SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES BUDGET, URGES RETURN TO CONSENSUS DECISION-MAKING

 

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 22 December, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

SPECIAL TRIBUNAL FOR LEBANON TO BE BASED AT THE HAGUE

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

Secretary-General appalled by suicide bombing of mosque in Pakistan,

Urges all political forces to unite against terrorism

 

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

Secretary-General warmly congratulates new president of Republic of Korea

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY OF GOVERNMENTS TO ENSURE SAFETY,

SECURITY OF UNITED NATIONS STAFF IN HOST COUNTRIES

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to Headquarters staff in New York on his return from Algiers, 19 December:

Secretary-General welcomes Assembly’s adoption of death penalty moratorium call

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the General Assembly resolution calling for a death penalty moratorium:

Secretary-General praises Chinese master painter Wang Shuping for tireless work

‘to promote understanding through art’ as United Nations exhibit opens

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE, STRESSES migrants should

 

not be seen as burden but assets to society

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Migrants Day, observed 18 December:

Secretary-General, visiting dili, urges parliamentarians to make

 

people’s voice heard, reflect preoccupations of all timorese

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the Parliament of Timor-Leste in Dili today, 14 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘I WILL SPARE NO EFFORT’ ENSURING UNITED NATIONS PROVIDES

ADEQUATE SECURITY FOR STAFF, AS DEATH TOLL RISES FROM ALGIERS BOMBING

 

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