SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MARGARET NOVICKI AS DIRECTOR

 

OF UN INFORMATION CENTRE IN PRETORIA, South Africa

 

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Security Council

5505^th Meeting (AM)

IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL STRESSES NEED FOR SPEEDY IMPLEMENTATION

OF VOTER IDENTIFICATION PROGRAMME IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

Condemns Violence by Organized Groups, Obstructions

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR CONDEMNS KILLING OF AID WORKERS IN SRI LANKA

NEW YORK, 7 August (OCHA) -- Jan Egeland, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator, today deplored the recent killing of 17 Sri Lankan aid workers in the north-eastern town of Muttur, Sri Lanka.

HUMANITARIAN EFFORTS IN DARFUR JEOPARDIZED BY AID WORKERS’ DEATHS

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WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE MEETS ON COUNTRY REPORTS, 7 – 25 AUGUST

To Consider Reports by Cape Verde, Chile, China, Cuba, Czech Republic, DR Congo,

Denmark , Georgia, Ghana, Jamaica, Mauritius, Mexico, Philippines, Moldova, Uzbekistan

DOMINICAN REPUBLIC’S WORK TO REACH ANTI-POVERTY GOALS INSPIRATION TO INTERNATIONAL

COMMUNITY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SANTO DOMINGO ADDRESS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES REPORT ON UNITED NATIONS GOVERNANCE, OVERSIGHT

 

AS IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTION TO STRENGTHENING, REVITALIZING ORGANIZATION

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON POLICE OFFICERS IN HAITI TO SHOW ‘STRONG SPIRIT

OF PATRIOTISM AND UNITY IN THE FACE OF ALL TRIALS’

 

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS ONE INDIVIDUAL, ONE ENTITY

 

TO AL-QAIDA SECTIONS OF CONSOLIDATED LIST

 

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 4 August 2006 approved the addition of one individual and one entity to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida sections).