Secretary General Statements (2005)

December

5th

Bolstering biological security regime of tremendous importance for global health, peace, says Secretary-General to Geneva meeting

November

28th

Secretary-General urges destruction of mine stockpiles, in message to Sixth Meeting of States Parties to Anti-landmine Convention

25th

Disarmament and arms control processes can impact human security positively, Secretary-General tells parties to Certain Conventional Weapons Convention

23rd

Secretary-General calls for closer cooperation in message to Conference on Amended Protocol II to Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

October

7th

Delighted Secretary-General congratulates Nobel prize-winning UN tandem

September

26th

Strong leadership, spirit of cooperation required to tackle global disarmament, non-proliferation challenges, Secretary-General tells IAEA Conference

21st

Statement to the Fourth Conference on facilitating the entry into force of the Comprehensive Nuclear-test-Ban Treaty

20th

Secretary-General strongly welcomes consensus reached at Korean peninsula talks

August

8th

Secretary-General challenges world leaders to break deadlock on nuclear non-proliferation, at 2005 Summit, in message to Hiroshima ceremony

4th

Secretary-General heartened by mayor’s vision of global ban on nuclear weapons by 2020

July

26th

Secretary-General welcomes resumption of Six-party Talks, hopes for progress towards nuclear-free Korean peninsula

11th

Secretary-General pleased by progress against small arms scourge, but says important further steps now needed, in message to New York meeting

May

2nd

Non-Proliferation Treaty ‘cornerstone’ of global security but Conference must narrow gap between performance, promise, says Secretary-General

April

27th

Latin America’s Treaty prohibiting nuclear weapons ‘inspiring landmark’ for disarmament, says Secretary-General in message to Mexico meeting

March

4th

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty ‘true cornerstone’ of global security, says Secretary-General on agreement’s thirty-fifth anniversary

February

23rd

Credibility of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty faces serious challenges, Secretary-General tells Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters

January

25th

Disarmament is critical for conflict prevention, peace building, realizing millennium goals, Secretary-General tells Conference on Disarmament