MADRID MEETING TO BUILD TOWARDS GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP

 

ON FOOD AND AGRICULTURE, 26-27 JANUARY

 

United Nations Secretary-General, Spain’s Prime Minister, agency heads, national ministers and experts plan for “Food Security for All”.

U thant’s life of public service informed by vision of truly global society, Spirit

of ‘one world’, says Secretary-General, in message to 100^th birthday event

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE EXAMINING COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICIES,

URGES ‘FOCUS ON PEOPLE’, AS ISSUE IS ABOUT HUMAN SUFFERING, NOT STATISTICS

Note to Correspondents

EXHIBIT ‘DEADLY MEDICINE:  CREATING THE MASTER RACE’

TO OPEN AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS

 

Committee on NGOs

7^th & 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

TEN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS APPROVED BY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

COMMITTEE FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Leaves 31 Applications Pending

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL GAZA VIOLENCE MARK OF ‘COLLECTIVE POLITICAL

FAILURE’, MASSIVE EFFORT NEEDED NOW TO RESOLVE MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT

Secretary-General congratulates barack Obama on inauguration as United States

president; says ‘our goals are shared’, new era of strong partnership ahead

The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today in New York:

HEALTHY, POLITICALLY ENGAGED WOMEN CAN DRIVE EFFORTS TO ERADICATE HUNGER,

DISEASE, POVERTY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO GUATEMALA MEETING

Security Council

6073^rd Meeting (PM)

SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS ACHIEVED CONSOLIDATING PEACE, STABILITY IN WEST AFRICA,

BUT MANY ROOT CAUSES OF CONFLICT NOT YET ADDRESSED, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Head of United Nations Office Briefs, Says Concerns Include

Security Council press statement ON MIDDLE EAST

 

The following press statement on the Middle East was read out today by Security Council President Jean-Maurice Ripert ( France):

The members of the Security Council were briefed this afternoon by the Secretary-General on his visit to the Middle East.