Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

CAPACITY TO PAY PRINCIPLE, CEILING ON CONTRIBUTIONS AMONG ISSUES RAISED

AS BUDGET COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON 2007-2009 SCALE OF ASSESSMENTS

Also Takes Up Report of Joint Inspection Unit

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the decision of the Security Council to recommend His Excellency Ban Ki-moon, Foreign Minister of the Republic of Korea, to the General Assembly for appointment as the next Secretary-General of the United Nations.  He has the highest respect for Mr. Ban, having had the pleasure of working with him both in his present capacity and when he was Chef de Cabinet to the President of the General Assembly.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, DEEPLY CONCERNED BY NUCLEAR TEST, URGES RENEWED TALKS

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

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN

 

The following is a press statement issued today by Security Council President Kenzo Oshima ( Japan):

Peacebuilding Commission

Organizational Committee

1^st Meeting (PM)

ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE DISCUSSES PLANS FOR COUNTRY-SPECIFIC

MEETINGS BY UNITED NATIONS PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Third Committee

8^th & 9^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

7^th & 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Sixty-first General Assembly

First Committee

7^th & 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Iran defend nuclear programmes

in United Nations disarmament committee

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

2^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S BUdGET COMMITTEE BEGINS REVIEW OF HOW MUCH

MEMBER STATES SHOULD PAY TO UNITED NATIONs IN 2007 - 2009

 

Factors Governing Scale of Assessments Are Discussed;

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

26^th & 27^th Meetings (AM & PM)