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GA/10564
20 December 2006
General AssemblyGA/10564
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

83rd Meeting (PM)


GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION STRESSING COOPERATION FOR UNIVERSAL


ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AS IT ACTS ON OVER 40 SECOND COMMITTEE REPORTS


Delegates also Act on Plenary Texts, Including

GA/10563
20 December 2006
General AssemblyGA/10563
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

82nd Meeting (AM)


Concluding consideration of Third Committee reports, General Assembly


adopts convention on enforced disappearance

 


Defers Action on Indigenous Peoples’ Declaration; Adopts Texts on Kidnapping,

SG/SM/10808-OBV/604
19 December 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10808
OBV/604
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General, in message for south-south cooperation day, urges international


community to support stronger ties among developing countries


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation in New York today, 19 December:

SG/SM/10807
19 December 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10807
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

ARAB, JEWISH STRANDS OF CIVILIZATION AMONG MOST IMPORTANT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


IN REMARKS AT WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA CONCERT

 


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra concert held in New York yesterday, 18 December: