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Date   Press Release
2010
19/7/10 Secretary General Amid Multiple Global Crises, Strong, Outspoken Parliaments More Important Than Ever, Secretary-General Tells National Speakers
16/7/10 Secretary General Cost of War in Africa Cancelled Out 15 Years of Development Aid; Must Set Sights Now on Preventive Diplomacy, Secretary-General Tells Security Council
15/7/10 ECOSOC Economic and Social Council Adopts Text on Strengthening Humanitarian Assistance, Recognizes Clear Link between Emergency Response, Rehabilitation, Development
13/7/10 Secretary General Secretary-General, in Message for Conference of Asian Political Parties, Urges Action, Cooperation to Bolster Uneven Economic Recovery
12/7/10 Press Release Young People Take Stand on Climate Change with Exhibition at United Nations, to Be Formally Opened on 14 July
12/7/10 Press Conference Press Conference on World Disaster Reduction Campaign ‘Making Cities Resilient’
7/7/10 ECOSOC Economic and Social Council Examines United Nations Response to Economic Crisis, Deemed Pivotal to Cementing Growth, Attaining Millennium Development Goals
7/7/10 Press Conference Press Conference on International Labour Organization’s Global Jobs Pact
2/7/2010 General Assembly General Assembly Adopts Consensus Text on System-Wide Coherence, Establishing Composite Entity — UN Women — to Accelerate Gender Equality, Empowerment
2/7/10 ECOSOC Economic and Social Council, Concluding High-Level Segment, Adopts Ministerial Declaration Reaffirming Women’s Vital Role as Agents of Development
2/7/10 Press Conference Press Conference on Establishment of New Gender Entity, ‘UN Women’
2/7/10 Press Conference Press Conference on High-Level Segment of Economic and Social Council 2010 Session
30/6/10 ECOSOC Economic and Social Council’s Development Cooperation Forum Concludes amid Calls for ‘Road Map’ to Meet Millennium Development Goals Target Year
29/6/10 Press Conference Press Conference to Launch ‘World Economic and Social Survey 2010’
29/6/10 Press Conference Press Conference by European Officials on Economic, Social, Sustainable Development
23/6/10 Press Conference Press Conference by Secretary-General to Launch Millennium Development Goals Report 2010
22/6/10 Press Conference Press Conference on Bringing Energy to World’s Poor
21/6/10 Press Conference Press Conference on Millennium Development Goals
30/3/10 Press Conference Press Conference on Responsibility of Supermarkets for Labour Conditions in Developing Countries
Event details: March 31 2010
26/3/10 Press Conference Press Conference by Human Rights Committee Following Conclusion of Session
25/3/10 Press Conference Press Conference on 2009 Revision of World Urbanization Prospects
24/3/10 General Assembly As Two-Day Dialogue Concludes, General Assembly President Says ‘Wealth of Ideas’ Put Forward Will Be Important Input for September Summit on Anti-Poverty Goals
23/3/10 General Assembly High-Level Dialogue Hears Call for Reinvigorated Development Partnerships to Reverse Impact of Global Economic Crisis
23/3/10 Secretary General Spare Vulnerable Countries Onerous Aid Conditions, ‘Burdensome’ External Debt, Secretary-General Urges in Remarks to Dialogue on Financing for Development
22/3/10 General Assembly Sustainable Management of Water Resources Vital to Achieving Anti-Poverty Goals Delegates Told, As General Assembly High-Level Dialogue Marks World Water Day
22/3/10 Deputy Secretary-General Deputy Secretary-General Spells out Widening Range of Risks to Global Water Resources, in Remarks to General Assembly High-Level Dialogue
8/3/10 Press Conference Press Conference on Launch of Joint UNIFEM-Global Compact Initiative ‘Women’s Empowerment Principles’
3/3/10 Secretary General Build on What Works, Correct What Does Not, Secretary-General Advises in Remarks to High-Level Event Commemorating International Women’s Day
1/3/10 Secretary General Secretary-General Closely Monitoring Developments in Chile after Huge Earthquake, Says United Nations on Standby to Offer Rapid Assistance
1/2/10 Secretary General Secretary-General Praises Vision behind ‘Biofarm’ in Addis Ababa, Hopes Project Can Be Replicated Across Developing World
13/1/10 Secretary General Secretary-General, Briefing General Assembly on Haiti Disaster, Announces Release of $10 Million in Emergency Funds to Kick-Start Response
13/1/10 Secretary General Success of UN Cooperation with Regional Bodies Will Be Measured by Improvements in People’s Lives, Secretary-General Tells Security Council Meeting
13/1/10 Press Conference Press Conference by Heads of Peacekeeping Operations, Field Support Departments on Situation in Haiti
2009
30/11/09 Press Release Digital Art Cube Helps People Visualize Their Carbon Dioxide Footprint
19/11/2009 General Assembly Member States Consider Ways to Energize, Fully Engage Powers of General Assembly, Pledge to Restore Institutional Balance with Other United Nations Bodies
6/11/2009 Secretary General As Global Economic Crisis Persists, ‘Near-Poor Are Becoming the New Poor’, Secretary-General Warns in Massage to 2009 Beijing Forum
22/10/09 Secretary General ‘Now Is the Time to Amplify Voices of the Vulnerable’, to Ensure Vital Development Pledges Are Met, Secretary-General Says in Message to European Development Days
13/10/09 Secretary General Challenges of Food Security Demand Multilateral Commitment, Creativity, Leadership, Secretary-General Says in World Food Day Message
12/10/09 Secretary General ‘All People Benefit’ When Maternal Health Care Is Improved, Secretary-General Says, Marking Fifteenth Anniversary of Population and Development Conference
7/10/09 Secretary General In Statement to Global Renewable Energy Forum, Secretary-General Says Green Growth Yields ‘Enormous Benefits,’ Including New Jobs, Improved Food Security
6/10/09 General Assembly Strengthening Well-Being of Youth Not Just a Question of Rights; Should Be Key Strategy in Bolstering Vitality of Global Village, Third Committee Told
6/10/09 General Assembly Global Food Crisis ‘A Wake-Up Call’ For Revitalization Of Agricultural Production, Second Committee Told As It Continues General Debate
23/09/2009 Secretary General Poorest, Most Vulnerable Have Special Claim on Our Attention, Secretary-General Says in Lunch Toast for Assembled World Leaders
23/09/2009 Secretary General Global Problems Require Solutions Transcending Borders, Secretary-General Says in Message to Global Creative Leaders Summit
23/09/2009 Secretary General Health Systems That Deliver for Women When They Deliver Benefit All, Secretary-General Tells Task Force on Innovative Health Financing
29/09/09 General Assembly Decrying Economic System, Which Promotes ‘Hoarding of Wealth by the Few,’ Speakers from Developing Countries Demand More Input into Global Decision-Making
17/09/09 Press Release Marking International Day of Peace on 18 September, 1,000 Students Will Gather at UN Headquarters to Discuss ‘Disarm Now for Better World’
10/09/09 Press Conference Launch Report of General Assembly President’s Expert Commission on Reforming International Monetary and Financial System
09/09/09 Secretary General 'The World Is Over-armed and Peace Is Under-funded’, Says Secretary-General as He Opens Mexico City Conference
09/09/09 Security Council International Support Has Given Haiti Historic Chance to Consolidate Stability, UN Special Envoy Clinton Tells Security Council
08/09/09 Press Conference Press Conference to Launch 2009 ‘Trade and Development Report’
08/09/09 Secretary General Secretary-General Hailing Increasing Diplomacy, Negotiation in Message for International Day of Peace, Urges Political Will to End Conflicts
19/08/09 Secretary General One Person's Suffering is Everyone's Responsibility - SG in Video Message Marking First Annual World Humanitarian Day
09/07/09 General Assembly General Assembly Endorses World Financial Crisis Summit Outcome, Setting in Motion Sustained Follow-up; Will assess Millennium Summit's Progress at 2010 Meeting
06/07/09 Secretary General SG Says Failure to Address Risks, to Look at Long-term Impact of our Actions Will Lead to Recurrent Global Financial Crisis
19/06/09 World Water Council World Water Council selects Marseille, France as the city and country to host the 2012 World Water Forum
16/04/09 Environment for Development UN Expert Group Meeting: Sustainable Agriculture in Africa