Secretary-General, in statement with chile’s president, sounds new climate change

 

warning as he describes vanishing glaciers, melting WESTERN ice shelf

Secretary-General calls vanishing antarCtica sea ice, shrinking penguin population

‘deeply worrying signs’ as he underscores threat of global warming

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s statement on Antarctica on 9 November:

INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM OPENS IN RIO DE JANEIRO

 

RIO DE JANEIRO, 12 November –- The second meeting of the Internet Governance Forum opened today in Rio de Janeiro, focusing on the themes of critical Internet resources, access, diversity, openness, security and Internet for development.

Sixty-second General Assembly

Fourth Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)

PALESTINE’S OBSERVER WARNS FOURTH COMMITTEE THAT WORLD COMMUNITY’S COMPLACENCY

 

Sixty-second General Assembly

Sixth Committee

27^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ASSEMBLY TO ASK UNITED STATES, HOST COUNTRY,

TO CONTINUE MEASURES TO AID FUNCTIONING OF UNITED NATIONS MISSIONS

Past Cooperation Appreciated, but Parking, Visa Issuance,

Sixty-second General Assembly

Second Committee

Panel Discussion (PM)

Sixty-second General Assembly

Fifth Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF UNITED NATIONS JOINT STAFF PENSION BOARD

Financing for Women’s Institute, Construction

At Economic Commission for Africa among Other Issues

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

47^th & 48^th Meetings (AM & PM)

United Nations DEMOCRACY FUND CALLS FOR FUNDING APPLICATIONS

2007 UN Pledging Conference

for Development Activities

AM Meeting

member states pledge approximately $80 million in support

 

of United Nations development activities for 2008