Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BOLIVIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information provided by the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

E. Hugo Siles-Alvarado, the new Permanent Representative of Bolivia to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Timor-Leste appeals court proclaims parliamentary election results,

 

United Nations declares commitment to working with new government

 

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

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL DISCUSSES FOLLOW-UP TO POLICY RECOMMENDATIONS,

SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION FOR DEVELOPMENT

 

Concludes Operational Activities Segment

(Reissued as received.)

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON WESTERN SAHARA

The following Security Council press statement on Western Sahara was read out today by Council President Wang Guangya ( China):

QATAR IS hundredth COUNTRY TO SIGN CONVENTION ON DISABILITY RIGHTS

 

On 9 July, Qatar became the hundredth country to sign the Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities, which opened for signature on 30 March.

Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

36^th Meeting* (PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION WITH UNITED NATIONS

REGIONAL DIRECTORS TEAM FROM LATIN AMERICA, CARIBBEAN

 

(Reissued as received.)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH EXECUTIVE HEADS

OF UNITED NATIONS FUNDS, PROGRAMMES

 

(Reissued as received.)

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL ASHA-ROSE MIGIRO

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 11 JULY 2007

 

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UN CIVIL SOCIETY FOCAL POINTS MOBILIZE CITIZENS

WORLDWIDE IN SUPPORT OF UN AGENDA, AS ANNUAL MEETING CLOSES AT HEADQUARTERS