UNITED NATIONS, PALESTINE REFUGEES DISCUSSED DURING INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE

Question of Palestine Refugees Not Insoluble, Participants Told

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, TO ANNUAL AFRICAN AMBASSADORS’ DINNER, SAYS AFRICA,

MORE THAN ANY OTHER CONTINENT, HAS CARVED ITS POLITICAL, ECONOMIC UNITY

Following is Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s address to the annual African Ambassadors’ dinner, in Washington, D.C., on 24 April:

LAUNCHING GENEVA LECTURE SERIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS CHANCE

TO ADDRESS ROOT PROBLEMS OF WORLD’S POOREST, MAJORITY OF WHOM ARE SMALL FARMERS

Following is the text of the inaugural lecture of the Geneva Lecture Series by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon at Palais des Nations, on 29 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO PARIS CONFERENCE, SAYS 2008 MARKS ‘SIXTIETH YEAR

OF PALESTINIAN DISPOSSESSION’, UNDERLINES URGENCY OF FINDING SOLUTION TO QUESTION

Secretary-General, in remembrance day message, says adherence to convention

 

is genuine way to honour all victims of chemical warfare

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on Remembrance Day for Victims of Chemical Warfare, today, 29 April:

REGISTRAR of SPecial tribunal for lebanon begins duty

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

Security Council

5880^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, SAYS DECISION TO HOLD CÔTE D’IVOIRE

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION ON 30 NOVEMBER ‘IMPORTANT STEP FORWARD’

Will Review Mandates, Troop Strength by 30 July;

Security Council

5879^th Meeting (AM)

Committee on Information

Thirtieth Session

2^nd & 3^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Seventh Session

10^th Meeting (AM)

PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES DISCUSSES WAYS TO MORE EFFECTIVELY PROMOTE

COUNTRIES’ IMPLEMENTATION OF DECLARATION ON RIGHTS