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NEW YORK -- The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General is concerned about the reports of the seizure of a Government building in Talas, Kyrgyzstan…

KURCHATOV, Kazakhstan SG: Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen, I have just flown over Ground Zero, standing on Ground Zero just two kilometres from the real site of nuclear tests is a very sobering experience for me. More…

DUSHANBE, Tajikistan ( Secretary-General's remarks only) SG: Good morning ladies and gentlemen. Before beginning, let me thank His Excellency President Rahmon and the Tajik Government and its people for the warm welcome in…

TASHKENT, Uzbekistan Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's lecture at the University for World Economy and Democracy, in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. Assalomu Alaykum hurmatli talabalar. Aziz dustlar! [Hello…

Good afternoon, Salaam u aleikum, I have just flown over the Aral Sea by helicopter with Prime Minister Shavkat Mirziyoyev of Uzbekistan. It is clearly one of the worst environmental disaster of the world. I was so shocked…

Salamatsizby Urmattu Myrza Janna iymdar. (Greetings Ladies and Gentlemen) Your Excellency Speaker Kurmanov, Honourable Members of Parliament, Ladies and Gentlemen, The world knows Kyrgyzstan for the warmth of your freedom…

BISHKEK, Kyrgyzstan Thank you Mr. Prime Minister, I would like to thank President Bakiev, Prime Minister Usenov and the people of Kyrgyzstan for their welcome and warm hospitality. We have just concluded very constructive…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan SG: I am very pleased to visit this National Institute of Democracy and Human Rights, and I have complimented President Berdimuhamedov's reform policies on major areas of mutual concern, particularly in…

ASHGABAT, Turkmenistan [Secretary-General's remarks only] I would like to thank President Berdimuhamedov and the people of Turkmenistan for their warmth and hospitality. The President and I have just concluded very…

Khartoum, 1 April 2010 – Well-known BBC presenter of Sudanese origin, Ms. Zeinab Badawi, spent time with the Hakama women singing group and watched them perform at the Tayeba displaced persons camp in Khartoum North. The…