Secretary-General strongly condemns ‘heinous’ bomb attack in kirkuk

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

Security Council

6040^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL

AD LITEM JUDGES TO FORMER YUGOSLAVIA CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL

 

Unanimously adopts resolution 1849 (2008)

Security Council

6039^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council extends force monitoring Israel-Syria ceasefire until 30 June 2009,

Unanimously adopting resolution 1848 (2008)

 

Secretary-General expresses strong support for goal of verifiable denuclearization

of Korean peninsula, as latest six-party talks end with differences unresolved

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Poznan, Poland, in the afternoon of Wednesday, 10 December, from New York via a stopover in Frankfurt, Germany, to attend the United Nations Conference on Climate Change.

FAR-REACHING ‘FOURTH ESTATE’ MERITS INTERNATIONAL FUNDING, PARTICIPANTS IN MEETING

ON ‘MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS IN PEACEBUILDING’ DECIDE AMID CONFLICTING VIEWS

Views Expressed at Conference Be Compiled into Document on ‘The Way Forward’

UNITED NATIONS LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MEETING IN SUPPORT

OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE OPENS IN CHILE

 

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Security Council

6042^nd Meeting (PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN GENEVA, SAYS WORK TO ACHIEVE HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION’S

PRINCIPLES MUST CONTINUE UNTIL THEY ARE ‘FOUNDATION OF LIFE’ FOR ALL PEOPLE

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the Human Rights Council in Geneva, 12 December:

One year after Algiers attack ‘searing pain and irreplaceable loss’ still felt,

says Secretary-General in message to headquarters remembrance