The following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Biological Diversity, to be observed on 22 May:

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

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

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly tribute to the late President Bongo of Gabon, in New York today, 16 June:

On 29 June 2009, the Security Council Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee approved the addition of the three entries specified below to its Consolidated List of individuals and entities subject to the assets freeze, travel ban and arms embargo set out in paragraph 1 of Security Council resolution 1822 (2008) adopted under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations.

9 July 2009

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‘TIME FOR DELAYS AND HALF-MEASURES IS OVER,’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, CALLING G-8

 

CLIMATE CHANGE COMMITMENTS ‘NOT SUFFICIENT’, BUT FOOD SECURITY PLEDGE WELCOME

 

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

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

With just over a month left before the United Nations Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, countries will discuss one of the linchpin issues for a new climate deal -- the transfer of technology -- at a two-day meeting in New Delhi from 22 to 23 October.

Following is the text of a message from UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to the dinner on the eve of the Summit of Religious and Secular Leaders on Climate Change in London (2 November), delivered on his behalf by Janos Pasztor, Director of the Secretary-General’s Climate Change Support: