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NEW COMMUNICATIONS HEAD THANKS INFORMATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR CONFIDENCE EXPRESSED IN DEPARTMENT, ‘AS IT STRIVES TO TELL THE UN STORY’

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2 May 2007
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Committee on Information

Twenty-ninth Session

4th Meeting (PM)


NEW COMMUNICATIONS HEAD THANKS INFORMATION COMMITTEE MEMBERS FOR CONFIDENCE


EXPRESSED IN DEPARTMENT, ‘AS IT STRIVES TO TELL THE UN STORY’


Responds to Questions Raised During 3-Day Debate on Range of Issues,

JOURNALISTS INCREASINGLY TARGETS OF VIOLENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT HEADQUARTERS OBSERVANCE OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

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3 May 2007
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Committee on Information

World Press Freedom Day Commemoration


JOURNALISTS INCREASINGLY TARGETS OF VIOLENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


AT HEADQUARTERS OBSERVANCE OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

 

POTENTIAL, POPULARITY OF SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION GREATER THAN EVER, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS HEADQUARTERS BRAINSTORMING SESSION

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3 May 2007
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POTENTIAL, POPULARITY OF SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION GREATER THAN EVER,


DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS HEADQUARTERS BRAINSTORMING SESSION


Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at a brainstorming session on South-South cooperation, delivered in New York on 3 May:

AMERICAN JEWISH COMMITTEE HAS IMPORTANT ROLE TO PLAY ACROSS UNITED NATIONS AGENDA, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO ITS ANNUAL DINNER

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3 May 2007
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american jewish committee has important role to play across United Nations


agenda, says Secretary-General in message to its annual dinner


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the 101st annual dinner of the American Jewish Committee in Washington, D.C., today, 3 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S VIDEO MESSAGE FOR OPENING OF CENTRE IN REPUBLIC OF KOREA STRESSES PARTNERSHIP WITH UN-HABITAT IN CAUSE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

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3 May 2007
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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S VIDEO MESSAGE FOR OPENING OF CENTRE IN REPUBLIC OF KOREA


STRESSES PARTNERSHIP WITH UN-HABITAT IN CAUSE OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPORT ON MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS PACKAGE ON WAY FORWARD MUST BE LAUNCHED AT BALI CONFERENCE

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4 May 2007
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SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPORT ON MITIGATION OF CLIMATE CHANGE,


SAYS PACKAGE ON WAY FORWARD MUST BE LAUNCHED AT BALI CONFERENCE


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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA MEETING, URGES WORLD METEOROLOGICAL BODY TO CONTINUE VITAL WORK ON WEATHER, CLIMATE, WATER

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4 May 2007
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Secretary-General, in message to Geneva meeting, urges world meteorological body


to continue vital work on weather, climate, water

 

REGIONAL, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO SUPPORT IRAQ MUST BE TOP PRIORITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN SHARM EL-SHEIKH

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4 May 2007
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REGIONAL, INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION TO SUPPORT IRAQ MUST BE TOP PRIORITY,


SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FOREIGN MINISTERS MEETING IN SHARM EL-SHEIKH


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the foreign ministers meeting on Iraq, held in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, on 4 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES ‘PROFOUND GRATITUDE’ TO ALVARO DE SOTO FOR 25 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO UNITED NATIONS

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7 May 2007
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SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES ‘PROFOUND GRATITUDE’ TO ALVARO DE SOTO


FOR 25 YEARS OF OUTSTANDING SERVICE TO UNITED NATIONS

 


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