Press Release

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

24^th & 25^th Meetings (AM & PM)

DELEGATIONS STRESS NEED TO HARNESS WORLD SUMMIT ’S MOMENTUM TO IMPLEMENT CRUCIAL

DECISIONS, AS ASSEMBLY TAKES UP REPORT ON ORGANIZATION’S WORK

Biographical Note

YASHAR ALIYEV OF AZERBAIJAN FOURTH COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

Yashar Teymur oglu Aliyev, Azerbaijan’s Permanent Representative to the United Nations, was elected Chairman of the Fourth Committee (Special Political and Decolonization) on 13 June.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT MEMORIAL CEREMONY, SAYS WIESENTHAL CONVINCED HIM

OF NEED TO KEEP UNITED NATIONS AT CENTRE OF STRUGGLE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS, DIGNITY

He Expresses Support for Establishing International Day of Holocaust Commemoration

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON ATTEMPTED

ASSASSINATION OF LEBANESE JOURNALIST

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President Lauro Baja (Philippines) on the attempted assassination of May Chidiac:

PRESS STATEMENT ON SUDAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on the Sudan by Security Council President Lauro Baja ( Philippines):

Note to Correspondents

‘CHILDREN OF DARFUR ’ EXHIBIT OPENS AT HEADQUARTERS 29 SEPTEMBER

Committee on Relations

 with Host Country

225^th Meeting (AM)

ENTRY VISAS, NEW AIRPORT SECURITY MEASURES AMONG

ISSUES RAISED IN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE

REPORT BY FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION SAYS 12 MILLION PEOPLE NEED IMMEDIATE

EMERGENCY FOOD FOLLOWING POOR CEREAL HARVEST IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

24 Sub-Saharan Countries Listed in Need of Aid

As War, Civil Strife, Adverse Weather, Economic Crisis Take Their Toll

IN MESSAGE TO MARK WORLD HABITAT DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES IMPORTANCE

OF PRO-POOR, PARTICIPATORY URBAN DEVELOPMENT IN LINE WITH HUMAN RIGHTS

Evictions, Demolitions No Answer to Challenges of Urbanization, He Says

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO ASIAN CONFERENCE ON DISASTER REDUCTION,

UNDERSCORES NEED FOR SUSTAINED POLITICAL, FINANCIAL COMMITMENT

Sustainable Development also Needed to Reduce Vulnerability, He Says