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HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS BRIEFING BY EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR ON FLASH APPEAL IN RESPONSE TO FLOODS IN PAKISTAN
18 July 2007
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John Holmes, Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, briefed journalists this morning on the situation in Baluchistan, Pakistan following the floods there, and the launch of the United Nations flash appeal for $ 38 million.
Explaining the situation, Mr. Holmes said the flooding in Pakistan…
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HIGHLIGHTS OF PRESS CONFERENCE ON OPENING OF 2007 GLOBAL COMPACT LEADERS SUMMIT
05 July 2007
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On the occasion of the opening of the 2007 Global Compact Leaders Summit, UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and a panel of leaders from business, labour and civil society today held a press conference this morning to discuss the status of the Global Compact and the significance of the Leaders Summit – the largest the UN has ever convened on this topic of corporate…
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TRANSCRIPT OF SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REMARKS AT PRESS CONFERENCE FOR THE UN GLOBAL COMPACT LEADERS SUMMIT
05 July 2007
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Palais des Nations, Geneva, 5 July 2007
Secretary-General: Thank you Mr. Kell and Chairman Isdell, Madame Labelle, and dear ladies and gentlemen of the press.
Welcome to the Global Compact Leaders Summit. And for those of you who have traveled great distances to be here, welcome to Geneva and the Palais des Nations.
This Summit is the…
