Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

40^th & 41^st Meetings (AM & PM)

SECURITY CONCERNS ARE MAJOR CHALLENGES TO HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS, THIRD COMMITTEE

TOLD, AS IT CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF REFUGEE ISSUES

Committee Also Hears Introduction of 17 Draft Resolutions on Human Rights

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

40^th & 41^st Meetings (AM & PM)

SECURITY CONCERNS ARE MAJOR CHALLENGES TO HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS, THIRD COMMITTEE

TOLD, AS IT CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF REFUGEE ISSUES

Committee Also Hears Introduction of 17 Draft Resolutions on Human Rights

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

31^st Meeting (AM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

General Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

UNITED NATIONS ASSESSES URANIUM MINE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

GENEVA/NAIROBI/NEW YORK, 9 November (OCHA) -- A United Nations assessment at the Shinkolobwe Uranium Mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo found high risks of mine collapse and potential chronic exposure to ionising radiation, and concluded that the mine must remain closed.  The assessment followed an earlier mine collapse in July 2004 that killed eight people.

Clean, modern forms of energy to drive sustainable development available now,

Secretary-General says in message to Energy Globe Awards

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Energy Globe Awards, delivered today in Vienna by Franz Baumann, Deputy Director-General, United Nations Office at Vienna:

Secretary-General condemns attacks in Côte d’Ivoire,

 

calls for resumed dialogue, return to peace process

 

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

Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan

 

Following is the Security Council press statement on Afghanistan delivered today by Council President John Danforth (United States):

The Security Council welcomed the certification by Afghanistan's Joint Electoral Management Body (JEMB) of Hamid Karzai as the winner of the presidential election in Afghanistan that took place on 9 October.

Security Council

5073^rd Meeting (AM)

AFGHANS SHOWED ‘REMARKABLE POLITICAL MATURITY’ DURING RECENT PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Also Warns Next Year’s Parliamentary Elections

Would Be Much More Complicated, Fraught with Security Concerns

United Nations humanitarian agencies make progress in Haiti, despite obstacles

NEW YORK, 9 November (OCHA) -- United Nations agencies operating in Haiti report that the humanitarian situation in Haiti’s north-western city of Gonaïves is improving though serious concerns remain.