Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Kennedy Center event for people in the Philippines “After the Storm”, in Washington, D.C., on 14 June:
Resumed political dialogue between the Government of Côte d’Ivoire and the former ruling party was a significant step towards national reconciliation, but security and stability remained fragile, the head of the United Nations operation in that country told the Security Council today.
The following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Summit of Heads of State and Government of the “Group of 77” developing countries and China, in Santa Cruz, Bolivia, today: