Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the General Assembly on his five-year action agenda, “The Future We Want”, in New York on 25 January: Good morning and my warmest regards to you and for a happy new year. Last September, I stood before you and outlined five imperatives for my second term; five […]
The following statement was issued on 25 January by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General has been informed of Michel Kazatchkine’s announcement that he will step down, effective mid-March, from his position as Executive Director of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria. The Secretary-General commends Professor Kazatchkine for […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s statement following his meeting with the Greek Cypriot and Turkish Cypriot leaders in New York on 25 January: I would once again like to thank their Excellencies, Mr. [Demetris] Christofias and Mr. [Derris] Eroğlu, for accepting my invitation to join me at Greentree over the last two days. […]
Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference, held in New York on 25 January: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to see you. This is the first press conference of my second term. I’m glad to be with you today and look forward to building on […]
Following is a transcript of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s press conference, held in New York on 25 January: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. It is a great pleasure to see you. This is the first press conference of my second term. I’m glad to be with you today and look forward to building on […]
Actions on Ground Continue to Fuel Tensions, He Says in Briefing Ahead of Day-long Discussion on Middle East Despite continuing tensions on the ground, preparatory meetings in Jordan between the Israelis and Palestinians presented an important opportunity for lasting peace that must be seized, a senior United Nations official told the Security Council today, […]
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon?s message to the Conference on Disarmament, delivered by Kassym-Jomart Tokayev, Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, on 24 January: I welcome the opportunity to convey greetings to the Conference on Disarmament today. This body has long served as the world?s single multilateral disarmament negotiating forum. The […]
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: Further to the Secretary-General’s announcement during his recent visit to Somalia, the United Nations Political Office for Somalia officially relocated today to Mogadishu. This relocation demonstrates the strong commitment of the United Nations to work alongside the Somali people and […]
Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message for the Prince Mahidol Award Conference, in Bangkok, from 24-28 January: Every year, millions of people die from easily preventable diseases. The reason is simple yet tragic: a staggering 1 billion people around the world lack access to health-care systems. But together we […]
The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Baso Sangqu (South Africa): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the attack on an African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (UNAMID) patrol in Darfur on 21 January, in which one peacekeeper was killed and three were […]
