Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

Humanitarian issues

SG/SM/11742-IHA/1265

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES RESTRAINT AS FIGHTING DISPLACES THOUSANDS IN PHILIPPINES

12 August 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11742
IHA/1265
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES RESTRAINT AS FIGHTING DISPLACES THOUSANDS IN PHILIPPINES


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

SG/SM/11709-IHA/1264

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RELEASE OF POST-NARGIS JOINT ASSESSMENT FINAL REPORT

21 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11709
IHA/1264
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General welcomes release of post-nargis joint assessment final report


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

SG/SM/11597-IHA/1263

FOCUS ON PEOPLE, NOT POLITICS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, UNDERSCORING HUMANITARIAN CHALLENGE IN ADDRESS TO INTERNATIONAL PLEDGING CONFERENCE FOR MYANMAR

27 May 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11597
IHA/1263
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

FOCUS ON PEOPLE, NOT POLITICS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, UNDERSCORING HUMANITARIAN


CHALLENGE IN ADDRESS TO INTERNATIONAL PLEDGING CONFERENCE FOR MYANMAR


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the ASEAN-UN International Pledging Conference in Yangon, on 25 May:

SG/SM/11591-IHA/1262

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LANDMARK SAUDI CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

23 May 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11591
IHA/1262
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LANDMARK SAUDI CONTRIBUTION TO WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME


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

SG/SM/11589-IHA/1261

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES GRANT OF UP TO $8 MILLION FROM CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND TO MEET CHINA’S URGENT HUMANITARIAN NEEDS FROM EARTHQUAKE

22 May 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11589
IHA/1261
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES GRANT OF UP TO $8 MILLION FROM CENTRAL EMERGENCY


RESPONSE FUND TO MEET CHINA’S URGENT HUMANITARIAN NEEDS FROM EARTHQUAKE


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

SG/2138-IHA/1260

UNITED NATIONS, ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS TO CONVENE INTERNATIONAL PLEDGING CONFERENCE FOR MYANMAR ON 25 MAY

19 May 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/2138
IHA/1260
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UNITED NATIONS, ASSOCIATION OF SOUTHEAST ASIAN NATIONS TO CONVENE


INTERNATIONAL PLEDGING CONFERENCE FOR MYANMAR ON 25 MAY

 


The following is a statement issued jointly by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and the Chair of the Association of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN):

SG/SM/11578-IHA/1259

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES $7 MILLION GRANT FROM EMERGENCY FUND TO HELP MEET URGENT HUMANITARIAN NEEDS FOLLOWING CHINA’S EARTHQUAKE

16 May 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11578
IHA/1259
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES $7 MILLION GRANT FROM EMERGENCY FUND TO HELP


MEET URGENT HUMANITARIAN NEEDS FOLLOWING CHINA’S EARTHQUAKE


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

SG/SM/11383-IHA/1258

SECRETARY-GENERAL, LAUNCHING 2008 CONSOLIDATED APPEAL, INVOKES SHARED HUMANITY IN URGING DONORS TO ENSURE SURVIVAL OF WORLD’S ‘BOTTOM BILLION’

23 January 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11383
IHA/1258
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

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:

SG/SM/11061-IHA/1256

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES OVER FLOODING VICTIMS IN INDIA, PAKISTAN

26 June 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11061
IHA/1256
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES OVER FLOODING VICTIMS IN INDIA, PAKISTAN


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