SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR POLITICAL WILL ‘TO END THE SCOURGE OF POVERTY

ONCE AND FOR ALL’, IN REMARKS AT INTERNATIONAL EVENT

 

HEADQUARTERS OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL DAY AGAINST POVERTY,

17 OCTOBER, TO BE PART OF GLOBAL MOBILIZATION

 

‘Stand Up against Poverty’ Event Will Seek to Break World Record

Secretary-General, in message to mark international day, calls for Citizen

participation in global efforts for eradication of poverty

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN WORLD FOOD DAY MESSAGE, STRESSES ROLE

 

OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN ERADICATING HUNGER, POVERTY

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Food Day, to be observed on 16 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DETERMINATION ‘TO ENSURE WE MAKE PROGRESS ON PRESSING

ISSUES OF OUR TIME, STEP BY STEP’, IN MESSAGE FOR UNITED NATIONS DAY, 24 OCTOBER

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for United Nations Day, 24 October:

Secretary-General, in remarks to non-violence day observance, calls mahatma gandhi

his personal hero as he recalls early diplomatic career in india

‘our violent and unsettled times cry for mahatma gandhi’s healing touch’,

Says Deputy Secretary-General in remarks on international day

MAHATMA GANDHI’S INSPIRATION NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN MESSAGE TO MARK FIRST INTERNATIONAL DAY OF NON-VIOLENCE

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY, CITES PRESSING DUTY

 

TO SCALE UP SERVICES FOR MENTAL DISORDERS, ESPECIALLY AMONG DISADVANTAGED

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon’s message for World Mental Health Day, observed 10 October:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO WORLD DISASTER REDUCTION DAY, SAYS ‘WE HAVE

 

MORAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC OBLIGATION’ TO BUILD RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, NATIONS