18 September 2007

General AssemblyGA/10616

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

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

1^st Meeting (PM)

‘GLOBAL CHALLENGES DEMAND MULTILATERAL SOLUTIONS’, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY

PRESIDENT; AS SIXTY-SECOND SESSION OPENS AT HEADQUARTERS

 

Urges Member States to Focus on Priority Issues of Climate Change,

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

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

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.

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

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

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

31 July 2007

General AssemblyGA/10607

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

Sixty-first General Assembly

Informal Thematic Debate

AM & PM Meetings

30 July 2007

General AssemblyGA/10606 ENV/DEV/944

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

‘CARBON NEUTRAL’ GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE TO LINK GROWING SCIENTIFIC

CONSENSUS ON CLIMATE CHANGE WITH NATIONAL ACTION

 

24 July 2007

General AssemblyGA/10605

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

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

105^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS,

INCLUDING ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

 

Also Elects Assembly Vice-Presidents, JIU Members;