Security Council

5113^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council, in presidential statement, calls urgently on states

 

to submit timely reports on actions to counter terrorism

Council Also Notes Importance of Enhancing States’ Capacities

To Fight Terrorism, Encouraging Accession to Relevant International Treaties

Security Council

5112^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES TERM EXTENSIONS, APPOINTMENTS OF JUDGES

ON TRIBUNAL FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA

Resolution 1581 (2005) Adopted Unanimously

UN HUMANITARIAN CHIEF UNVEILS REDESIGNED RELIEFWEB SITE

(Reissued as received.)

WORLD CONFERENCE ON DISASTER REDUCTION OPENS IN KOBE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

KOBE, Japan, 18 January -- Three weeks after the devastating tsunami in the Indian Ocean, the World Conference on Disaster Reduction opened this morning here to address the critical need of better preparing communities when faced by natural hazards.

IMMEDIATE TRADE MEASURES CAN HELP SUPPORT RECONSTRUCTION, DEVELOPMENT

OF TSUNAMI-AFFECTED COUNTRIES, SAYS UNCTAD

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

77^th & 78^th Meetings (AM & PM)

un bodies call for immediate action to ensure achievement

 

of goals set out in millennium summit

 

In Joint Statement, Agency Heads Welcome Millennium Project Report

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 18 January (IFAD) -- Three Rome-based UN agencies today called for immediate action by developed and developing countries to ensure that the goals of the 2000 Millennium Summit are achieved.

agreement on global early-warning system should be key outcome

 

of upcoming disaster-reduction conference

SmallIslands Also Close Conference with Call for Action

To Conserve Corals, Mangroves, Other NaturalSea Defences

(Reissued as received.)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Mauritius from the Maldives islands on Monday, 10 January.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in the Maldive islands on Sunday, 9 January, from Sri Lanka. It was the third and last of the earthquake- and tsunami-affected countries he would visit on this trip.