Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

791^st Meeting (PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK SESSION; INITIAL

REPORTS ON CONVENTION COMPLIANCE FROM EIGHT STATES CONSIDERED

Next Session 23 July – 10 August

Secretary-General receives audit on United Nations operations in Democratic People’s

Republic of Korea, says first step in worldwide probe of field activities

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS STUDENTS TO ‘JOIN THE FIGHT AGAINST CLIMATE CHANGE’,

IN REMARKS AT WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY OBSERVANCE

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the annual student observance of World Environment Day, in New York, 1 June:

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

 

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN June

 

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for June:

Note to Correspondents

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

55^th Meeting (AM)

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LAO PEOPLE’S DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GHANA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

 

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Germany early on Wednesday, 30 May, to attend a Quartet meeting on the Middle East.

Secretary-General, in remarks at Africa Day celebrations, urges full use

Of Region’s Institutional mechanisms to promote real progress

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Africa Day celebrations in New York today, 31 May: