Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ISRAEL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The new Permanent Representative of Israel to the United Nations, Gabriela Shalev, presented her credentials today to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Note to Correspondents

SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL DPI/NGO CONFERENCE CLOSES

 

Speakers Emphasize Continuing Relevance of Universal Declaration,

Importance of Speaking Out to Ensure Human Rights Implementation

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Wrap-Up Press Conference for Sixty-First Annual DPI/NGO Conference, on theme

‘Reaffirming Human Rights for All:  The Universal Declaration at 60’

 

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

DPI/NGO CONFERENCE HOLDS ROUND TABLE ON ‘HUMAN RIGHTS

 

Education and LEARNING as a way of life’

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

DPI/NGO CONFERENCE HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION ON ‘ADDRESSING GROSS

HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS: PREVENTION AND ACCOUNTABILITY’

 

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

119^th & 120^th Meetings (AM & PM)

launching report by mdg gap task force, Secretary-General underscores need

for quantitative, qualitative shift in efforts to halve extreme poverty

IN REMARKS TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY MEETING, SECRETARY-GENERAL SPELLS OUT KEY

PRINCIPLES FOR ENHANCING COUNTER-TERRORISM COOPERATION

 

MWANAWASA’S PRESENCE WILL BE MISSED, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

TRIBUTE TO LATE PRESIDENT OF ZAMBIA