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

‘WE ARE NOT POWERLESS IN FACE OF DISEASE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN VIDEO MESSAGE

TO SADDLEBACK CIVIL FORUM ON GLOBAL HEALTH, IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

 

AS FINANCIAL CRISIS OF ENORMOUS PROPORTIONS UNFOLDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES FOCUS

ON POLICY OPTIONS TO HELP HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRIES, AT DOHA SIDE EVENT

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SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES,

SAYS MUCH TO CELEBRATE WITH ENTRY INTO FORCE OF RIGHTS CONVENTION

INNOVATIVE FINANCING WILL FEATURE PROMINENTLY IN FUNDING DEVELOPMENT

IN FUTURE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT DOHA CONFERENCE SIDE EVENT

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the side event on innovative financing mechanisms, in Doha, on Saturday, 29 November:

IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS VOLUNTEERS’

ALTRUISM IMMENSE; URGES ALL IN GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO TAP ITS GREAT RESERVE

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Volunteer Day, observed 5 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS ROCKET ATTACK NEAR UN COMPOUND IN BAGHDAD

The following statement was issued Saturday, 29 November, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS ADVISORS’ KEY MESSAGES TO GOVERNMENTS,

DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, PRIVATE SECTOR PROVIDE TANGIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION

SLAVERY PROHIBITED FOR CENTURIES, BUT 27 MILLION VICTIM OF ‘ATROCITY’ TODAY;

 

NEW STRATEGIES NEEDED FOR OLD CURSE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD DAY