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SG/SM/11694-AFR/1730

COMMENTS BY ZIMBABWE QUESTIONING SECRETARY-GENERAL’S IMPARTIALITY ‘INAPPROPRIATE AND UNACCEPTABLE’, SAYS UNITED NATIONS SPOKESPERSON

14 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11694
AFR/1730
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Comments by Zimbabwe questioning Secretary-General’s impartiality ‘inappropriate


and unacceptable’, says United Nations spokesperson

 


The following statement was issued Saturday, 12 July, by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

SG/SM/11697-AFR/1731-L/3131

SECRETARY-GENERAL EMPHASIZES INDEPENDENCE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT, AS PROSECUTOR REQUESTS ARREST WARRANT FOR SUDAN’S PRESIDENT

14 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11697
AFR/1731
L/3131
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General emphasizes independence of International Criminal Court,

 

as prosecutor requests arrest warrant for sudan’s president


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

SG/SM/11696/Rev. 1

UNION FOR MEDITERRANEAN SHOULD BECOME UNITED NATIONS VIBRANT PARTNER IN MANY AREAS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT CLOSING OF LAUNCH OF NEW INITIATIVE

14 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11696/Rev. 1*
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UNION FOR MEDITERRANEAN SHOULD BECOME UNITED NATIONS VIBRANT PARTNER IN MANY AREAS,


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT CLOSING OF LAUNCH OF NEW INITIATIVE


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s closing remarks at the launch of the Union for the Mediterranean, in Paris on 13 July:

SG/SM/11693

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES FORMATION OF NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT IN LEBANON

11 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11693
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General welcomes formation of national unity government in lebanon


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

SG/SM/11692-ORG/1501

PRESENTING UN 21 AWARDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS RECIPIENTS ‘TRIUMPHS OF TEAMWORK’ IN JOINING TOGETHER TO DEVELOPING NEW APPROACHES, IDEAS

11 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11692
ORG/1501
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PRESENTING UN 21 AWARDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS RECIPIENTS ‘TRIUMPHS OF TEAMWORK’


IN JOINING TOGETHER TO DEVELOPING NEW APPROACHES, IDEAS

 


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks on the occasion of the UN 21 Awards, in New York today, 11 July:

SG/SM/11690-AFR/1728-PKO/189

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS DEADLY AMBUSH OF DARFUR PEACEKEEPERS

9 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11690
AFR/1728
PKO/189
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS DEADLY AMBUSH OF DARFUR PEACEKEEPERS

 


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

SG/SM/11689

WELCOMING GROUP OF EIGHT FOCUS ON GLOBAL CRISES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CHALLENGE NOW IS MOVING BEYOND DISCUSSIONS TO ACTION

9 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11689
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

WELCOMING GROUP OF EIGHT FOCUS ON GLOBAL CRISES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


CHALLENGE NOW IS MOVING BEYOND DISCUSSIONS TO ACTION

 


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on the Group of Eight Summit in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan, on 9 July: