Secretary-General welcomes upcoming summit in pyongyang, hopes ‘historic’ meeting

lays foundation for peace on Korean peninsula

 

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

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE APPROVES AMENDMENTS TO IDENTIFYING

INFORMATION OF EIGHT INDIVIDUALS ON CONSOLIDATED LIST

 

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

10^th & 11^th Meetings (AM & PM)

MISSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE PUSH PEOPLE TOWARDS DESPAIR,

MAKE THEM EASY PREY FOR EXTREMISTS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

 

WITH NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT ‘VOICE OF NEW, MORE POWERFUL SOUTH’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SEEKS BACKING FOR PEACE, SECURITY REFORMS, AT NAM’S FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING

Security Council

5751^st Meeting (AM)

CHAIR OF EUROPEAN BODY BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON STRENGTHENED QUEST

TO BUILD PEACE AMID CHALLENGES OF GLOBALIZED, INTERDEPENDENT WORLD

Spanish Foreign Minister Cites Organization’s Efforts in Europe, Central Asia

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD MENTAL HEALTH DAY, CITES PRESSING DUTY

 

TO SCALE UP SERVICES FOR MENTAL DISORDERS, ESPECIALLY AMONG DISADVANTAGED

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon’s message for World Mental Health Day, observed 10 October:

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

10^th & 11^th Meetings (AM & PM)

MISSED OPPORTUNITIES FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE PUSH PEOPLE TOWARDS DESPAIR,

MAKE THEM EASY PREY FOR EXTREMISTS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD

 

WITH NON-ALIGNED MOVEMENT ‘VOICE OF NEW, MORE POWERFUL SOUTH’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

SEEKS BACKING FOR PEACE, SECURITY REFORMS, AT NAM’S FOREIGN MINISTERS’ MEETING

ALL STAKEHOLDERS MUST WORK TOGETHER TO ENSURE THAT COLLECTIVE EFFORTS ARE GREATER

THAN SUM OF INDIVIDUAL ONES, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ‘MDG 4 + 5’ EVENT

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro to the “MDG 4 + 5” Event in New York on 26 September:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO WORLD DISASTER REDUCTION DAY, SAYS ‘WE HAVE

 

MORAL, SOCIAL, ECONOMIC OBLIGATION’ TO BUILD RESILIENT COMMUNITIES, NATIONS