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Meetings Coverage

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.

21 August 2006

TR/2427

TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL ELECTS OFFICERS

Meeting for the first time since 2004, the Trusteeship Council this afternoon elected by acclamation Karen Pierce ( United Kingdom) as its President and Jean-Pierre Lacroix ( France) as its Vice-President.

20 October 2004

TR/2426

TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL ELECTS PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT; ADOPTS AGENDA FOR 64TH SESSION

Meeting for the first time since 2002, the Trusteeship Council this afternoon adopted the agenda for its sixty-fourth session and elected by acclamation Michel Duclos (France) as its President and Adam Thomson (United Kingdom) as its Vice-President.

26 October 1998

TR/2425

TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL ELECTS OFFICERS

The Trusteeship Council this morning elected Yves Doutriaux (France) as its President and Stewart Eldon (United Kingdom) as Vice-President.

Daily Noon Briefing

11 December 2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) today released its first major global assessment of salt-affected soils in 50 years. It shows that nearly 1.4 billion hectares of land — which is about 10 per cent of the total global land area — are already impacted by salinity.