Security Council

5109^th Meeting (PM)

NORTH-SOUTH PEACE AGREEMENT IN SUDAN SHOULD FURTHER SOLUTION

 

TO CONFLICT IN DARFUR, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

But Possibility of Intensified Violence

In Darfur Must Be Addressed, Says Special Representative

PRESS STATEMENT ON ATTACKS, LOSS OF LIFE IN MIDDLE EAST

 

BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

 

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President César Mayoral (Argentina) on the recent attacks in the Middle East and the resulting loss of life:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETS SENIOR US OFFICIALS TO DISCUSS

IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST AL-QAIDA, TALIBAN

 

TSUNAMI-AFFECTED COUNTRIES FACE SEVERE LOCAL FOOD SECURITY PROBLEMS

Estimated 2 Million People in Need

Of Food Aid; Overall Food Availability in Region Adequate

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on NGOS

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

NGO committee recommends seven organizations for consultative status

 

with Economic and Social Council; defers 19 applications

Takes Note of Quadrennial Report of One NGO, Defers Action on Five Others

HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS CALL FOR FOCUSING ATTENTION ON MOST VULNERABLE

TSUNAMI SURVIVORS, FULL PARTICIPATION

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 11 January (UN Information Service) -- The following statement was issued today by 26 mandate-holders of special procedures of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights:

TRADE ‘MARGINALIZATION’, CULTURE’S ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT, FUTURE CHALLENGES

ADDRESSED, AS UN SMALL ISLAND CONFERENCE CONTINUES IN MAURITIUS

 

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

666^th Meeting (AM)

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION CONVENTION REMAINS CATALYST FOR CHANGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL’S

SPECIAL ADVISER ON GENDER ISSUES TELLS COMMITTEE

 

She Stresses Body’s Pivotal Role in Enhancing

Government’s Accountability at Opening of Thirty-Second Session

TSUNAMI UNDERSCORES UNCTAD’S WARNINGS ON ISLAND VULNERABILITY

 

(Reissued as received.)

UNODC Executive Director Visits UNICRI, Expresses Need

 

for Professionals to Fight Global Crime

 

(Reissued as received.)