WORLD IS WATCHING, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL

IN MESSAGE URGING IT TO PROMOTE OBJECTIVE, UNIVERSAL APPROACH

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the opening of the fourth session of the Human Rights Council, in Geneva today, 12 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES EUROPEAN UNION DECISION TO ESTABLISH TARGETS

 

FOR ENERGY EFFICIENCY, USE OF RENEWABLE ENERGY SOURCES

 

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

UNITED NATIONS MUST BE AT FOREFRONT OF EFFORTS TO CURB VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT OBSERVANCE OF INTERNATIONAL DAY

 

‘grounded approach’ to escaping poverty highly relevant, Secretary-General says

in message to international conference on official development aid

ACHIEVING GENDER EQUALITY, WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT A CONDITION FOR BUILDING HEALTHIER,

MORE PEACEFUL SOCIETIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

EMPOWERING WOMEN CONDITION FOR BUILDING BETTER LIVES FOR EVERYONE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY LOSS OF LIFE IN AFTERMATH

OF EARTHQUAKE IN INDONESIA

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘MANIFOLD CONTRIBUTIONS’ OF GHANA TO UNITED NATIONS

ON FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF COUNTRY’S INDEPENDENCE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTRAGED BY BOMB ATTACKS ON SHIA PILGRIMS IN IRAQ

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SIGNING OF AGREEMENT, SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION

OF DIALOGUE ON PEACE PROCESS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

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