Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Sixty-first General Assembly

First Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

HUGE, SOPHISTICATED CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRADE FLOURISHING IN MORAL, LEGAL

VACUUM, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD IN CONTINUED DEBATE

 

Speakers also Address Illicit Small Arms Trade,

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

7^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP CONFERENCE MANAGEMENT, PROGRAMME PLANNING,

INCLUDING PROPOSED STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR 2008 - 2009

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

34^th & 35^th Meetings (AM & PM)

VENEZUELA TRAILS GUATEMALA IN QUEST FOR TWO-YEAR SEAT ON SECURITY COUNCIL;

 

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PERU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

 

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

The new Permanent Representative of Peru, Jorge Voto-Bernales, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF COSTA RICA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

 

Jorge Urbina, the new Permanent Representative of Costa Rica to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Secretary-General says Eritrean incursion into security zone major breAch

of ceasefire; Urges immediate withdrawal, cooperation with United Nations

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

Secretary-General welcomes peace agreement between sudan, eastern front

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

Secretary-General deplores escalation of violence in Sri Lanka,

 

Calls on parties to refrain from force, return to negotiations

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES ‘UNLEARNING INTOLERANCE: CARTOONING FOR PEACE’ SEMINAR

Following is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the “Unlearning Intolerance:  Cartooning for Peace” Seminar at Headquarters in New York on 16 October: