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SG/SM/11705-SC/9399

‘MORAL CALL’ OF PROTECTING CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT LITMUS TEST FOR UN, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SECURITY COUNCIL REMARKS

17 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11705
SC/9399
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

‘MORAL CALL’ OF PROTECTING CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT LITMUS TEST FOR UN,


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SECURITY COUNCIL REMARKS

 


Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Security Council open debate on children and armed conflict, in New York, 17 July:

SG/SM/11703

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY SATISFIED’ WITH POSITIVE MOVES BY ISRAEL, HIZBULLAH

16 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11703
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY SATISFIED’ WITH POSITIVE MOVES BY ISRAEL, HIZBULLAH


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


The Secretary-General is deeply satisfied that the humanitarian aspects of Security Council resolution 1701 (2006) have finally been met today.

SG/SM/11702

CALLING WORLD CONFERENCE ON DIALOGUE A SYMBOL OF UNITY AMONG DIFFERENT TRADITIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES TURNING SOLIDARITY INTO GENUINE FORCE FOR GOOD

16 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11702
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

CALLING WORLD CONFERENCE ON DIALOGUE A SYMBOL OF UNITY AMONG DIFFERENT TRADITIONS,


SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES TURNING SOLIDARITY INTO GENUINE FORCE FOR GOOD


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the World Conference on Dialogue in Madrid today, 16 July:

SG/SM/11700

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONCRETE STEPS BY INDONESIA, TIMOR-LESTE TO ENSURE FULL ACCOUNTABILITY, AS FINAL REPORT OF TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION SUBMITTED

15 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11700
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CONCRETE STEPS BY INDONESIA, TIMOR-LESTE TO ENSURE FULL


ACCOUNTABILITY, AS FINAL REPORT OF TRUTH AND FRIENDSHIP COMMISSION SUBMITTED


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

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: