Secretary-General condemns brutal execution of Margaret Hassan in Iraq

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

Secretary-General Appoints Nasra Hassan as Director

 

of UN Information Service in Vienna

 

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SISSEL EKAAS OF NORWAY DEPUTY SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE OF UN MISSION IN ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Sissel Ekaas of Norway as Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Mission in Ethiopia and Eritrea. 

fourth committee accepts request to postpone action on draft resolutions relating

 

to Palestine refugee agency, Israeli Practices in occupied arabterritories

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

45^th Meeting (AM)*

Third Committee approves draft resolution on human rights in Iran,

follow-up to Social Development Summit

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

35^th Meeting (AM)

delegates stress need for increased funding to help close digital divide

as second committee concludes debate on ict for development

Eight Draft Resolutions Introduced on WideRange of Agenda Items

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

56^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CONCERNED ABOUT WORLD’S MARINE ECOSYSTEMS,

 

ADOPTS TEXTS ON LAW OF SEA, SUSTAINABLE FISHERIES

The observation of the tenth anniversary of the landmark United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea was capped by the adoption of two resolutions today, following a day and half-long debate in the General Assembly.

Secretary-General accepts results of investigation into Oversight office;

 

report finds no violations, recommends no further action

 

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

GUATEMALAMISSION SUCCESSFUL EXAMPLE OF UN PEACE-BUILDING, WITH LESSONS FOR OTHER

OPERATIONS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO CLOSING CEREMONY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the closing ceremony of the United Nations Verification Mission in Guatemala (MINUGUA), delivered by Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Guatemala City, 15 November: