In progress at UNHQ

Statements and Messages

22 March 2013

SG/SM/14903-OBV/1203

‘The United Nations Has a Short History but a Long Memory,’ Says Secretary-General at Concert Commemorating the More Than 15 Million Victims of the Slave Trade

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the concert in the General Assembly Hall on the occasion of the International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery and the Transatlantic Slave Trade, 22 March:

22 March 2013

SG/SM/14902-L/3207

Secretary-General Welcomes Confirmation by International Criminal Court of Transfer to The Hague of Suspected War Criminal Bosco Ntaganda

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

22 March 2013

SG/SM/14901-AFR/2584

Secretary-General, Deeply Concerned by Reports of Renewed Fighting in Central African Republic, Urges Séléka Movement to Halt Military Offensive

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

22 March 2013

SG/SM/14900

Secretary-General Welcomes Restoration of Relations between Israel and Turkey

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

22 March 2013

SG/SM/14899-OBV/1202

Emergence of Drug-Resistant Tuberculosis, Inadequate Funding Impeding Further Progress to Reduce Infections, Secretary-General Says in Message

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Tuberculosis Day, 24 March:

22 March 2013

SG/SM/14898-HR/5126-OBV/1201

Secretary-General, in Message, Says Right to Truth Day is Occasion to Preserve Memory of Human Rights Victims, Honour Those Struggling to Defend Them

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for the Right to the Truth Concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims, observed on 24 March:

22 March 2013

SG/SM/14897

Condemning Terrorist Attack on Syrian Mosque, Secretary-General Says ‘A Political Solution Is the Only Way Out of this Conflict’

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

22 March 2013

SG/SM/14896-OBV/1200-ORG/1565

Secretary-General, in Message, Urges Ratification of Convention on Safety of UN Personnel, as No Colleague Should Ever Be Asked to Sacrifice Liberty or Life

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members, observed on 25 March:

22 March 2013

SG/SM/14895-GA/11348-OBV/1198

For the Billions without Toilets or Protection from Untreated Waste, Cost Counted in Lives — 4,500 Children a Day — Economic Productivity, Says Secretary-General

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s Remarks at the High-level Interactive Dialogue on Water Cooperation, in New York, today, 22 March:

22 March 2013

SG/SM/14894-HR/5125

Attitudes towards Same-sex Relationships May Have Different Roots, but None Excuse Violence, Abuse or Denial of Human Rights, Says Secretary-General

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Regional Conference on the Human Rights of Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender People in Asia and the Pacific, held in Kathmandu, 22-23 March: