SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF JEANE KIRKPATRICK; SAYS FORMER

 

UNITED STATES AMBASSADOR COMMITTED TO EFFECTIVE UNITED NATIONS

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

THANKS TO UNICEF, WORLD UNDERSTANDS BUILDING BETTER FUTURE STARTS WITH CHILDREN,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY COMMEMORATION

WORLD HAS MORAL OBLIGATION TO FIGHT POVERTY, PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS OF MOST VULNERABLE,

SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT IN HUMAN RIGHTS DAY MESSAGE

Sixty-first General Assembly

Third Committee

55^th Meeting (AM)

Concluding current session, third committee approves draft decision

 

on programme planning concerning human rights

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

34^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION WITH CALL FOR COOPERATION

TOWARDS ACHIEVING CLIMATE CHANGE GOALS

 

Adopts 11 Draft Resolutions Covering Issues Ranging from Sustainable

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

71^st Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CALLS FOR ‘IMMEDIATE ACTION’ TO SUSTAINABLY MANAGE FISH STOCKS,

PROTECT DEEP SEA ECOSYSTEMS FROM HARMFUL FISHING PRACTICES

 

Adopts Consensus ‘Sustainable Fisheries’ Resolution;

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

70^th Meeting (AM)

United Nations Crime Research Body Brings Together Experts, Country Representatives

 

To Discuss Security Planning for Major Global Events

 

Secretary-General deeply concerned by deteriorating security situation in Darfur,

 

consequences for wider region, including chad, Central African Republic

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Secretary-General says emergency fund innovative, flexible, saves lives;

appeals for generous response from donors at high-level conference

Following are the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) High-level Conference in New York, 7 December: