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Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon addresses world leaders gathering for the high-level debate of the 66th General Assembly Session

Ban urges global leaders gathered at UN to 'shape the world of tomorrow'

21 September 2011
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon told world leaders at the UN today for the General Assembly’s annual high-level debate that they face critical choices on global issues to ensure the well-being of future generations.
Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, President of the 63rd session of the General Assembly

UN Assembly President calls stories he tried to stop Israel speaking ‘malicious lie’

15 December 2008
United Nations General Assembly President Miguel D’Escoto today called media stories that he tried to prevent Israel’s representative from speaking on the occasion of the 60th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights “a malicious and absolute lie.”
Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, President - elect of the 63rd session of the General Assembly

Ban congratulates General Assembly President-elect

5 June 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today congratulated Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann of Nicaragua on his election as President of the 63rd session of the General Assembly.
Miguel D’Escoto Brockmann, President - elect of the 63rd session of the General Assembly

Nicaraguan elected to head next session of General Assembly

4 June 2008
The former Nicaraguan foreign minister Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann will become the next President of the General Assembly after the 192-member body elected him today by acclamation.
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon

Focus in Myanmar on saving lives, not politics, Ban Ki-moon tells Assembly

16 May 2008
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says the United Nations is concerned with saving lives, not with politics, as he tries to ramp up aid efforts following Cyclone Nargis which struck Myanmar and has severely affected up to 2.5 million people.
General Assembly Hall

Former Nicaraguan foreign minister set to be next General Assembly President

24 March 2008
The former Nicaraguan foreign minister Miguel d’Escoto Brockmann is likely to become the next President of the General Assembly after the Latin American and Caribbean countries at the United Nations agreed to endorse his candidature, an Assembly spokesperson said today.
General Assembly Hall

General Assembly calls for removal of Armenian forces from Nagorno-Karabakh

14 March 2008
The General Assembly today adopted a resolution on the Nagorno-Karabakh region of Azerbaijan in which it called for the immediate, complete and unconditional withdrawal of Armenian forces “from all the occupied territories of the Republic of Azerbaijan.”
Srgjan Kerim, President of the 62nd session of the General Assembly

US mortgage crisis, rising prices spell financial turmoil – Assembly president

14 February 2008
The sub-prime mortgage market collapse in the United States, rising oil and commodity prices and other factors could combine to hamper the economies of developing countries, the President of the United Nations General Assembly said today.

General Assembly President cites ‘compelling’ need for change within UN

7 February 2008
While the United Nations has a leading role in advancing global issues such as development and poverty eradication, the world body must be strengthened to respond more effectively to today’s challenges, the President of the General Assembly said today.
Srgjan Kerim, President of the 62nd session of the General Assembly

General Assembly makes tangible progress to revitalize itself, its President says

19 December 2007
The 192-member General Assembly is well on the road to revitalizing its role within the United Nations, where the 15-member Security Council makes the binding decisions, and is planning major debates in the coming year on issues ranging from climate change to development funding to management reform, its President said today.