Note to Correspondents

EXHIBIT OF INDIGENOUS ARTWORK and PHOTOGRAPHS OPENS 22 April,

Indigenous cinema 21 April AT United Nations HEADQUARTERS

 

Background Release

CLIMATE CHANGE, BIO-CULTURAL DIVERSITY AND LIVELIHOODS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES

TO BE FOCUS OF United Nations FORUM, 21 April – 2 May

 

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

95^th Meeting (AM)

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NEW COMMISSION ON EFFECTIVE DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION

WITH AFRICA CAN FOCUS WORLD ATTENTION ON DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS in continent

Security Council

5869^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL WARMLY WELCOMES 21 MARCH AGREEMENT REACHED

BY GREEK CYPRIOT, TURKISH CYPRIOT LEADERS

 

Presidential Statement Commends Political Leadership Shown,

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED AT ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN GAZA, SOUTHERN ISRAEL

 

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

Partnership between United Nations, African Union ‘strong and broad’,

 

Secretary-General praises leadership, determination of Republic of Korea’s president

in advancing vision of ‘Global Korea’, at annual Korea Society dinner

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS TAYÉ-BROOK ZERIHOUN OF ETHIOPIA

AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY GENERAL IN CYPRUS

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JOHAN VERBEKE OF BELGIUM

 

AS SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR LEBANON

 

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Johan Verbeke of Belgium as the Special Coordinator for Lebanon.