Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

66^th Meeting (AM)

DEVELOPMENT A PROCESS, NOT AN ACHIEVEMENT, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD,

AS IT CONSIDERS IMPLEMENTATION OF UN CONFERENCE OUTCOMES

 

But Economic Gap Still Widening Between Developed, Developing Countries

Disarmament Commission                                     

Ad Hoc Committee on Convention

on Persons with Disabilities

21^st Meeting (AM & PM)

AD HOC COMMITTEE REACHES AGREEMENT ON TREATY PROTECTING, PROMOTING

RIGHTS, DIGNITY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

 

DECLARATION RINGS HOLLOW IN FACE OF DEPRIVATION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

 

IN MESSAGE TO OBSERVE INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Human Rights Day, to be observed on 10 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MINISTERIAL COUNCIL, URGES ORGANIZATION

FOR SECURITY, COOPERATION IN EUROPE TO EXPAND PRESENCE IN KOSOVO

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DESTRUCTION OF ‘CRUEL, INHUMANE’ ARMS WITHIN ESTABLISHED

DEADLINES, IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE OF PARTIES TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY DEPLORES FIJI MILITARY’S SEIZURE OF POWER

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

MOST WEBSITES FAIL DISABILITY ACCESSIBILITY STANDARDS, ACCORDING TO STUDY

BY UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL AFFAIRS

Sexual exploitation ‘utterly immoral’, Completely at odds with United Nations

MIssion, says Secretary-General to New York Conference

 

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICTS

Following is the press statement on the protection of civilians in armed conflict delivered today by the Council President, Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser ( Qatar):