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GA/PK/198
3 July 2008
General AssemblyGA/PK/198
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

205th Meeting (PM)


concluding 2008 session, special committee on peacekeeping operations


adopts report, elects first ever woman chairperson

 


Members Pay Tribute to Outgoing Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno

WOM/1690
2 July 2008
General AssemblyWOM/1690
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

834th & 835th Meetings (AM & PM)


WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE COMMENDS LITHUANIA’S GENDER EQUALITY


LAWS, BUT QUESTIONS DRAFT BILL TO SEVERELY RESTRICT LEGAL ABORTION

SG/T/2613

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and his wife, Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Tokyo from New York on Saturday, 28 June, and immediately proceeded to Tokyo train station to board a Shinkansen or high-speed bullet train to Kyoto, kicking off a two-week, three-nation official visit to East Asia, which was to culminate with his participation at the annual Summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) industrialized countries in Toyako, Hokkaido, Japan.

SG/SM/11673
2 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11673
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES RESORT TO VIOLENCE IN MONGOLIA

 


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

SG/SM/11672
2 July 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11672
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS DEADLY JERUSALEM BULLDOZER ATTACK

 


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