SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NEW UNION FOR MEDITERRANEAN COMBINES DIVERSITY OF CULTURES,

WORLD VIEWS FUNDAMENTAL TO ADDRESS TODAY’S COMPLEX TRANSNATIONAL PROBLEMS

UN conditions of service must attract motivated staff of highest calibre to carry

out twenty-first century mandates, says Secretary-General to new york meeting

Intense settlement activity by Israel threatens to derail Middle East

peace process, Palestinian rights committee told

 

Also Hears Reports on International Meetings Held in Paris, Malta

Comments by Zimbabwe questioning Secretary-General’s impartiality ‘inappropriate

and unacceptable’, says United Nations spokesperson

 

The following statement was issued Saturday, 12 July, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

847^th & 848^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UNION FOR MEDITERRANEAN SHOULD BECOME UNITED NATIONS VIBRANT PARTNER IN MANY AREAS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT CLOSING OF LAUNCH OF NEW INITIATIVE

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s closing remarks at the launch of the Union for the Mediterranean, in Paris on 13 July:

Third Biennial Meeting of States

on Illicit Trade in Small Arms

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL CITES ‘CONSIDERABLE PROGRESS’ IMPLEMENTING ACTION PROGRAMME

ON SMALL ARMS, OUTLINES CHALLENGES, IN MESSAGE TO HEADQUARTERS MEETING

Secretary-General emphasizes independence of International Criminal Court,

 

as prosecutor requests arrest warrant for sudan’s president

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

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

111^th Meeting* (PM)