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 SAYS UNITED NATIONS STAFF, POPE BENEDICT XVI SHARE

COMMON MISSION -– ‘TO BUILD PEACE IN EVERY SENSE OF THE WORD’

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to introduce His Holiness Pope Benedict XVI to the staff of the United Nations in New York, 18 April:

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:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED AT ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN GAZA, SOUTHERN ISRAEL

 

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

Partnership between United Nations, African Union ‘strong and broad’,