TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL Ban Ki-moon

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, 23 january 2008

 

Committee on NGOs

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

committee on non-governmental organizations recommends 7 applications

for special consultative status, defers 22, sees 1 withdrawn

 

TROUBLED BY ‘IMPASSE OVER PRIORITIES’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CONFERENCE THAT

DISARMAMENT STALEMATE JEOPARDIZES OTHER KEY GOALS OF UNITED NATIONS CHARTER

Following is the text of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement to the Conference on Disarmament in Geneva, today, 23 January:

Secretary-General, launching 2008 consolidated appeal, invokes shared humanity

in urging donors to ensure survival of world’s ‘bottom billion’

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the launch of the Consolidated Appeal in Geneva today, 23 January:

ADDRESSING WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF BETTER

WATER MANAGEMENT, ADAPTING TO REALITY AS SOURCES SHRINK WORLDWIDE

Following is the text of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address as prepared for delivery to the Davos World Economic Forum, today, 24 January:

Committee on NGOs

7^th & 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

LIST OF SENIOR UNITED NATIONS OFFICIALS TO HAVE MADE PUBLIC FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

 

NOW AVAILABLE ON SECRETARY-GENERAL’S WEBSITE

 

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

Note to Correspondents

Holocaust remembrance exhibits on display at United Nations

headquarters, 28 January to 2 March

 

Secretary-General strongly condemns fatal bomb attack

 

on Lebanese security officer

 

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

Committee on NGOs

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)