Secretary-General stresses effective, responsive, accountable management

in message to summit on security of United Nations staff

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS DAVID LAZARUS DIRECTOR

 

OF United Nations INFORMATION CENTRE IN JAKARTA

 

Security Council

5621^st Meeting* (PM)

Security Council requests dispatch of advance team to chad, Central African Republic

to explore possible United Nations mission in border areas

 

Note to Correspondents

UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN BURUNDI PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION OPENS AT HEADQUARTERS

A photographic exhibition entitled “Burundi:  From Conflict to Peacebuilding” will open in the South Gallery of the General Assembly Visitors’ Lobby on Thursday, 18 January, at 5 p.m.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

756^th Meeting (AM)

United Nations committee monitoring compliance with women’s

anti-discrimination treaty opens current session

 

To Consider Austria, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Greece, India, Kazakhstan,

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF ESCAP APPOINTS HAK-FAN LAU AS CHIEF

OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICES IN BANGKOK

 

Security Council

2006 Round-up

SECURITY COUNCIL CONFRONTS AMBITIOUS AGENDA IN 2006, BROKERING CEASEFIRES,

EASING DIFFICULT TRANSITIONS, BLUNTING RELAPSES INTO CONFLICT

Major Concerns Addressed Include War in Lebanon, Arab-Israeli

Security Council

5619^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL FAILS TO ADOPT DRAFT RESOLUTION ON MYANMAR,

 

OWING TO NEGATIVE VOTES BY CHINA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Vote is 9 in Favour to 3 Against, with 3 Abstentions

MEETING TO ADDRESS SECURITY OF UNITED NATIONS STAFF,

 

HUMANITARIAN WORKERS, TO BE HELD ON 16 JANUARY

 

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON

 

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 11 JANUARY 2007

 

Secretary-General: Good morning, ladies and gentlemen.  I am delighted to see you all again.