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SC/9486
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
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
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
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
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
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:

GA/10772
29 October 2008
General AssemblyGA/10772
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-third General Assembly

Plenary

33rd Meeting (AM)


FOR SEVENTEENTH CONSECUTIVE YEAR, GENERAL ASSEMBLY OVERWHELMINGLY CALLS


FOR END TO UNITED STATES ECONOMIC, TRADE EMBARGO AGAINST CUBA

 


Vote on Resolution 185 in Favour to 3 Against, with 2 Abstentions;

SG/SM/11890
29 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11890
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

ON YOUTH, DEVELOPMENT, ‘WORLD HAS MUCH TO LEARN FROM YOUR EXPERIENCE AND EXAMPLE’,


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO IBERO-AMERICAN SUMMIT

 


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Ibero-American Summit, being held in San Salvador, 29 to 31 October: