Sixty-first General Assembly

Sixth Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

GENEVA EMBODIES WHAT UN STANDS FOR -- AN INTERSECTION OF TOLERANCE, PEACE, DEMOCRACY,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON ACCEPTING PRIZE OF FONDATION POUR GENÈVE

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT INAUGURATION OF NEW UNAIDS/WHO HEADQUARTERS, SAYS

BUILDING WILL STRENGTHEN GLOBAL RESPONSE AGAINST KILLER DISEASES

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the inauguration of the new UNAIDS/ WHO Building in Geneva today, 20 November:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING REVIEW CONFERENCE, CALLS FOR STEPS TOWARDS ENSURING

CONVENTION’S CONTINUED EFFECTIVENESS AS BARRIER AGAINST BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, RECEIVING SCHMIDHEINY FREEDOM PRIZE, PROPOSES INITIATIVE

TO EXPAND BENEFITS OF BIOTECHNOLOGY, MITIGATE RISKS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISCUSSES LEBANON DEVELOPMENTS WITH PRESIDENTS OF IRAN, SYRIA

 

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 18 November, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Sixty-first General Assembly

Third Committee

49^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE TAKES NO ACTION ON TEXT CONCERNING HUMAN RIGHTS IN UZBEKISTAN

Approves Draft Resolutions on Refugees,

Follow-Up to Women’s Conference, Use of Mercenaries

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

56^th Meeting (AM)

Sixty-first General Assembly

General Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT GENERAL ASSEMBLY MAKE ROOM IN ITS SCHEDULE

THIS YEAR TO CONSIDER ADOPTION OF COMPREHENSIVE DISABILITIES CONVENTION

conference participants challenged to use information and communication technology

in boosting projects aimed at attainment of millennium goals