SEABED ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES TWELFTH SESSION, ELECTS 17 MEMBERS

OF COUNCIL AND FINANCE COMMITTEE

 

Security Council

5514^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council extends mandate of United Nations Office in Timor-Leste

 

until 25 August, unanimously adopting resolution 1703 (2006)

 

Humanitarian Factsheet on Lebanon

 

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

Population Returns

-- 1,183 dead and 4,054 wounded (according to Lebanon’s Higher Relief Council (HRC)).

Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown at press encounter providing update

 

on troops for Lebanon at un headquarters, 18 August 2006

Deputy Secretary-General:  I just want to say a few remarks first, and then open to take any questions you have.

In remarks to troop-contributing countries, Deputy Secretary-General says

‘rapidly reinforced UNIFIL’ key to reassertion of Lebanese Sovereignty

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Chamber B, 751^st & 752^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Chamber A, 751^st & 752^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

DISABILITY CONVENTION DRAFTING COMMITTEE SEEKS AGREEMENT ON HEALTH, EDUCATION

International SEABED AUTHORITY’S ASSEMBLY ADOPTS $11,782,400 BUDGET FOR 2007-2008;

CONTINUES DEBATE ON SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT

 

Humanitarian Factsheet on Lebanon

 

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

Population Returns