SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CAN OFFER CONCRETE ACTION, NEW IDEAS

ON WIDE RANGE OF WORLD’S FORMIDABLE CHALLENGES, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development, in New York, 14 May:

World must unite to reduce devastating loss of planet’s precious biodiversity,

Says Secretary-General in international day message

 

Following is UN Secretary-GeneralBan Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Biological Diversity, observed 22 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION AND INFORMATION SOCIETY

DAY, CALLS FOR RESEARCH TO DEVELOP UNIVERSALLY ACCESSIBLE TECHNOLOGY

Secretary-General stresses ‘deep and universal need’ for positive father figures

 

in message to observe international day of families

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Families, to be observed on 15 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED AT ATTACKS ON OUTSKIRTS OF KHARTOUM,

CONDEMNS USE OF FORCE TO ACHIEVE POLITICAL ENDS

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HEADQUARTERS EVENT, SAYS CONCRETE STEPS MUST NOW TRANSFORM

VISION OF DISABILITIES CONVENTION INTO ‘REAL VICTORIES ON THE GROUND’

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY LOSS OF LIFE, DESTRUCTION CAUSED BY EARTHQUAKE

IN CHINA, SAYS UNITED NATIONS READY TO SUPPORT GOVERNMENT IN HUMANITARIAN EFFORT

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

HIGH-LEVEL TASK FORCE ‘WILL DEVELOP COMPREHENSIVE STRATEGY ON FOOD PRICE CRISIS’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AFTER CHAIRING FIRST MEETING IN NEW YORK

 

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

DEVELOPING EFFECTIVE, ACCOUNTABLE SECURITY INSTITUTIONS ‘OUR SHARED OBLIGATION’,

ESPECIALLY IN POST-CONFLICT COUNTRIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 12 MAY 2008

 

The Secretary-General:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  It’s a great pleasure to meet you on a Monday morning.