In progress at UNHQ

Press Release


SC/8877
28 November 2006
Security CouncilSC/8877
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

5573rd Meeting (AM & PM)


SECURITY COUNCIL STRONGLY CONDEMNS CONTINUED USE OF CHILDREN IN ARMED CONFLICT;


NOTES PROGRESS IN IMPLEMENTING MECHANISM TO MONITOR, ELIMINATE PRACTICE


Secretary-General Says Focus Shifting to Providing Real Protection;

GA/10540
28 November 2006
General AssemblyGA/10540
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

58th & 59th Meetings (AM & PM)


ADOPTING CONSENSUS RESOLUTION, GENERAL ASSEMBLY RECOGNIZES URGENT NEED TO TACKLE


AFGHANISTAN’S ONGOING CHALLENGES -- VIOLENCE, TERRORISM, NARCOTICS, CORRUPTION

 

BIO/3818-UNU/206
28 November 2006
Press ReleaseBIO/3818
UNU/206
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Biographical Note


Veteran Sri Lankan Diplomat Jayantha Dhanapala Appointed as Chair of UNU Council


The Council of United Nations University (UNU), which met for its annual session earlier this month at UNU Centre in Tokyo, has elected Ambassador Jayantha Dhanapala of Sri Lanka as UNU Council Chair.