Press Release


DSG/SM/389-AFR/1691
30 April 2008
Deputy Secretary-GeneralDSG/SM/389
AFR/1691
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, TO ANNUAL AFRICAN AMBASSADORS’ DINNER, SAYS AFRICA,


MORE THAN ANY OTHER CONTINENT, HAS CARVED ITS POLITICAL, ECONOMIC UNITY


Following is Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s address to the annual African Ambassadors’ dinner, in Washington, D.C., on 24 April:

SG/SM/11542-OBV/694-PI/1832
30 April 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11542
OBV/694
PI/1832
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ALL SOCIETIES

 

TO ‘SPARE NO EFFORT’ TO BRING TO JUSTICE PERPETRATORS OF ATTACKS ON JOURNALISTS

 


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Press Freedom Day, on 3 May:

SC/9316
30 April 2008
Security CouncilSC/9316
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

5881st Meeting (AM & PM)


THREAT POSED TO INTERNATIONAL PEACE BY UNCONTROLLED TRADE IN SMALL ARMS CANNOT


BE OVEREMPHASIZED, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD AS IT HOLDS DAY-LONG DEBATE ON ISSUE


Some 50 Speakers Examine Means of Intensifying Fight against Illicit Trade