education among best ways to prevent intolerance, Secretary-General

says in message to mark international day

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Tolerance, to be observed on 16 November:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, from Nairobi, Kenya, in the afternoon of Saturday, 8 November.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Nairobi, Kenya, from New York in the evening of Thursday, 6 November, to attend a regional summit meeting on the situation in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo.

Sixty-third General Assembly

Plenary

46^th & 47^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM LAUNCH, COMMENDS

INDONESIA’S LEADERSHIP IN REDUCING VULNERABILITY OF CITIZENS, NEIGHBOURS

 

Secretary-General regrets postponement of Los Angeles trip

 

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

The Secretary-General deeply regrets that he has had to postpone his scheduled trip to Los Angeles.

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

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 11 NOVEMBER 2008

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:  Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN WORLD AIDS DAY MESSAGE, SAYS AIDS NOT DISAPPEARING ANY TIME

SOON; IT IS AS REAL, AS URGENT AS EVER TO LEAD, EMPOWER, DELIVER ON AIDS

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the occasion of World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December:

Sixty-third General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion (PM)

global crisis has debunked myth of infallible markets, incompetent

government, second committee told during panel discussion

 

Laissez-Faire Needs Proper Burial, Speaker Insists

UNITED NATIONS REPORT OFFERS GUIDELINES FOR LEGISLATION ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN