FORMER US PRESIDENT CLINTON ADDRESSES UN MEMBER STATES ON TSUNAMI RECOVERY

NEW YORK, 14 July (Office of Special Envoy) -- Former United States President Bill Clinton addressed the United Nations Economic and Social Council today in an effort to sustain the momentum on the recovery effort in the tsunami region.

UN GLOBAL COMPACT PARTICIPANTS DISCLOSE ACTIONS IN SUPPORT OF UNIVERSAL PRINCIPLES

NEW YORK, 15 July (Global Compact Office) -- The United Nations Global Compact Office announced today the results of the first phase of a policy requiring corporate participants to disclose to their stakeholders progress in implementing the Global Compact’s 10 principles.

Meeting of States to Consider Action

Programme on Illicit Small Arms Trade

9^th & 10^th Meetings (AM & PM)

IMPLEMENTING EXISTING COMMITMENTS FOUNDATION FOR COMBATING ILLICIT SMALL

ARMS TRADE, SAYS CHAIRMAN, AS MEETING ON 2001 ACTION PLAN CONCLUDES

Import/Export Controls, Weapons Tracing, Among Many Issues Addressed;

Committee on Elimination of

 Discrimination against Women

695^th & 696^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF BURKINA FASO,

ACKNOLEDGES COUNTRY’S IMPRESSIVE LEGISLATIVE ADVANCES

Experts Say Policies Address Difficult Areas Other Countries Avoid;

Also Cite Still Daunting Hurdles in Eliminating Customary Discrimination

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES LAUNCH OF ‘ALLIANCE OF CIVILIZATIONS’ AIMED

AT BRIDGING DIVIDES BETWEEN SOCIETIES EXPLOITED BY EXTREMISTS

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

Security Council

5227^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL URGES SOMALI TRANSITIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO IMMEDIATELY

 

CONCLUDE NATIONAL SECURITY, STABILIZATION PLAN, INCLUDING CEASeFIRE

Presidential Statement Calls for Maximum Restraint by Somali Leaders;

Says No Lasting Progress Possible if Arms Flow across Border Unchecked

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON SUDAN

 

Following is the Security Council press statement on the Sudan, delivered today by Council President Adamantios Th. Vassilakis (Greece):

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

113^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDORSES MAURITIUS DECLARATION,

STRATEGYFORSMALLISLAND DEVELOPING STATES

 

Also Adopts Texts on Human Rights Education, Cooperation

With Central African States, Assembly Participation despite Arrears

Economic and Social Council

2005 Substantive Session

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

Tsunami special envoy bill Clinton tells ecosoc most challenging days

 

lay ahead in recovery, disaster prevention, applying lessons learned

Says Focus of Current Effort Is ‘Build Back Better’, As Council

Holds Four Panel Discussions on Response to Indian Ocean Disaster

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT CONCLUDES SECOND PART OF 2005 SESSION

Observes Minute of Silence in Honour of Victims of Terrorist Attack in London

(Reissued as received.)