Note to Correspondents

Special Committee on

Decolonization

1^st Meeting (PM)

Commission on Sustainable Development

Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

FRANCOPHONE VOICES SHOULD BE HEARD IN PROCESS OF ORGANIZATIONAL RENEWAL

AT UNITED NATIONS, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL ASHA-ROSE MIGIRO SAYS

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the Francophonie, in New York on 25 February:

EAST AFRICA COMMUNITY MINISTERS TO MEET IN KAMPALA, UGANDA, NEXT WEEK TO EXPLORE

WAYS TO ACHIEVE MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, IMPROVE LOCAL SERVICE DELIVERY

UNITED NATIONS REPORT SAYS AFRICAN COUNTRIES ALMOST HALFWAY TO MALARIA MILESTONE

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Marie Okabe, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

SECURITY COUNCIL AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE APPROVES AMENDMENTS

TO EIGHT ENTRIES ON CONSOLIDATED LIST, MAKES TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO ONE

Security Council

6087^th Meeting (AM)

IRAQ SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL ‘WE HAVE GROUNDS FOR OPTIMISM’

FOLLOWING RECENT SUCCESSFUL PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS

 

Says Challenges in 2009 Will Include Efforts to Foster National Reconciliation;

Security Council

6086^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS TIMOR-LESTE MISSION UNTIL 26 FEBRUARY 2010