‘URGENT CHALLENGE’ FOR ASIA -– TO FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH, WHILE MINIMIZING IMPACT

ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO HONG KONG MEETING

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the Clinton Global Initiative in Hong Kong, 2 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SPEAKS WITH INDIA’S PRIME MINISTER ON MUMBAI ATTACKS;

COMMENDS COURAGE, RESILIENCE SHOWN BY GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE

 

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

MEASURES TO EMPOWER WOMEN STRAIGHTEST, SUREST PATH TO MORE PEACEFUL,

PROSPEROUS WORLD, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT DOHA EVENT

 

Following are Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to launch event on Financing for Development and the Economics of Gender, in Doha, 29 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON FINANCING EDUCATION, CALLS SCHOOLING

LIFEBLOOD OF NATION, BASIS FOR SURE FOOTING TOWARDS STABLE, FULFILLING FUTURE

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY INTER-COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA,

ENCOURAGED BY EFFORTS TO RESTORE NORMALCY

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CHILDREN’S NETWORK TELEVISION IN DOHA ADULTS MUST CREATE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES TEAMWORK BETWEEN QATAR OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, GLOBAL

SPORT FUND ON INITIATIVE TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SPORT

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks, as prepared for delivery, at an event for the Global Sport Fund for Youth, in Doha, 29 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS CRUCIAL WORK DONE TO STRENGTHEN BARRIERS AGAINST

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, BIOTERRORISM, IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA MEETING

 

TO RESPOND TO HUNGER, GOVERNMENTS SHOULD GIVE EFFECT TO COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK

FOR ACTION, STARTING IN COUNTRIES ‘HURTING THE MOST’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

TODAY’S FINANCIAL CRISIS, IF NOT HANDLED PROPERLY, WILL BECOME TOMORROW’S

HUMAN CRISIS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT OPENING