HAILING ELECTION OF 63^RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

FOR JOINT ACTION BY UPCOMING SESSION IN FORGING EFFECTIVE RESPONSES TO PROBLEMS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON PALESTINE, STRESSES NEED

 

food production must rise by 50 per cent, Secretary-General tells rome high-level

conference, stressing that crisis is chance to revisit past policies

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the High-Level Conference on World Food Security in Rome today, 3 June:

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

 

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN june

 

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for June:

EXPERT PANEL IN MALTA DISCUSSES PROBLEM OF ISRAELI SETTLEMENTS

International Meeting on Question

Of Palestine Holds Session on Road Map Commitments

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON QUESTION

 

OF PALESTINE OPENS IN MALTA

 

Speakers Call for Progress on Ground, Stronger International Engagement

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Sixty-second General Assembly

Fifth Committee

46^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP PROPOSED $1.7 BILLION BUDGET

 

FOR AFRICAN UNION-UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN DARFUR

 

In Keynote Address, Actress Ashley Judd Tells of Far-Flung Encounters with Victims

With millions worldwide estimated to be trapped by the trade in people for profit, General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim today urged United Nations Member countries to do more to ensure that effective mechanisms were available to protect and assist the trafficked, prosecute the traffickers and bolster prevention measures.

Committee on NGOs

23^rd & 24^thMeetings (AM & PM)

NGO Committee recommends three civil society groups for consultative status

with Economic and Social Council

 

ADD ‘PARTNERSHIP’ TO ‘THREE P’ AGENDA OF UNITED NATIONS ANTI-TRAFFICKING PROTOCOL,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GENERAL ASSEMBLY THEMATIC DEBATE