SECRETARY-GENERAL MOURNS DEATH OF PAPUA NEW GUINEA’S PRESIDENT JOSEPH KABUI

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew to Jackson, Wyoming, in the afternoon of Friday, 6 June, to open the first ever Global Insight Summit.  The Summit was convened by the United Nations and the Jackson Hole Film Institute and held during the fifth annual Jackson Hole Film Festival.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Bangkok in the afternoon of Wednesday, 21 May, en route to Myanmar to see for himself the areas and people affected by Cyclone Nargis.  From Bangkok, he would also travel to the epicentre of the earthquake in the Chinese province of Sichuan.

Special Committee on

Decolonization

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS TO HIV-TB GLOBAL LEADERS’ FORUM, APPEALS

FOR EFFECTIVE JOINT TREATMENT, MORE INVESTMENT IN TUBERCULOSIS CONTROL

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the HIV-TB Global Leaders’ Forum in New York today, 9 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FIRST EVER GLOBAL INSIGHT SUMMIT THAT CREATIVE COMMUNITY’S

FAR-REACHING INFLUENCE CAN BE BEACON OF HOPE FOR NEEDIEST, VOICE FOR VOICELESS

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES COMMISSION ON HIV/AIDS, GOVERNANCE IN AFRICA

ON ‘SECURING OUR FUTURE’ REPORT, SAYING IT WILL SHARPEN REPONSE TO PANDEMIC

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew from Bangkok, Thailand, to the epicentre of the earthquake in China on Saturday morning, 24 May, to express his condolences and solidarity to the Chinese people and Government and to witness for himself the rescue efforts, following the 12 May earthquake that took at least 60,000 lives in China’s Sichuan Province.

Sixty-second General Assembly

Informal Meeting

 on Investments and Climate Change (AM)

PRIVATE FINANCE WILL PLAY KEY ROLE IN MASSIVE INVESTMENT NEEDED TO SHAPE

TRANSITION TO LOW-CARBON GLOBAL ECONOMY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING TOLD

Keynote Speaker Says Some Venture Capitalists Calling

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON SIERRA LEONE DECIDES TO REMOVE

 

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