Secretary General Statements (2007)

November

7th

Secretary-General’s message to the 2007 meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons [delivered by Mr. Sergio Duarte, High Representative for Disarmament Affairs]

6th

Secretary-General’s message to the Ninth Annual Conference of the High Contracting Parties to Amended Protocol II to the Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons [delivered by Mr. Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, UN Office at Geneva]

5th

Message to the First Conference of the Parties to the CCW Protocol on explosive remnants of war

October

22nd

Disarmament must remain at top of agenda, stresses Secretary-General as he warns against complacency, in message to Pugwash conference

3rd

Secretary-General says announcement of next phase of denuclearization of Korean Peninsula is ‘important step forward in multilateral diplomatic efforts’

September

17th

Vienna Meeting: “Atomic Energy Agency critical to nuclear non-proliferation efforts, reducing risks of nuclear terrorism”

Calls for rededication to ‘Noble Work” of bringing Nuclear-Test-Ban into force

August

6th

In Message delivered at Hiroshima Peace Memorial Ceremony, urges continuing efforts to rid world of nuclear weapons

July

18th

Stalemate on ‘Life and Death Matters’ of disarmament, non-proliferation simply unacceptable, says Secretary-General in New York remark

April

30th

Secretary-General urges Vienna Meeting to address ‘Persisting Crisis of Confidence’

9th

Collective, multilateral approach needed to eliminate weapons proliferation, Secretary-General tells Disarmament Commission

March

15th

Restructuring of Peacekeeping, disarmament functions will strengthen United Nations capacity, says Secretary-General in statement to General Assembly

February

14th

GLOBAL COMMUNITY SHOULD WORK TOWARDS WORLD FREE OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON 40TH ANNIVERSARY OF TREATY OF TLATELOLCO

13th

Secretary-General strongly welcomes accord reached at Six-Party Talks in Beijing, says represents first practical stage towards non-nuclear Korean peninsula

5th

The Secretary-General’s statement to Member States on proposals to strengthen the work of the Secretariat in the field of Peace and Security

January

22nd

Secretary-General ban urges all states not to expand nuclear arsenals, reduce stockpiles

Secretary-General, in message to Conference on Disarmament, stresses need to maintain moratorium on Nuclear Tests, keep Outer Space free of arms

19th

Secretary-General ban urges redoubling of efforts on denuclearizing Korean peninsula

Secretary-General welcomes preparations for next round of Six-Party talks on Korean peninsula denuclearization

17th

Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon tells Center for Strategic and International Studies…priorities include responsibility to protect, Middle East, Darfur, Kosovo, Non-Proliferation, Development Goals, Hiv/Aids, Climate Change, Human Rights

8th

Secretary-General remarks at the Security Council meeting on Threats to International Peace and Security