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

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 10 JULY 2008

 

The Secretary-General: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN STATEMENT TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, STRESSES

NEED TO RAISE CORE UN RESOURCES, BO0ST SYSTEM’S COHERENCE, EFFECTIVENESS

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

843^rd & 844^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

26^th & 27^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Sixty-second General Assembly

General Committee

4^th Meeting (PM)

Security Council

5930^th Meeting (PM)

HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS BRIEF SECURITY COUNCIL AS IT CONSIDERS CHALLENGES

FACING AFGHANISTAN, HOPES RAISED BY PARIS CONFERENCE

Foreign Ministers Stress Kabul-Islamabad Cooperation against Terrorism, Extremism

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

841^st & 842^nd Meetings* (AM & PM)

WELCOMING GROUP OF EIGHT FOCUS ON GLOBAL CRISES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

CHALLENGE NOW IS MOVING BEYOND DISCUSSIONS TO ACTION

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the Group of Eight Summit in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan, on 9 July:

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

25^th Meeting (AM)

United Nations advisers group recommends key strategies on removing obstacles

preventing poor people from gaining access to financial services