Secretary-General disappointed by postponement of lebanon’s presidential election

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

Secretary-General APPLAUDS NOMINATION OF NEW PRIME MINISTER IN SOMALIA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONCERN OVER VIOLENT CONFRONTATIONS IN BOLIVIA

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

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

56^th & 57^th Meetings (AM & PM)

STRENGTHENED GENERAL ASSEMBLY NEEDED ‘TO FIND GLOBAL SOLUTIONS TO GLOBAL PROBLEMS’

PRESIDENT SAYS, AS REVITALIZATION OF WORK DEBATED

 

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY, CLIMATE CHANGE:  PART OF PROBLEM OR PART OF SOLUTION?

 

UN Conference to Address How Information Technology Can Address Climate Change

Sixty-second General Assembly

Fourth Committee

24^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES WORK FOR SESSION, HANDS OVER 26 DRAFT TEXTS TO GENERAL

ASSEMBLY ON PALESTINE REFUGEES, DECOLONIZATION, PUBLIC INFORMATION, OUTER SPACE

UNITED NATIONS WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTING SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1540 (2004)

IN AFRICA OPENS IN GABORONE, BOTSWANA, TOMORROW

MIDDLE EAST QUARTET EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR ANNAPOLIS CONFERENCE

 

Following is the text of the statement issued yesterday in Washington, D.C., by the Quartet ( United Nations, Russian Federation, United States and European Union):

Parties to United Nations Convention

to Combat Desertification

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM, PM & Night)

CONFERENCE OF PARTIES, IN FIRST EXTRAORDINARY SESSION, APPROVES 2008-2009 BUDGET

FOR UNITED NATIONS CONVENTION TO COMBAT DESERTIFICATION

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ANNAPOLIS, CALLS FOR ‘FLEXIBILITY, PATIENCE AND RESOLVE’

IN RENEWED MIDDLE EAST PEACE EFFORT

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s speech at the international meeting on the Middle East, in Annapolis, 27 November: