Background Release

United Nations Committee Monitoring Discrimination against Women

to meet at headquarters, 14 May – 1 June

 

Will Consider Reports by Mauritania , Mozambique,

Niger , Pakistan, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Syria, Vanuatu

Secretary-General urges policies, technologies to ‘connect young people’,

 

create truly open, inclusive information society, in world day message

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, observed 17 May:

Secretary-General greatly encouraged by peaceful conduct

 

of presidential elections in timor-leste

 

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

Diversity driver of human progress, not threat, Secretary-General says

in remarks to General Assembly informal debate

 

Secretary-General appoints board memberS of united nations register of damage

caused by construction of wall in occupied palestinian territory

 

Security Council

5673^rd Meeting (AM)

ACHIEVING RECONCILIATION, MULTI-ETHNIC SOCIETY IN KOSOVO WILL REQUIRE

SUSTAINED COMMITMENT BY ALL PARTIES, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

 

Head of Recent Council Mission to Province Presents Report;

UNITED NATIONS AFRICAN MEETING ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE CONCLUDES

 

WITH ADOPTION OF FINAL DOCUMENT

 

Participants Welcome New Global Efforts to Revive Israeli-Palestinian Peace Talks

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

EXPERTS AT AFRICAN MEETING WEIGH INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS

 

TO END ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT

 

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

49^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP $5.4 BILLION 2007-2008 PEACEKEEPING BUDGET;

COVERS 13 ACTIVE MISSIONS, LOGISTICS BASE, SUPPORT ACCOUNT

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Informal Thematic Debate

AM & PM Meetings

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS DEBATE ON ‘CIVILIZATIONS AND THE CHALLENGE FOR PEACE’;

FIRST DAY PANELS FOCUS ON RESPECT FOR CULTURAL DIVERSITY, RELIGION

Secretary-General Tells Delegations Diversity a Virtue, Not a Threat;