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SC/9490

SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD OF ‘MAJOR STRIDES’ IN LEBANON WHICH, DESPITE CHALLENGES, COULD LEAD TO STABLE GOVERNMENT WITH AUTHORITY

30 October 2008
Security CouncilSC/9490
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

6008th Meeting (AM)


SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD OF ‘MAJOR STRIDES’ IN LEBANON WHICH, DESPITE


CHALLENGES, COULD LEAD TO STABLE GOVERNMENT WITH AUTHORITY

 


Special Envoy Reports on Progress, Says Continuing Need for Parties

SG/SM/11898

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES MALDIVES ON PEACEFUL CONDUCT OF FIRST MULTI-PARTY ELECTION, URGES ALL PARTIES TO COOPERATE ON REFORM PROCESS

30 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11898
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES MALDIVES ON PEACEFUL CONDUCT OF FIRST MULTI-PARTY


ELECTION, URGES ALL PARTIES TO COOPERATE ON REFORM PROCESS

 


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

SC/9487

SECURITY COUNCIL STRONGLY CONDEMNS ALL VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMITTED AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS DURING, AFTER ARMED CONFLICT, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT

29 October 2008
Security CouncilSC/9487
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

6005th Meeting (AM & PM)


SECURITY COUNCIL STRONGLY CONDEMNS ALL VIOLATIONS OF INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMITTED


AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS DURING, AFTER ARMED CONFLICT, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT


Hears 50 Speakers in Day-Long Debate on ‘Women and Peace and Security’,

SC/9486

SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS CÔTE D’IVOIRE ARMS, DIAMOND TRADE BANS UNTIL 31 OCTOBER 2009 UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1842 (2008)

29 October 2008
Security CouncilSC/9486
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

6004th Meeting (AM)


SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS CÔTE D’IVOIRE ARMS, DIAMOND TRADE BANS UNTIL 31 OCTOBER 2009


UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1842 (2008)


Says Measures Will Be Reviewed Following Free Fair Elections,

SG/SM/11894-DEV/2700-POP/969

AS WORLD COPES WITH ‘CASCADE’ OF NATIONAL FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, HUMAN MOBILITY CAN BE TOOL TO ‘HELP LIFT US OUT OF THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

29 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11894
DEV/2700
POP/969
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

AS WORLD COPES WITH ‘CASCADE’ OF NATIONAL FINANCIAL CHALLENGES, HUMAN MOBILITY CAN


BE TOOL TO ‘HELP LIFT US OUT OF THIS ECONOMIC CRISIS’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

SG/SM/11896

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS ENDURING COOPERATION, PARTNERSHIP BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS, PHILIPPINES

29 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11896
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS ENDURING COOPERATION, PARTNERSHIP

 

BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS, PHILIPPINES

 


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at a dinner hosted by Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo, President of the Philippines, in Manila today, 29 October:

SC/9488

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS OFFENSIVE BY CNDP REBEL GROUP IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

29 October 2008
Security CouncilSC/9488
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

6006th Meeting (Night)


Security Council condemns offensive by cndp rebel group

 

in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

 


Also Welcomes Announcement of Ceasefire,

Looks to Group’s Leader to Ensure Effective Implementation

SG/SM/11891

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH, DESTRUCTION FROM PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE, SAYS UNITED NATIONS STANDS READY TO LEND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

29 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11891
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH, DESTRUCTION FROM PAKISTAN EARTHQUAKE,


SAYS UNITED NATIONS STANDS READY TO LEND HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE


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

SG/SM/11895

IN ADDRESS TO UNIVERSITY OF PHILIPPINES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MULTIPLE CRISES REQUIRE FRESH THINKING, GLOBAL COOPERATION AT ALL LEVELS

29 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11895
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

IN ADDRESS TO UNIVERSITY OF PHILIPPINES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS MULTIPLE


CRISES REQUIRE FRESH THINKING, GLOBAL COOPERATION AT ALL LEVELS


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address at the University of the Philippines, delivered today, 29 October in Manila: