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

SG/SM/10978-ORG/1486
7 May 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10978
ORG/1486
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

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:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY DISTURBED BY VIOLENCE OUTSIDE GAZA SCHOOL RESULTING IN DEATH, INJURIES OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS

SG/SM/10979-PAL/2072
7 May 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10979
PAL/2072
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY DISTURBED BY VIOLENCE OUTSIDE GAZA SCHOOL


RESULTING IN DEATH, INJURIES OF INNOCENT CIVILIANS

 


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

‘SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE’ THAT 2.6 BILLION LACK ACCESS TO BASIC SANITATION, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PREPARATORY MEETING FOR INTERNATIONAL YEAR

SG/SM/10981-ENV/DEV/933
7 May 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10981
ENV/DEV/933
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

‘SIMPLY UNACCEPTABLE’ THAT 2.6 BILLION LACK ACCESS TO BASIC SANITATION,


SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS PREPARATORY MEETING FOR INTERNATIONAL YEAR


Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Preparatory Meeting on the International Year of Sanitation, held in New York on 7 May:

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT REAFFIRMING NEED TO IMPLEMENT ZERO TOLERANCE OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION BY UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS

GA/SPD/367
7 May 2007
General AssemblyGA/SPD/367
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fourth Committee

28th Meeting (PM)


FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT REAFFIRMING NEED TO IMPLEMENT ZERO TOLERANCE


OF SEXUAL EXPLOITATION BY UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AFRICAN UNION COMMISSION CHAIR APPOINT RODOLPHE ADADA OF CONGO AS JOINT AU-UN SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DARFUR

SG/A/1062-AFR/1530-BIO/3870
8 May 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/A/1062
AFR/1530
BIO/3870
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Biographical Note


Secretary-General, African Union commission chair appoint Rodolphe Adada of congo

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES FOR HIGH VOTER TURNOUT, PEACEFUL REACTION TO RESULTS IN TIMOR-LESTE’S SECOND ROUND OF ELECTIONS

SG/SM/10983
8 May 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10983
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General hopes for high voter turnout, peaceful reaction

 

to results in Timor-Leste’s second round of elections

 


Following is United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the second round of presidential elections in Timor-Leste, taking place 9 May:

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT TO CONVENE MEETING ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE, IN PRETORIA 9-10 MAY

GA/PAL/1047
8 May 2007
General AssemblyGA/PAL/1047
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Background Release


PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE, SOUTH AFRICAN GOVERNMENT TO CONVENE


MEETING ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE, IN PRETORIA 9-10 MAY


Event to Be Followed by Day-long Public Forum on Israeli-Palestinian Peace