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SC/9361-AFG/317
16 June 2008
Security CouncilSC/9361
AFG/317
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN

 


The following Security Council press statement on Afghanistan was read out today by Council President Zalmay Khalilzad ( United States):

SG/SM/11641-SAG/418
16 June 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11641
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, COMMENDING INTERNATIONAL MARITIME ORGANIZATION FOR TACKLING


COMPLEX ISSUES, EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IT WILL HELP TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) today, in London:

SC/9359
16 June 2008
Security CouncilSC/9359
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

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United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife Ban Soon-taek arrived in Paris on Thursday, 12 June.  In the morning, he addressed the Conference convened by the French Government in Paris to support Afghanistan, where President Hamid Karzai launched a National Development Strategy for his country.