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SG/SM/11929-DEV/2703
17 November 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11929
DEV/2703
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

AT DIFFICULT TIME FOR WORLD ECONOMY, GLOBAL SOLIDARITY MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER,


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO STRASBOURG ‘DEVELOPMENT DAYS’ MEETING

 


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the European Development Days in Strasbourg, 15 November:

SG/SM/11932-HR/4967-OBV/746
17 November 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11932
HR/4967
OBV/746
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

IN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TOWERING VISION OF UNIVERSAL

 

DECLARATION HONOURED ONLY WHEN PRINCIPLES FULLY APPLIED EVERYWHERE FOR EVERYONE

 


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Human Rights Day, on 10 December:

SG/SM/11927-ECO/136
17 November 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11927
ECO/136
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

WORLD LEADERS MUST NOT ALLOW TODAY’S FINANCIAL CRISIS TO EVOLVE ‘INTO TOMORROW’S


HUMAN CRISIS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO GROUP OF 20 SUMMIT

 


Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Group of 20 Financial Summit in Washington, D.C., on 14 November:

SG/SM/11925
14 November 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11925
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

ON WORLD DIABETES DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ALL TO SHINE LIGHT ON IMPACT


OF THIS DEADLY DISEASE, LIGHT WAY TO IMPROVED HEALTH SERVICES, CARE


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the occasion of World Diabetes Day, today, 14 November, in New York:

GA/L/3359
14 November 2008
General AssemblyGA/L/3359
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-third General Assembly

Sixth Committee

26th Meeting (AM)


LEGAL COMMITTEE SEEKS GENERAL ASSEMBLY SUPPORT FOR RULE OF LAW


MECHANISM AT UNITED NATIONS, EXPERT COMMENTS INVITED

 


As Session Ends, Range of Other Texts Also Approved; Annual Review