TO RESPOND TO HUNGER, GOVERNMENTS SHOULD GIVE EFFECT TO COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK

FOR ACTION, STARTING IN COUNTRIES ‘HURTING THE MOST’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

MEASURES TO EMPOWER WOMEN STRAIGHTEST, SUREST PATH TO MORE PEACEFUL,

PROSPEROUS WORLD, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT DOHA EVENT

 

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to launch event on Financing for Development and the Economics of Gender, in Doha, 29 November:

TODAY’S FINANCIAL CRISIS, IF NOT HANDLED PROPERLY, WILL BECOME TOMORROW’S

HUMAN CRISIS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT OPENING

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES TEAMWORK BETWEEN QATAR OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, GLOBAL

SPORT FUND ON INITIATIVE TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SPORT

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at an event for the Global Sport Fund for Youth, in Doha, 29 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS CRUCIAL WORK DONE TO STRENGTHEN BARRIERS AGAINST

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, BIOTERRORISM, IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA MEETING

 

ROUND TABLE MODERATOR STRESSES NEED TO REITERATE CALLS FOR SCALED-UP

AID IN LIGHT OF ‘CHANGED GLOBAL REALITIES’

 

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CHILDREN’S NETWORK TELEVISION IN DOHA ADULTS MUST CREATE

 

TAXES PROVIDE PLATFORM FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,

 

ROUND TABLE ON DOMESTIC RESOURCE MOBILIZATION TOLD

 

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

‘WE ARE NOT POWERLESS IN FACE OF DISEASE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN VIDEO MESSAGE

TO SADDLEBACK CIVIL FORUM ON GLOBAL HEALTH, IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

 

AS FINANCIAL CRISIS OF ENORMOUS PROPORTIONS UNFOLDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES FOCUS

ON POLICY OPTIONS TO HELP HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRIES, AT DOHA SIDE EVENT

(Delayed in transmission.)