Economic and Social Council

2009 Organizational Session

2^nd Meeting (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY DEATHS, INJURIES

 

CAUSED BY BUSHFIRES IN AUSTRALIA

 

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Davos from Madrid in the early evening of Wednesday, 28 January.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 10 February 2009

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.  It is a great pleasure to see you again.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by Madam Ban Soon‑taek, arrived in Madrid in the morning of Tuesday, 27 January.

DEPLORING MADAGASCAR VIOLENCE, SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES CONDOLENCES OVER 25 DEATHS

The following statement was issued on Sunday, 8 February, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Commission for Social Development

Forty-seventh Session

8^th & 9^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Security Council

6080^th Meeting (AM)

SIERRA LEONE HAS MADE GREAT STRIDES IN SEVEN YEARS SINCE war declared ended,

BUT GOVERNMENT STILL FACES DAUNTING CHALLENGES, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Head of New Office Says ‘Peacebuilding Will Not Be Achieved Overnight’;

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CARIBBEAN COUNTRIES, INSTITUTIONS TO ‘PRESS AHEAD’

WITH CAMPAIGN TO ACHIEVE ECONOMIC PROSPERITY, PRESERVE NATURAL RESOURCES

Commission for Social Development

Forty-seventh Session

6^th & 7^th Meetings (AM & PM)