Sixty-second General Assembly

Fifth Committee

24^th Meeting (AM)

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

77^th Meeting (PM)*

GENERAL ASSEMBLY REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF LONG-TERM SUSTAINABILITY

OF MARINE RESOURCES, ADOPTING 13-PART CONSENSUS TEXT

 

Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing; Compliance and Enforcement;

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

76^th & 77^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS LANDMARK TEXT CALLING FOR MORATORIUM ON DEATH PENALTY

Adopts 54 Resolutions, 12 Decisions Recommended by Third Committee

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS LANDMARK INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON FORESTS,

SETTING NEW STANDARD FOR THEIR MANAGEMENT

 

The General Assembly adopted a landmark agreement on international forest policy and cooperation yesterday that sets a new standard in forest management.

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS SUCCESS OF SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MDG AFRICA INITIATIVE

RESTS ON GOVERNMENTS’ WILLINGNESS TO SUSTAIN OWNERSHIP OF DEVELOPMENT GOALS

The representatives of Egypt, France, Italy, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, Spain, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, United States, Presidency of the European Union, European Commission and the High Representative/Secretary-General of the European Council met, under the auspices of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, on 17 December in Paris, and issued the following statement:

“We gathered today to reaffirm our strong, non-negotiable support for Lebanon and its people.

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

75^th Meeting (PM)

ON FOURTH COMMITTEE’S RECOMMENDATION, GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 26 TEXTS ON MINES,

DECOLONIZATION, ATOMIC RADIATION, ISRAELI PRACTICES, AMONG OTHER TOPICS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE, STRESSES migrants should

 

not be seen as burden but assets to society

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Migrants Day, observed 18 December:

Secretary-General, visiting dili, urges parliamentarians to make

 

people’s voice heard, reflect preoccupations of all timorese

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the Parliament of Timor-Leste in Dili today, 14 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘I WILL SPARE NO EFFORT’ ENSURING UNITED NATIONS PROVIDES

ADEQUATE SECURITY FOR STAFF, AS DEATH TOLL RISES FROM ALGIERS BOMBING

 

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