United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled from Berlin, Germany, to Vienna, Austria, early on Thursday, 22 February.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘MANIFOLD CONTRIBUTIONS’ OF GHANA TO UNITED NATIONS

ON FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF COUNTRY’S INDEPENDENCE

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

39^th Meeting (AM)

Budget committee takes up report on progress implementing

 

strengthened, unified United Nations security system

 

Also Considers Joint Inspection Unit’s 2007 Work Programme

Sixty-first General Assembly

Informal Thematic Debate

AM & PM Meetings

OPENING GENERAL ASSEMBLY DISCUSSION ON WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL

PLEDGES TO ENGAGE ENTIRE UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM IN WORK FOR GENDER EQUALITY

Day-Long Meeting Hears 46 Speakers

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS TETSUO M. OHNO OF JAPAN DIRECTOR

OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION CENTRE IN LAGOS, NIGERIA

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Informal Thematic Debate

Panel Discussion (PM)

PARTICIPANTS IN PANEL DISCUSSION CALL FOR STRENGTHENED UNITED NATIONS

BODY TO ENHANCE WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING

 

ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY, WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT A CONDITION FOR BUILDING HEALTHIER,

MORE PEACEFUL SOCIETIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY LOSS OF LIFE IN AFTERMATH

OF EARTHQUAKE IN INDONESIA

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTRAGED BY BOMB ATTACKS ON SHIA PILGRIMS IN IRAQ

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

EMPOWERING WOMEN CONDITION FOR BUILDING BETTER LIVES FOR EVERYONE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Women’s Day, observed on 8 March: