WINNERS OF 2008 UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE ANNOUNCED; AWARDS

WILL BE MADE ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, 10 DECEMBER, IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Sixty-third General Assembly

Third Committee

49^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMME FOR 2010-2011,

CONCLUDES 2008 SESSION

 

Sixty-third General Assembly

Second Committee

30^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE DRAFT EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER OIL SLICK ON LEBANESE COAST,

REQUESTS ISRAEL TO COMPENSATE FOR COSTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REPAIR

Sixty-third General Assembly

Fifth Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

Sixty-third General Assembly

Plenary

60^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS SIX RESOLUTIONS ON MIDDLE EAST, PALESTINIAN RIGHTS,

FOLLOWING TWO-DAY DEBATE ON ISSUES

 

Also Adopts Texts Addressing ‘Protection of Global Climate’;

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECOND FORUM FOR SOCIAL STRATEGIC THINKING

IN LATIN AMERICA: INVEST IN PEOPLE TODAY OR SUFFER CONSEQUENCES TOMORROW

SOCIAL MOBILIZATION IS SPARK THAT IGNITES ACTION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

AT HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

 

ALARMED BY DESPERATE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE, SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES

REGRET AT DECISION NOT TO COOPERATE WITH ELDERS’ ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU

 

The following Security Council press statement on Guinea-Bissau was read out today by Council President Jorge Ballestero ( Costa Rica):

Security Council

6022^nd Meeting (AM)

POLITICAL PROCESS IN MIDDLE EAST ONGOING, BUT TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURITY,

LIVING CONDITIONS WOULD GIVE CIVILIANS FAITH IN PROCESS, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Under-Secretary-General, in Briefing, Says First Ever Joint Meeting