Background Release

COUNTRIES TO ADDRESS MARINE GENETIC RESOURCES, AT UNITED NATIONS 25-29 JUNE

 

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI

 

The following Security Council press statement on Burundi was delivered today by Council President Johan C. Verbeke ( Belgium):

Security Council

5702^nd Meeting (AM)

CHAIR OF COMMITTEE MONITORING IRAN SANCTIONS BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL,

SAYS 73 MEMBER STATES HAVE REPORTED ON IMPLEMENTATION

 

Special Committee on

Decolonization

8^th Meeting (AM)

GLOBAL ALLIANCE LAUNCHES WEBSITE, BLOG FOR GENEVA YOUTH FORUM

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY TO SUPPORT TORTURE VICTIMS,

 

REAFFIRMS NEED TO EXPRESS SOLIDARITY WITH THEIR SUFFERING

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITIES SERIOUSLY,

 

STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF CONSIDERING ALL VIOLATIONS EQUALLY

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED OVER GROWING VIOLENCE IN AFGHANISTAN,

 

STRESSES IMPORTANCE OF PROTECTING CIVILIAN LIVES

 

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

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS TAMRAT SAMUEL OF ERITREA AS HIS DEPUTY SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE FOR NEPAL, DEPUTY HEAD OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION

 

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

112^th Meeting (PM)

PIRACY, UNREGULATED FISHING, TRANS-SHIPMENT OF HAZARDOUS MATERIALS AMONG ISSUES

AS STATES PARTIES DISCUSS SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT