Activities of Secretary-General in Myanmar, 3-4 July
SG/T/2686
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Yangon from Singapore in the morning of Friday 3 July, for a two-day visit to Myanmar.
In progress at UNHQ
Activities of Secretary-General in Thailand, 4 July
SG/T/2687
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Bangkok from Yangon, Myanmar, for a brief stopover on the evening of Saturday, 4 July.
Stressing Health Is Basis for Peace, Secretary-General Says Investments in Health Are Investments in Society, Prevention Avoids Future Expense
SG/SM/12353-ECOSOC/6398
Following are Secretary-General’s remarks to the high-level segment of the Economic and Social Council, in Geneva on 6 July:
Exhibit of Best Press Photographs from 2008 Opens at UN Headquarters on 8 July
Note No. 6209
An exhibition of the best press photographs of 2008 will open in the Main Gallery of the Visitors Lobby at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, 8 July 2009. This travelling exhibition of winning images selected at the fifty-second annual World Press Photo Contest in Amsterdam this year will remain on display through 29 July.
Activities of Secretary-General in Singapore, 2–3 July
SG/T/2685
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Singapore from Tokyo, Japan, in the late afternoon of Thursday, 2 July.
Secretary-General Says Aid for Trade, at Time of Profound Uncertainty, Growing Need, Is Promising, Possibly Life-Changing Initiative
SG/SM/12352-ECO/161
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the World Trade Organization Second Global Review on Aid for Trade, in Geneva on 6 July:
Secretary-General Says Failure to Address Risks, to Look at Long-Term Impact of Our Actions Will Lead to Recurrent Global Financial Crisis
SG/SM/12355-ECO/162
Following is the text of Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a breakfast meeting with Keizai Doyukai (Japan Association of Corporate Executives) and the Global Compact Japan Network, in Tokyo, on 1 July:
Unprecedented Number of Mexican Non-Governmental Organizations Associated with Public Information Department Ahead of Conference in Mexico
NGO/675-PI/1896
With the annual DPI/NGO Conference, entitled “For Peace and Development: Disarm Now!”, taking place in Mexico City from 9 to 11 September, Eric Falt, Chair, Department of Public Information Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations, stated that it is particularly fitting that the large majority of non-governmental organizations newly accepted today for association -- 43 – were based in Mexico.
Secretary-General, in Address on United Nations Peacekeeping, Hails Participation of Ireland, from Afghanistan, to Chad to Kosovo
SG/SM/12357-PKO/215
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address on United Nations peacekeeping in Dublin Castle, today, 7 July:
Security Council Extends Term of Office of Judges for International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, in Effort to Expedite Court’s Completion of Work
SC/9698
Urging the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda to take all possible measures to complete its work expeditiously, the Security Council today extended the term of office of six permanent judges until 31 December 2010, or until the completion of the cases to which they were or will be assigned if sooner.