Sixty-third General Assembly

Plenary

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

‘REDD’-LETTER DAY FOR FORESTS:  UNITED NATIONS, NORWAY UNITE TO COMBAT

CLIMATE CHANGE FROM DEFORESTATION, SPEARHEADING NEW PROGRAMME

Tropical-forested countries are stepping up the fight to combat climate change via a pioneering new initiative called the UN-REDD Programme, which was announced today.

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS EFFORTS AT LOCAL LEVEL CRITICAL TO ACHIEVING

DEVELOPMENT GOALS, TO PREVENTING CITIES, REGIONS FROM BACKWARDS SLIDE

Private Sector Forum on

 the Millennium Development Goals

SECRETARY-GENERAL, WORLD BANK CHIEF ATTEND LAUNCH OF PRIVATE SECTOR FORUM

SEEKING LONG-TERM RESPONSE TO FOOD CRISIS, ENDEMIC POVERTY

 

World Business Chiefs Hope to Generate New Commitments for Food Sustainability

WORLD BUSINESS LEADERS TO BUILD HISTORIC NEW PARTNERSHIP AIMED

AT FIGHTING HUNGER, ADVANCING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON MEMBER STATES TO INVEST ‘UP FRONT’ IN QUIET DIPLOMACY;

URGES SECURITY COUNCIL TO PROVIDE MEDIATION WITH SAME SUPPORT AS PEACEKEEPING

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NATIONS CAN NO LONGER PROTECT INTERESTS, ADVANCE WELL-BEING

OF THEIR PEOPLE, WITHOUT PARTNERSHIP OF THE REST, AT GENERAL DEBATE’S OPENING

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD HABITAT DAY, CALLS ON EVERYONE TO ENSURE

THAT DECENT LIVING CONDITIONS FOR ALL PROMOTE GREENER, SMARTER GROWTH

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Habitat Day, 6 October:

Security Council

5979^th Meeting (PM)

Sixty-third General Assembly

Plenary

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)