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09 September 2008

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Sri Lanka

08 September 2008

New York - Secretary-General's message on International Literacy Day

04 September 2008

New York - Secretary-General's remarks at press conference to launch the Report of the MDG Gap Task Force
New York - Secretary-General's remarks at General Assembly Tribute to the late President of Zambia, Mr. Levy Patrick Mwanawasa
New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the meeting of the General Assembly on the UN Global Counter-Terrorism Strategy

03 September 2008

Paris - Secretary-General's video message to the 61st DPI/NGO Conference entitled “Reaffirming Human Rights For All: the Universal Declaration at 60”

03 September 2008

Nicosia - Secretary-General's message on the launch of negotiations on Cyprus

02 September 2008

Madrid - Secretary-General's joint press conferences with Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriquez Zapatero of Spain
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the Democratic Republic of the Congo

01 September 2008

Geneva - Secretary-General's remarks on Signing of Memorandum between UNCTAD [United Nations Conference on Trade and Development] and Iraq
Geneva - Secretary-General's remarks at ceremony to commemorate the 5th Anniversary of the bombing of the United Nations Headquarters in Baghdad

01 September 2008

Zaragoza - Secretary-General remarks at the Water Tribune

31 August 2008

Geneva - Joint Press Conference by Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon after the Opening Ceremony of the 29th Session of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [unofficial partial transcript]
Geneva - Secretary-General's statement celebrating the twentieth anniversary of the founding of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change [IPCC]

31 August 2008

Bled - Deputy Secretary-General's address to Bled Strategic Forum

29 August 2008

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on India
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on lifting aid agency restrictions in Zimbabwe

28 August 2008

Vienna - Secretary-General's video message on the 15th anniversary of the World Conference on Human Rights

28 August 2008

Dushanbe - Secretary-General's message to the Eighth Meeting of the Council of Heads of State of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

27 August 2008

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to open debate on Security Council working methods

26 August 2008

New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Georgia

25 August 2008

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Beijing Olympic Games

25 August 2008

Almaty - Secretary-General's message to the third meeting of the Ministers for Foreign Affairs of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-building Measures in Asia

21 August 2008

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Pakistan

20 August 2008

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Algeria

19 August 2008

New York - Secretary-General's remarks to the Solemn Ceremony marking the Fifth Anniversary of the Baghdad Bombing
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the death of the President of Zambia
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the bombing in Algeria

19 August 2008

Alofi, Niue - Secretary-General's message to the Pacific Islands Forum Summit Meeting

18 August 2008

Kathmandu - Secretary-General's message for the opening of the new Office of the United Nations Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific [delivered by Mr. Vijay Nambiar, Chef de Cabinet]

15 August 2008

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Nepal

14 August 2008

New York - Statement by the Secretary-General on aid agency restrictions in Zimbabwe
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the situation in Georgia
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Syrian-Lebanese Summit

14 August 2008

Calabar - Secretary-General's message on the occasion of the ceremony for the withdrawal and transfer of authority in the Bakassi Peninsula

13 August 2008

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the situation in Georgia
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the bombing in the Lebanese City of Tripoli

12 August 2008

New York - Secretary-General's Message for International Youth Day
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the UN Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC)
New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the Philippines

11 August 2008

New York - Statement Attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Guinea-Bissau

10 August 2008

New York - Deputy Secretary-General's Remarks to the American Bar Association

09 August 2008

New York - Message on the International Day of the World's Indigenous People

09 August 2008

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on the situation in Georgia

08 August 2008

New York - Secretary-General's Message for Observance of the Olympic Truce
New York - Deputy Secretary-General's remarks at the commemoration of the International Day of the World's Indigenous People
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on Bolivia

08 August 2008

New York - Message du Secrétaire général: Addresse au trentième Moussem culturel international d'Assilah

07 August 2008

New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on South Ossetia (Georgia)
New York - Statement attributable to the Spokesperson for the Secretary-General on final transfer of authority in the Bakassi Peninsula

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