Secretary-General saddened by deadly air crash on eve of his Iran visit

 

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

The Secretary-General was deeply saddened to learn of the deaths of passengers in a plane crash in Mashhad, Iran.

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN September

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for September:

Note to Correspondents

Humanitarian Factsheet on Lebanon

 

The following has been prepared by the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA):

Mine Action

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

28^th Meeting* (PM)

Fourth Committee Endorses Recommendations on Elimination

 

of Sexual Abuse in Peacekeeping Operations

 

Regional Forum on Reinventing Government to take place in Seoul, 6-8 September

 

High-Level Meeting in Republic of Korea to Discuss Building Trust in

Government Programme Includes Inauguration of First UN Project Office on Governance

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Beirut on Monday, 28 August, where he was greeted at the airport by Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh.

Security Council

5519^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council expands mandate of un mission in sudan to include darfur,

 

adopting resolution 1706 by vote OF 12 IN favour, with 3 abstaining

Invites Consent of Sudanese Government; Authorizes Use of ‘All Necessary Means’

United Nations Condemns Killing of Aid Worker in Darfur

 

KHARTOUM, 31 August (OCHA) -– The United Nations strongly condemns the death of another humanitarian worker in the increasingly unstable region of Darfur in Sudan.

Deputy Secretary-General appeals for assistance to Lebanon at

 

internationalconference in Stockholm

 

Following is the text of today’s address as delivered by the UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown to the International Conference on Lebanon in Stockholm: