Press Conference by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at United Nations Headquarters
SG/SM/12458/Rev.1
Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference held in New York today, 17 September:
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‘We Must Eliminate Nuclear Weapons’, Says Secretary-General, Urging People Everywhere to Keep Pushing Governments to Make This Happen
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Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Peace Bell ceremony, today, in New York:
On International Day of Peace, Secretary-General Shares Hope That Next Generation of Students Will Be Unable to Imagine Nuclear-Weapon Threat
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Following is the text of remarks made by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the student observance of the International Day of Peace, today, in New York:
Secretary-General Deeply Concerned About Casualties from Air Strikes in Yemen
SG/SM/12461
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Secretary-General Condemns Attack in North-West Pakistan
SG/SM/12462
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:
Greater Hardships Ahead as Global Economic Crisis Persists, Says Report of New United Nations ‘Global Impact and Vulnerability Alert System’
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The severity and pervasive character of the economic crisis continues to push millions of people into poverty and is reversing some of the hard-won development gains of the past decade, states a new United Nations report on the impact of the crisis.
Launching the 2009 MDG Gap Task Force Report, Deputy Secretary-General Urges Governments to Strengthen Global Partnership for Development
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Following is the text of opening remarks by UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro at a press conference on the launch of the 2009 Report of the Millennium Development Goals Gap Task Force, Wednesday, 16 September:
Briefing Press, Deputy Secretary-General Says Global Impact Vulnerability Alert System Promises to Be 21st Century Tool to Help Analyse Modern Global Problems
DSG/SM/470-ECO/167
Following is the text of opening remarks by UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro at a press conference on “Voices of the Vulnerable: the Economic Crisis from the Ground Up” and the Global Impact and Vulnerability Alert System, delivered today, 18 September:
Czech Government Sponsors Capacity-Building Workshop to Help West African Experts Identify, Trace Illicit Light Weapons
DC/3190
Small arms experts from West African nations gathered in Prague, capital of the Czech Republic, from 14 to 18 September to participate in a capacity-building workshop focusing on implementation of the International Instrument to Enable States to Identify and Trace, in a Timely and Reliable Manner, Illicit Small Arms and Light Weapons.
General Assembly Adopts Work Programme for Sixty-Fourth Session
GA/10859
Acting on the recommendations of its General Committee, the United Nations General Assembly this morning adopted the work programme and agenda for its sixty-fourth session, which contained more than 160 items.