Pronk to continue serving as Special Representative in sudan

until end of year, Secretary-General confirms

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

Sixty-first General Assembly

Third Committee

32^nd & 33^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

Launch of Human rights council represents historic opportunity to promote,

 

protect fundamental freedoms, third committee told

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Sixth Committee

12^th & 13^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Sixty-first General Assembly

First Committee

22^nd Meeting (PM)

FIRST COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT CONDEMNING NUCLEAR-WEAPON TEST BY DEMOCRATIC

PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, URGING RETURN TO NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY

Seven More Draft Resolutions Recommended to General Assembly;

SECRETARY-GENERAL ACCEPTS, ‘WITH GREAT REGRET’, RESIGNATION

OF UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL CHRISTOPHER BURNHAM

The following statement is attributable to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

AT UN DAY CONCERT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS HE SOUGHT TO MAKE ORGANIZATION

‘HARMONIOUS AND RESONANT’ DURING PAST 10 YEARS

Following is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations Day Concert in New York on 25 October:

Security Council

5556^th Meeting* (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, RECALLING RESOLUTION 1325 (2000), SEEKS MEASURES TO STRENGTHEN

ROLE OF WOMEN IN PEACEKEEPING, POST-CONFLICT SITUATIONS

 

Presidential Statement, After All-Day Meeting, Notes Some Progress; Many

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fourth Committee

17^th Meeting (AM)

UNITED NATIONS SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEE, TASKED WITH ASSESSING EFFECTS OF ATOMIC

RADIATION, TELLS FOURTH COMMITTEE OF SIGNIFICANT FUNDING SHORTAGE

Sixty-first General Assembly

Third Committee

31^st Meeting (PM)

PROGRESS TOWARDS SOCIAL SUMMIT GOALS SLOW, UNEVEN, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD,

AS IT APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Sixth Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

LEGAL COMMITTEE CONTINUES REVIEW OF LAW COMMISSION PROPOSALS TO DEAL WITH ISSUES

OF DIPLOMATIC PROTECTION, LIABILITY FOR CROSS-BORDER HARM