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28th November, 2008 - United Nations
SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MUMBAI
SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MUMBAI The following Security Council press statement on the terrorist attacks in Mumbai was issued on Thursday, 27 November, by President of the Council Jorge Urbina ( Costa Rica): The members of the Security Council condemned in the strongest terms the terrorist attacks in Mumbai that...
28th November, 2008 - United Nations
SLAVERY PROHIBITED FOR CENTURIES, BUT 27 MILLION VICTIM OF ‘ATROCITY’ TODAY; NEW STRATEGIES NEEDED FOR OLD CURSE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD DAY
SLAVERY PROHIBITED FOR CENTURIES, BUT 27 MILLION VICTIM OF ‘ATROCITY’ TODAY;   NEW STRATEGIES NEEDED FOR OLD CURSE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD DAY   Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, observed on 2 December: The slave trade was abolished formally...
28th November, 2008 - United Nations
SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, SAYS MUCH TO CELEBRATE WITH ENTRY INTO FORCE OF RIGHTS CONVENTION
SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, SAYS MUCH TO CELEBRATE WITH ENTRY INTO FORCE OF RIGHTS CONVENTION Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on the International Day of Persons with Disabilities, observed 3 December: This year’s International Day of Persons with Disabilities falls...
28th November, 2008 - United Nations
SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO FLAG RAISING CEREMONY AT DEVELOPMENT FINANCING REVIEW IN DOHA, SAYS BIG GLOBAL CHALLENGES REQUIRE BIG, PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS
SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO FLAG RAISING CEREMONY AT DEVELOPMENT FINANCING REVIEW IN DOHA, SAYS BIG GLOBAL CHALLENGES REQUIRE BIG, PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the flag raising ceremony for the Follow-Up International Conference on Financing for Development to Review the Implementation...
26th November, 2008 - United Nations
DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Mich童 Montas, Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. **Security Council on Democratic Republic of Congo The Security Council this morning heard, in an open meeting, from Alan Doss,...
26th November, 2008 - United Nations
PRESS CONFERENCE ON DEMOCATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO HUMANITARIAN SITUATION
PRESS CONFERENCE ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO HUMANITARIAN SITUATION While the decision by the Security Council to increase the number of troops in the Democratic Republic of the Congo was welcome, the mandate would have to put the protection of civilians at the forefront of the agenda, five representatives of humanitarian agencies with a presence...
26th November, 2008 - United Nations
PRESS CONFERENCE, ON ZIMBABWE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION, BY DEPUTY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR
PRESS CONFERENCE, ON ZIMBABWE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION,   BY DEPUTY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR   A top United Nations humanitarian official today appealed for massive international assistance to help alleviate the severe humanitarian situation in Zimbabwe, without which she warned the situation was going to get much, much worse. Addressing...
 
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