MISSIONS HELP FOSTER CULTURE OF SUSTAINABLE PEACE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

53^rd Meeting (AM)

UNITED NATIONS NEEDS FULL, TIMELY PAYMENTS FROM MEMBER STATES

TO IMPROVE FINANCIAL SITUATION, BUDGET COMMITTEE TOLD

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

102^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECIDES TO HOLD HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE ON INTERRELIGIOUS,

INTERCULTURAL UNDERSTANDING IN OCTOBER

 

Also Requests Contributions to UN Population Award Trust Fund

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

785^th & 786^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL MARTIN L. AGWAI OF NIGERIA

AS FORCE COMMANDER OF AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SUDAN

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

Secretary-General congratulates srgjan kerim on election

 

as president of sixty-second General Assembly session

 

TANGIBLE, IMMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS NEEDED IN BURUNDI TO MAKE ‘HARD-WON PEACE’

IRREVERSIBLE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DONOR CONFERENCE

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the donor round table conference on Burundi, held in Bujumbura, 24-25 May:

Security Council

5683^rd Meeting (AM)

Recent events in Middle East starkly illustrate obstacles

 

in way of progress towards peace, Security Council told

 

Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Says Immediate

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

14^th & 15^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Dangers of climate change already threatening traditional cultures,

urgent response needed, indigenous forum told

 

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION, CONCLUDING CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR,

 

RECOMMENDS FOCAL POINTS FOR NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

 

Initiative Would Enhance Information Exchange Where Sovereignty Was not Disputed

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)