CÔTE D’IVOIRE DESERVES FULL INTERNATIONAL ATTENTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

AT SIGNING CEREMONY FOR ELECTORAL CODE OF GOOD CONDUCT

 

(Translated from the original French.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES PRIMARY SCHOOL IN CAPITAL OF BURKINA FASO

 

FOR HAVING ENROLLED MORE GIRLS THAN BOYS

 

(Translated from the original French.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN VIDEO MESSAGE, SAYS INDIGENOUS PERMANENT FORUM ASSUMES NEW ROLE

IN TRANSLATING DECLARATION ON INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ RIGHTS INTO ‘LIVING’ TEXT

URGING WEALTHIER NATIONS TO RETHINK SUBSIDIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS UNCTAD XII,

‘IF WE CANNOT SCRAP THESE RELICS TODAY IN ERA OF HIGH PRICES, THEN WHEN CAN WE?’

Secretary-General deeply concerned by heavy fighting in Mogadishu,

 

deplores substantial loss of civilian life

 

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

CURRENT ‘DEVELOPMENT EMERGENCY’ REQUIRES UNPRECEDENTED SCALING UP OF ACTIVITIES,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS, AS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OF UNCTAD XII OPENS IN ACCRA

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCLUDING HIGH-LEVEL TRADE SEGMENT, SAYS WINDOW FOR ACTION

CLOSING FAST; ‘LET US SEIZE THIS MOMENT, TAKE BOLD STEPS, DELIVER FOR AFRICA’

SECRETARY-GENERAL, INTRODUCING POPE BENEDICT XVI TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

SAYS ‘IN SO MANY WAYS, OUR MISSION UNITES US WITH YOURS’

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES INTENTION OF SUDAN’S NATIONAL

UNITY GOVERNMENT TO PROCEED WITH NATIONAL CENSUS

 

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

Secretary-General strongly condemns renewed violence in Burundi;

 

Urges parties to resume dialogue, conclude peace process

 

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