Secretary-General, in message, stresses importance of science, technology in Africa’s

efforts to alleviate poverty, achieve sustainable industrial development

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Industrialization Day, observed 20 November:

SLOWING -- AND REVERSING -- CLIMATE CHANGE THREAT ‘DEFINING CHALLENGE OF OUR AGE’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOLLOWING RELEASE OF United Nations PANEL REPORT

IN MESSAGE TO MINE BAN CONVENTION STATES PARTIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS LANDMINES

HAVE ‘ NO PLACE IN THE WORLD’, APPLAUDS COMMITMENT TO THEIR ELIMINATION

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR LOGISTICS

BASE IN VALENCIA, TO BE APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN, GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks in Valencia, Spain, on 17 November:

Buenos dias!

PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY PROVIDES ‘STEADYING INFLUENCE’ IN REGION BURDENED

BY CONFLICT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO AMMAN MEETING

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LIFTING OF STATE OF EMERGENCY IN GEORGIA

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY CAMEROON’S, NIGERIA’S RESPONSE TO BAKASSI ATTACK

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

Secretary-General spells out ways to tackle conditions that foster terrorism

as he addresses international conference on threats, counter-measures

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE, CONGRATULATES SIERRA LEONE’S PRESIDENT ON ASSUMING

OFFICE, PLEDGES UNITED NATIONS CONTINUED SUPPORT AS COUNTRY FACES ‘ERA OF HOPE’

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES RAPPER JAY-Z AS ‘CHAMPION OF THOSE IN NEED’

AFTER AWARD GIVEN FOR WORK ON ‘WATER FOR LIFE’ CAMPAIGN