SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES END TO HOSTILITIES FOLLOWING REPORTS OF FIGHTING IN DARFUR

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

greater transparency key to discussions about limiting or eliminating armaments,

Secretary-General stresses in message on strengthening collective security

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED AT NEW PIRACY ACTS OFF SOMALIA’S COAST, STRONGLY

SUPPORTS EFFORTS TO ADDRESS SCOURGE, STRENGTHEN SECURITY IN AREA

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

DIVERSE MEMBERSHIP, GLOBAL REACH OF INTERNATIONAL LABOUR ORGANIZATION’S GOVERNING

BODY PROMOTES DECENT WORK CRUCIAL TO WEATHER BAD TIMES, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

un-habitat will strive to ensure rightful role of local authorities in global

development during ‘urban millennium’, Secretary-General tells asian mayors

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT INAUGURATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS ROOM

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, URGES WORK, LIKE DESIGN ITSELF, TO BE VISIONARY, BOLD

IN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TOWERING VISION OF UNIVERSAL

 

DECLARATION HONOURED ONLY WHEN PRINCIPLES FULLY APPLIED EVERYWHERE FOR EVERYONE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Human Rights Day, on 10 December:

AT DIFFICULT TIME FOR WORLD ECONOMY, GLOBAL SOLIDARITY MORE IMPORTANT THAN EVER,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO STRASBOURG ‘DEVELOPMENT DAYS’ MEETING

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the European Development Days in Strasbourg, 15 November:

WORLD LEADERS MUST NOT ALLOW TODAY’S FINANCIAL CRISIS TO EVOLVE ‘INTO TOMORROW’S

HUMAN CRISIS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO GROUP OF 20 SUMMIT

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Group of 20 Financial Summit in Washington, D.C., on 14 November:

IN MESSAGE FOR AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ABILITY

TO PROCESS RAW MATERIALS INTO HIGH-VALUE-ADDED GOODS IS ESSENTIAL

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on Africa Industrialization Day, to be observed on 20 November: