GLOBAL FORUM ON ACCESS AND CONNECTIVITY IN ASIA-PACIFIC

 

TO MEET IN KUALA LUMPUR, 19 - 20 MAY

Malaysia’s Prime Minister to Open Annual

Meeting of Global Alliance’s Strategy Council on 18 May

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew to Atlanta, Georgia, on the evening of Wednesday, 7 May, as part of his ongoing efforts to reach out to major American cities and citizens, and also to make progress on global health, one of his top priorities for 2008 and beyond.

Security Council

5891^st Meeting (PM)

Security Council strongly condemns 10 May attacks against sudan’s government

By justice and equality movement

 

Presidential Statement Urges Immediate Halt to Violence,

Commission on Sustainable Development

Sixteenth Session

14^th & 15^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SOCIETY

DAY, CALLS FOR RESEARCH TO DEVELOP UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY

World must unite to reduce devastating loss of planet’s precious biodiversity,

Says Secretary-General in international day message

 

Following is UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Biological Diversity, observed 22 May:

Secretary-General stresses ‘deep and universal need’ for positive father figures

 

in message to observe international day of families

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Families, to be observed on 15 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ANGELA KANE OF GERMANY USG FOR MANAGEMENT,

ALICIA BÁRCENA IBARRA OF MEXICO EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF ECLAC

HIGH-LEVEL TASK FORCE ‘WILL DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY ON FOOD PRICE CRISIS’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AFTER CHAIRING FIRST MEETING IN NEW YORK

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HEADQUARTERS EVENT, SAYS CONCRETE STEPS MUST NOW TRANSFORM

VISION OF DISABILITIES CONVENTION INTO ‘REAL VICTORIES ON THE GROUND’