millennium commitments no charity matter, says Deputy Secretary-General

at headquarters event for ‘stand up and take action against poverty’

UNITED NATIONS WORKING TO ENHANCE DELIVERY OF RULE OF LAW ASSISTANCE

 

TO MEMBER STATES, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SIXTH COMMITTEE

 

Global food, energy, financial crises highlight urgent need to strengthen

 

UN development pillar, Deputy Secretary-General tells Fifth Committee

 

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS TO SECOND COMMITTEE, WARNS THAT DELAYING

ACTION ON MULTIPLE CRISES WILL ONLY MAKE MATTERS WORSE

 

DISASTERS A SYMPTOM OF UNSUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN REMARKS TO MINISTERIAL MEETING ON REDUCING RISKS IN CHANGING CLIMATE

foreign investment critical in enabling landlocked states to mitigate unfavourable

 

geographic locations, Deputy Secretary-General tells high-level forum

 

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPERATIVE OF BUILDING ON SUCCESSES, ADDRESSING

PITFALLS IN FULFILLING BRUSSELS PROGRAMME, AT LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES MEETING

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS EFFORTS AT LOCAL LEVEL CRITICAL TO ACHIEVING

DEVELOPMENT GOALS, TO PREVENTING CITIES, REGIONS FROM BACKWARDS SLIDE

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING STEERING GROUP, SAYS 2008 SHOULD BE MORE

THAN A MERE MIDPOINT TO ATTAINMENT OF MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

ARAB REGION EMERGING AS ‘TRUE LEADER’ IN DEVELOPMENT,

 

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO BEIRUT MEETING

 

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the twelfth meeting of the Regional Coordination Mechanism, in Beirut, 13 September: