SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD WATER DAY, CALLS LACK OF POLITICAL WILL

BIGGEST CULPRIT IN FAILURE TO ACHIEVE BASIC SANITATION GOAL

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Water Day, to be observed on 22 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED AT TRAGIC DEATHS OF SEVEN MEMBERS OF UNITED NATIONS

MISSION IN NEPAL, THREE CREW MEMBERS, IN MONDAY’S HELICOPTER CRASH

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

TODAY’S CHALLENGES REQUIRE STRONG UNITED NATIONS THAT MOVES IN FULL PARTNERSHIP

WITH UNITED STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT GEORGE BUSH PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

UNITED NATIONS CANNOT SIMPLY CHAMPION DEVELOPMENT; IT MUST DELIVER DAILY ON ITS

PROMISES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS UN CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT BOARD

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY VIOLENT CLASHES

 

IN ARMENIA BETWEEN POLICE, DEMONSTRATORS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL IT MUST CREATE ENVIRONMENT OF TRUST,

FOSTER CLIMATE FOR BEST PRACTICES, SPUR ACCOUNTABILITY FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ACTION

SECRETARY-GENERAL LEARNS WITH GREAT SORROW NEWS OF UN HELICOPTER CRASH IN NEPAL

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RESTRAINT FOLLOWING RISE IN TENSIONS

INVOLVING COLOMBIA, ECUADOR, VENEZUELA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL RECENT ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN GAZA,

SOUTHERN ISRAEL ‘DEEPLY ALARMING’, HAS LEFT TERRIBLE DEATH TOLL

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement to the Security Council on the situation in the Middle East, in New York, 1 March:

GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS CAN BE MET ‘ONLY BY INVESTING IN THE WORLD’S WOMEN

 

AND GIRLS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on International Women’s Day, observed 8 March: