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General Assembly

18 September 2007

BIO/3936-GA/SPD/369

ABDALMAHMOOD ABDALHALEEM MOHAMAD OF SUDAN CHAIRMAN OF FOURTH COMMITTEE

18 September 2007

	General AssemblyBIO/3936* GA/SPD/369

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Biographical Note

17 September 2007

GA/10614

OUTGOING GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CLOSING SIXTY-FIRST SESSION CHALLENGES MEMBER STATES TO STAND TOGETHER, ‘CARRY THE TORCH OF MULTILATERALISM FORWARD’

17 September 2007

	General AssemblyGA/10614

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

109^th Meeting (AM)

13 September 2007

GA/10613-HR/4932

ADOPTION OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS DECLARATION ‘MAJOR VICTORY’ FOR UNITED NATIONS IN LONG HISTORY OF DEVELOPING HUMAN RIGHTS STANDARDS, SAYS CHAIR OF UN FORUM

13 September 2007

	General AssemblyGA/10613 HR/4932

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Adoption of indigenous rights declaration ‘major victory’ for United Nations

in long history of developing human rights standards, says chair of UN Forum

13 September 2007

GA/10612

General Assembly Adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples; ‘Major Step Forward’ towards Human Rights for All, Says President

The General Assembly today overwhelmingly backed protections for the human rights of indigenous peoples, adopting a landmark declaration that brought to an end nearly 25 years of contentious negotiations over the rights of native people to protect their lands and resources, and to maintain their unique cultures and traditions.

12 September 2007

PBC/20

YUKIO TAKASU OF JAPAN ELECTED CHAIR OF PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION

12 September 2007

	General AssemblyPBC/20

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Peacebuilding Commission

Organizational Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

2 August 2007

GA/10610

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS ON ENTIRE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY RICH NATIONS, TO HELP DISADVANTAGED COUNTRIES COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE

2 August 2007

	General AssemblyGA/10610

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Informal Thematic Debate

AM & PM Meetings

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT CALLS ON ENTIRE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY, ESPECIALLY

RICH NATIONS, TO HELP DISADVANTAGED COUNTRIES COPE WITH CLIMATE CHANGE

‘Equitable, Fair, Ambitious Global Deal’ Needed to Match Scale

2 August 2007

GA/10611

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION ESTABLISHING AD HOC WORKING GROUP TO REVITALIZE AUTHORITY, STRENGTHEN PERFORMANCE OF MAIN ORGAN

2 August 2007

	General AssemblyGA/10611

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

106^th Meeting (PM)

1 August 2007

GA/10609

WARNING AGAINST ‘GLOOM AND DOOM’ SCENARIOS, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS TOOLS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE

1 August 2007

	General AssemblyGA/10609

Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Informal Thematic Debate

AM & PM Meetings

WARNING AGAINST ‘GLOOM AND DOOM’ SCENARIOS, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY HAS TOOLS TO COMBAT CLIMATE CHANGE

Delegates Outline Problems, Prescribe Solutions