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SG/SM/11983-AFR/1785
4 December 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11983
AFR/1785
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTIES TO BURUNDI CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT TO SUMMON ‘POLITICAL


WILL AND COURAGE’ TO OVERCOME OUTSTANDING ISSUES, IN MESSAGE TO REGIONAL SUMMIT

SC/9519
4 December 2008
Security CouncilSC/9519
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

6031st Meeting (AM)


AFGHANISTAN FACES DIFFICULT SECURITY SITUATION, BUT NOT SECURITY CRISIS;


POINTS OF PROGRESS INVITE ‘CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM’, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD


Italy’s Representative Briefs on 21-28 November Mission to Country

SG/SM/11986-OBV/757
4 December 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11986
OBV/757
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE, URGES STEPS AGAINST GLOBAL MENACE OF CORRUPTION;


ISSUE ‘AFFECTS US ALL’ BY WEAKENING DEMOCRACY, UNDERMINING RULE OF LAW


Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on International Anti-Corruption Day, observed 9 December:

SG/SM/11982-DC/3149
3 December 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11982
DC/3149
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS COURAGEOUS ‘ROOTS OF PEACE’ ORGANIZATION FOR LEADERSHIP


IN EFFORTS ‘TO REPLACE THE DETRITUS OF WAR WITH THE FRUITS OF PEACE’


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the Roots of Peace “Harvest of Hope” gala in Washington, D.C., 3 December: