Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

38^th & 39^th Meetings (AM & PM)

‘CONNECT AFRICA’ SUMMIT ENDS WITH PLEDGE TO LINK CONTINENT’S CAPITALS,

MAJOR CITIES BY 2012; TOTAL GLOBAL HOOK-UP TO FOLLOW

 

Problem Said to Be Policy, Not Technology; Governments Promise

Better Regulatory Environment as Private Sector Investment Offered

Secretary-General, in message for international day on environmental consequences

of war and armed conflict, calls for mitigation efforts, renewed commitment

TOURISM CAN FOSTER SPIRITUAL, CULTURAL RESPECT IN GLOBAL ENVIRONMENT MARKED

BY RISING INTOLERANCE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO CORDOBA CONFERENCE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ROCKET FIRE BY PALESTINIAN MILITANTS TARGETING ISRAEL,

SAYS PUNITIVE MEASURES BY ISRAEL AGAINST GAZA UNACCEPTABLE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ‘CONNECT AFRICA’ SUMMIT NARROWING ‘DIGITAL DIVIDE’

BETWEEN RICH, POOR NATIONS CENTRAL TO DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS

 

AS DARFUR PEACE TALKS BEGIN, SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS PARTIES

FOR MAKING ‘CHOICE OF DIALOGUE OVER WAR’

 

Security Council

5772^nd Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS CÔTE D’IVOIRE SANCTIONS UNTIL 31 OCTOBER 2008,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1782 (2007)

 

Measures Include Arms, Rough Diamond Ban;

Note to Correspondents

YOKOHAMA’s Children TO BRING CITY’S GOODWILL TO UNited nations

 

Sixty-second General Assembly

Fourth Committee

12^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS EFFECTS OF ATOMIC RADIATION ON HUMANKIND, ENVIRONMENT;

APPROVES DRAFT TEXT IN SUPPORT OF STRENGTHENED FUNDING FOR SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE