 january 2008

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY COMMITMENT TO END HOSTILITIES

IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

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

UNITED NATIONS MUST BALANCE MISSION ON BEHALF OF OTHERS WITH NEED TO PROTECT ITS

OWN, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN REMARKS TO CEREMONY FOR ALGIERS BOMBING VICTIMS

 

Secretary-General, launching 2008 consolidated appeal, invokes shared humanity

in urging donors to ensure survival of world’s ‘bottom billion’

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the launch of the Consolidated Appeal in Geneva today, 23 January:

TROUBLED BY ‘IMPASSE OVER PRIORITIES’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CONFERENCE THAT

DISARMAMENT STALEMATE JEOPARDIZES OTHER KEY GOALS OF UNITED NATIONS CHARTER

Following is the text of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, today, 23 January:

CHANGING ATTITUDES JUST AS IMPORTANT AS ‘BRICKS AND MORTAR’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

EMPHASIZES IN ADDRESS TO FIRST RETREAT OF PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR IMMEDIATE END TO VIOLENCE ENGULFING GAZA,

REMINDS PARTIES OF OBLIGATIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

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

LET US NEVER TAKE OUR HUMAN RIGHTS FOR GRANTED, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

IN MESSAGE TO MARK INTERNATIONAL DAY IN MEMORY OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DE-ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN PALESTINIAN, ISRAELI AREAS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS DEADLY ATTACKS IN SRI LANKA,

 

SAYS DIALOGUE ONLY WAY TO STOP FURTHER VIOLENCE

 

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