SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES START OF PEACE TALKS BETWEEN SYRIA, ISRAEL

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS TO SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATE, SAYS RISK OF EARLY

INVESTMENT IN POST-CONFLICT PEACEBUILDING IS LESS THAN COST OF FAILURE

DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER NEW FIGHTING IN SOUTHERN SUDAN, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES

PARTIES TO OBSERVE CEASEFIRE TERMS, SAYING NO MILITARY SOLUTION IS POSSIBLE

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

Secretary-General, in message for africa day, calls dynamism, creativity

of region’s people best resource to meet its formidable challenges

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Day, to be observed on 25 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS PEACEBUILDING COOPERATION FRAMEWORK CAN MARK DIFFERENCE

BETWEEN A SIERRA LEONE BURDENED BY THREATS TO PEACE, CHANCE TO CONSOLIDATE IT

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES HOW ‘FLAGSHIP’ ENTERPRISE HAS EVOLVED,

 

ON SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF PEACEKEEPING, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WORLD MUST ENSURE

SACRIFICES OF BLUE HELMETS NEVER FORGOTTEN, VITAL WORK CONTINUES

Secretary-General welcomes ‘positive development’ in Burundi peace process,

As delegation of palipehutu-fnl arrives in capital

 

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

Secretary-General says real peace possible ‘if we work collectively

to make it happen’, in message in advance of international day

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message 100 days in advance of the International Day of Peace, to be broadcast on 13 June:

UNITED NATIONS FOUNDATION HAS BECOME ‘THE UN’S BEST FRIEND’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

OFFERING CONGRATULATIONS ON TENTH ANNIVERSARY

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the tenth anniversary of the United Nations Foundation, observed 13 June 2008: