Security Council

5736^th Meeting (AM & PM)

UNITED NATIONS MIDDLE EAST ENVOY TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL RECENT TALKS,

RENEWED DIPLOMACY, PROMPT GUARDED OPTIMISM ABOUT PEACE PROSPECTS

Says New Effort Must Be Carefully Monitored, Supported,

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Bridgetown, Barbados on Thursday, 2 August, for an official visit to the island nation holding the current chairmanship of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), the Caribbean regional organization.

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, in the afternoon of Wednesday, 1 August, for a 24-hour official visit and was welcomed at the airport by President René Préval and members of the Government.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON

 

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 28 August 2007

 

Good morning, ladies and gentlemen of the press.  It’s a great pleasure to meet you again.

DARFUR TRAGEDY REMINDER MUCH WORK NEEDED TO TRANSFORM WORLD COMMUNITY’S

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MAJOR GENERAL ZHAO JINGMIN of CHINA

 

AS FORCE COMMANDER for western sahara mission

 

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS ONE INDIVIDUAL

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 27 August 2007 approved the addition of one individual to its Consolidated List (Al-Qaida section).

QI.D.232.07. *Name: 1: ABDELMALEK 2: DROUKDEL 3: na 4: na

Security Council

5735^th Meeting (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL REITERATES COMMITMENT TO CONFLICT PREVENTION IN AFRICA;

PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT FOLLOWS DAY-LONG DEBATE

 

Secretary-General Says Greater Investment in Prevention Could Save

Note to Correspondents

Sixtieth Annual DPI/NGO Conference at headquarters 5-7 September;

Theme: ‘Climate Change: How It Impacts Us All’

 

UN INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE OF CIVIL SOCIETY IN SUPPORT

 

OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE IN BRUSSELS, 30-31 aUGUST