DEADLY ISRAELI STRIKES ON SANCTUARIES ‘TOTALLY UNACCEPTABLE’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS, EXPRESSING DISMAY AT DAMAGE TO UNITED NATIONS FACILITIES

Secretary-General strongly condemns rocket fire against Israel from southern

Lebanon; urges both parties to exercise maximum restraint

 

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

Secretary-General warmly welcomes commitment by United States

to airlift critical equipment to darfur

 

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

SECURITY COUNCIL SHOULD LIVE UP TO CHARTER RESPONSIBILITIES TO END GAZA CRISIS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MEETING WITH ARAB LEAGUE CHIEF, FOREIGN MINISTERS

Secretary-General, in message on day, says ‘LEt us remember’ holocaust victims

 

by reaffirming faith in dignity, equal rights of all members of human family

 

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 12 January 2009

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon attended a luncheon hosted by President George W. Bush in Washington, D.C., on Tuesday, 6 January.

Secretary-General condemns recent bombings, attacks in Darfur,

 

Calls for immediate, unconditional cessation of hostilities

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

Secretary-General praises ‘great leadership’ of UNDP administrator Kemal Derviş,

 

Accepts his decision to leave position ‘with regret’

 

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