MILINDA GUNETILLEKE OF SRI LANKA AWARDED NINETEENTH LAW OF SEA FELLOWSHIP

Fellowship to Be Used for Study on Issues relating to Continental Margin

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NEW YORK, 19 November (UN Office of Legal Affairs) -- Milinda Gunetilleke of Sri Lanka was awarded the nineteenth Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Fellowship on the Law of the Sea.

Security Council

5093^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UN OPERATION IN BURUNDI UNTIL 1 JUNE 2005,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1577 (2004)

 

PANAMA: UN WARNS FLOODING COULD CAUSE FOOD SHORTAGES

 

NEW YORK, 1 December (OCHA) -- The damage caused by recent flooding in Panama’s DarienProvince could cause severe food shortages in the next seven to eight months, United Nations humanitarian agencies report.

On World AIDS Day, General Assembly President calls for concrete,

 

coordinated action against pandemic

 

Following is the message by General Assembly President Jean Ping, on the occasion of World AIDS Day, 1 December:

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

64^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY CONCLUDES DEBATE ON PALESTINE, MIDDLE EAST

WITH ADOPTION OF SIX RESOLUTIONS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MYANMAR TO RELEASE DAW AUNG SAN SUU KYI,

SAYS CONTINUED DETENTION NOT HELPFUL TO NATIONAL RECONCILIATION

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

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

 

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER

 

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for December:

Security Council

Security Council

5092^nd Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ENDORSES CREATION OF TRUST FUND

 

TO SUPPORT UN PROTECTION FORCE IN IRAQ

 

The Security Council this morning endorsed the creation of a trust fund to financially support a United Nations protection force in Iraq.

Security Council

5091^st Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED ON MISSION TO ASSESS PEACE PROCESS

 

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, BURUNDI

France’s Ambassador Says 21-25 November Mission Returned

‘Encouraged’, Although Remaining Obstacles Should Not Be Underestimated

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN DECEMBER 2004

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in December, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month: