SEXUAL ABUSE IN PEACEKEEPING REPORT ‘HARD AND UNVARNISHED LOOK’ AT SERIOUS

PROBLEM, REFORMS MUST BE QUICKLY IMPLEMENTED, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the statement of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Prince Zeid’s report, “A comprehensive strategy to eliminate future sexual exploitation and abuse in UN peacekeeping operations”, issued today in New York:

Security Council

5151^st Meeting (PM)*

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES UN MISSION IN SUDAN FOR INITIAL PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1590 (2005)

 

Authorizes Mission, under Chapter VII of Charter, to Take Necessary

Action to Protect UN Personnel, Civilians under Imminent Threat of Violence

Security Council

5149^th Meeting (AM)

BRIEFING SECURITY COUNCIL ON MIDDLE EAST, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES

CONCERN OVER ISRAEL’S FAILURE TO FREEZE EXPANSION OF SETTLEMENTS

Also Reminds Council of Secretary-General’s Call for Action

By Palestinian Authority against Those Perpetrating Terror, Violence

Security Council

5148^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UN MISSION IN AFGHANISTAN FOR ADDITIONAL 12 MONTHS,

 

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1589 (2005)

 

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

40^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP REVISED FINANCING

 

FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGOMISSION

 

UN WARNS ASIA-PACIFIC’S HIGH ECONOMIC GROWTH IS ENVIRONMENTLLY UNSUSTAINABLE

Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development

Seeks New Balance between Economic Growth and ‘Green Growth’

(Reissued as received.)

TECHNOLOGY FOR GREEN GROWTH TO BE SHOWCASED DURING conference

IN SEOUL, 24 - 26 MARCH

Environmental Technology Seen As Key

To Achieving Environmentally Sustainable Economic Growth

(Reissued as received.)

BANGKOK, 24 March (UN Information Services) -- As part of the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development (MCED) 2005, a forum on environmental technology will be held from 24 to 26 March in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

JORDAN PURSUING EQUITABLE SOCIETY FOR ALL – REGARDLESS OF DISABILITY

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO 2005 AWARD CEREMONY

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the presentation of the FranklinDelanoRoosevelt International Disability Award to King Abdullah the Second of Jordan, delivered by Nane Annan, in New York, 23 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ARAB STATES TO TAKE LEAD IN UNITING WORLD

AGAINST TERRORISM, IN ADDRESS TO ALGIERSSUMMIT

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Summit of the League of Arab States in Algiers, 23 March:

I would like to thank President Bouteflika for his leadership and for hosting this meeting at such a critical time for the Arab world and for the United Nations.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY DISTURBED’ BY NEW BOMB ATTACK IN LEBANON

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