Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

775^th & 776^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROFOUNDLY CONCERNED AT ESCALATING VIOLENCE,

GROWING CASUALTIES IN GAZA

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES PRIORITIES, CHALLENGES FOR UNITED NATIONS

IN ADDRESS TO KOREA SOCIETY’S FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY DINNER

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address at the dinner celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Korea Society, held in New York on 15 May:

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS HAILE MENKERIOS OF ERITREA

 

AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR POLITICAL AFFAIRS

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NICHOLAS HAYSOM OF SOUTH AFRICA

 

EXECUTIVE OFFICE POLITICAL AFFAIRS DIRECTOR

 

Security Council

5675^th Meeting (AM)

Bosnia and Herzegovina has historic window of opportunity to move closer

To Europe, leaders must ‘seize the moment’, Security Council told

High Representative Says European Union Association Agreement Hinges

Peacebuilding Commission

Organizational Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE OF PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION DECIDES TO EXTEND

STANDING INVITATION TO FOUR INSTITUTIONAL DONORS

 

World Bank, International Monetary Fund, European Community,

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

5^th Meeting (PM)

Speakers call for increased international recognition of indigenous rights,

Improved participation in own development, as forum debate continues

Native American Tribal Leader Says Lands Being Plundered,

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

96^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS 2008 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF LANGUAGES, IN EFFORT

TO PROMOTE UNITY IN DIVERSITY, GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING

 

Committee on NGOs

18^th & 19^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS APPROVES 16 MORE ORGANIZATIONS

FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL