In progress at UNHQ

Press Release

12 October 2010

SG/SM/13179

Secretary-General, in Anniversary Message, Lauds Efforts by Global Network of Religions for Children to Focus Compassion on ‘Forgotten Places’

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the tenth anniversary of the Global Network of Religions for Children (GNRC), delivered by Konrad Osterwalder, Rector of the United Nations University, in Chiba, Japan, today, 12 October:

12 October 2010

SG/SM/13177

Secretary-General, at Unveiling of Kofi Annan’s Portrait, Hails Predecessor’s Intellectual Legacy, Individual Power to Make Difference

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the unveiling of the portrait of Kofi Annan, in New York, today, 12 October:

12 October 2010

DSG/SM/526-GA/L/3391

Resources Allocated for Strengthening Rule of Law Have Fallen Short, Deputy Secretary-General Says in Remarks to Sixth Committee

Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks on the rule of law at a meeting of the Sixth Committee (Legal) in New York, 12 October:

11 October 2010

SG/SM/13173

Following Natural Disasters in Guatemala, Secretary-General Says United Nations Determined to Stand by People, Government as They Recover, Rebuild Country

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the International Cooperation Conference for the Reconstruction with Transformation of Guatemala, delivered by Alicia Bárcena, Executive Director, United Nations Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC), in Guatemala City, today, 11 October:

11 October 2010

SG/SM/13170

‘If Door to Peace Closes, It Will Be Very Hard to Reopen,’ Secretary-General Warns, Urging Arab Leaders to Signal Strong Support for Palestinian Peace Efforts

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the extraordinary session of the Summit Conference of the League of Arab States, delivered by Robert Serry, United Nations Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, in Sirte, Libya, 9 October:

11 October 2010

SG/SM/13174-WOM/1828

Marking Caribbean Launch of Women’s Anti-Violence Campaign, Secretary-General Says ‘There Can Be No Exceptions, No Excuses’ in Ending Gender-Based Violence

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the Caribbean launch of the UNiTE to End Violence against Women campaign, delivered by Gladys Acosta of the United Nations Development Fund for Women (UNIFEM) (part of UN Women), in Barbados, today, 11 October:

11 October 2010

SG/SM/13172

In Message to Committee on World Food Security, Secretary-General Calls for More Formal Global Governance System, Food Trading Systems that Keep Markets Stable

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the Committee on World Food Security, delivered by David Nabarro, Special Representative of the Secretary-General on Food Security and Nutrition, in Rome, today, 11 October: