UNITED NATIONS, United States, Jan 25, 2015 (AFP) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon condemned a deadly rocket attack in Ukraine's government-held port of Mariupol on Saturday and denounced "provocative statements" made by pro-Russian separatist fighters.
TEHRAN, YJC. -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on International Migrants Day, 18 December 2014 urged States to adopt comprehensive and human rights-based migration policies that promote legal migration channels.
Tehran, YJC. -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December 2014 said according to the UN estimates, there are more than 18 million people kept as slave labourers.
TEHRAN, YJC. -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on World AIDS Day, 1 December 2014, while welcoming the tremendous progress the world is making in responding to the AIDS epidemic, warned that there are 35 million people living with HIV today, and some 19 million of them do not know they have the virus.
TEHRAN, 29 November 2014 (UNIC)—United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the International Day of Solidarity with the Palestinian People, 29 November 2014, said that an end of the conflict will only come through a negotiated and just political solution, based on the relevant United Nations resolutions.
TEHRAN, 16 November 2014 (YJC)—UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, 16 November 2014, said road traffic crashes kill 500 children each day as they travel to and from school, playgrounds and the homes of family and friends.
TEHRAN, YJC.-- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on World Diabetes Day, 14 November 2014, while announcing that diabetes affects more than 350 million people in the world called for practicing healthy living for all.
Tehran, YJC. -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the first International Day to End Impunity for Crimes Against Journalists, 2 November 2014, while announcing that in the last ten years more than 700 journalists have been killed in the line of duty, called for elimination of impunity of those who kill journalists simply because they do their job.
TEHRAN, 27 September 2014 (UNIC)—UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message for World Tourism Day, 27 September 2014 encouraged the international tourism community to commit to sustainable policies and ensure that host communities worldwide share in the benefits generated by tourism.
AUCKLAND, Sept 02, 2014 (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon warned Western powers Tuesday "there is no military solution" to the Ukraine crisis, as NATO prepares to upgrade its combat readiness in eastern Europe.
NEW YORK, Aug 10, 2014 (AFP) - UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon on Saturday called on Iraqi politicians to form a broad-based government to face jihadists threatening large parts of the country.
UNITED NATIONS, Aug. 8 (Xinhua) -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki- moon on Friday said he is deeply concerned about the deteriorating humanitarian situation in parts of eastern Ukraine with intensifying fighting, mounting casualties and serious damage to infrastructure.
UNITED NATIONS, August 5 (Itar-Tass) - UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has welcomed the ceasefire declared in Gaza and urged the conflict sides to observe the ceasefire regime.
The Islamist militant onslaught in Iraq raises the spectre of a sectarian conflict spilling across the embattled nation's borders, UN chief Ban Ki-moon warned on Tuesday.
Tehran, YJC. -- United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on World Press Freedom Day, 3 May 2014 announced that since 1992, well over 1,000 journalists have been killed -- nearly one per week.
Tehran, YJC. -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on the Day of Remembrance for Victims of Chemical Warfare, 29 April 2014, reiterated that any use of chemical weapons under any circumstances would be a grave violation of the 1925 Protocol and other relevant rules of customary international law.
Tehran, YJC. -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on World Malaria Day, 25 April 2014 while saying that malaria still kills more than half a million people every year called for collective commitment to combat malaria.
Tehran, YJC. -- UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon in his message on International Mother Earth Day, 22 April 2014 appealed to all people everywhere to raise their voices and speak out on behalf of planet earth.