SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION

IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

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

United Nations suspends Côte d’Ivoire peacekeeping contingent; full investigation

of sexual exploitation allegations under way

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

General Committee

6^th Meeting (PM)

General committee recommends against inclusion of new agenda item

on ‘contemporary forms of xenophobia’

 

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS DECISIONS ON RECOMMENDATIONS CONTAINED

IN REPORT OF COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

(Reissued as received.)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL BEGINS COORDINATION SEGMENT, CONSIDERS REPORTS

OF COORDINATION BODIES, REPORTS ON HAITI, GUINEA-BISSAU

 

(Reissued as received.)

Iraq in difficult transition, needs international community’s support to face

Daunting challenges, says Deputy Secretary-General in New York Meeting

 

STATEMENT BY MIDDLE EAST QUARTET

 

The following statement was issued today by the Quartet ( United Nations, Russian Federation, United States and European Union):

Secretary-General welcomes constructive outcome of Tripoli meeting on Darfur,

 

Says determined to expeditiously implement political road map

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

Security Council

5719^th Meeting (AM)

Chief of Hariri assassination investigation briefs Security Council,

says number of individuals identified who may have been involved

Tells Council Continued Probe of Those Persons Top Priority in Coming Months;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONSIDERS REVIEW OF IMPLEMENTATION OF PROGRAMME

OF ACTION FOR LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES FOR DECADE 2001–2010

(Reissued as received.)