United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madame Ban Soon-taek arrived in the Netherlands during the evening of Monday, 30 March, from Doha, Qatar, where the Secretary-General had addressed the League of Arab States Summit.

PRESS CONFERENCE ON GAZA BY OPERATIONS DIRECTOR OF UNITED NATIONS RELIEF

AND WORKS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES IN THE NEAR EAST (UNRWA)

PRESS CONFERENCE BY NEW YORK OFFICE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS

ON LATEST DEVELOPMENTS IN DURBAN REVIEW CONFERENCE PREPARATORY PROCESS

 

PRESS CONFERENCE ON POPULATION GROWTH, CHALLENGES OF POVERTY REDUCTION

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Michèle Montas, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon, all.

**Secretary-General at G-20 Summit

PRESS CONFERENCE BY MEMBERS OF HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE ON CURRENT SESSION

PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

 

The Security Council was closely monitoring developments in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, but it could not prejudge them, Ambassador Claude Heller of Mexico, Council President for April, said today at a Headquarters press conference.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PLEDGE OF G-20 LEADERS TO $1.1 TRILLION AID PACKAGE,

DEEMS IT CRITICAL THAT PORTION SLATED FOR POORER COUNTRIES IS DELIVERED

The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Group of 20 (G-20) London Summit Outcome was issued today:

Note to Correspondents

Special Committee on

Decolonization

2^nd Meeting (AM)