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ECOSOC/6357
8 July 2008
Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6357
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2008 Substantive Session

23rd & 24th Meetings (AM & PM)


INCREASED INVESTMENT IN AGRICULTURE IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES CAN BE ‘TRIGGER’


FOR ECONOMIC GROWTH, POVERTY REDUCTION, ECOSOC TOLD

 

SG/SM/11688
8 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11688
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

‘WE MUST ACT NOW’, TOGETHER AS ONE WORLD COMMUNITY, TO AVOID COLLAPSE OF FOOD


SECURITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY ADDRESS


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address at Hokkaido University in Japan, 8 July:

SC/9389
8 July 2008
Security CouncilSC/9389
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON TERRORIST ATTACKS IN PAKISTAN

 


The following Security Council press statement on the Pakistan terrorist attacks was read out today by Council President Le Luong Minh ( Viet Nam):

DSG/SM/404-ENV/DEV/998-GA/10726
8 July 2008
Deputy Secretary-GeneralDSG/SM/404
ENV/DEV/998
GA/10726
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UNLESS ACTION IS TAKEN ON A WAR-FOOTING TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE, WORLD WILL MISS


MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, SEE GAINS UNRAVEL, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL