Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

38^th Meeting (AM)

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST DO MORE TO COMBAT RACIAL DISCRIMINATION, ENSURE

RIGHT TO SELF-DETERMINATION, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD, AS DISCUSSION CONCLUDES

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

23^rd & 24^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WIDER ADHERENCE TO EXTRA PROTOCOLS TO GENEVA CONVENTION ON VICTIMS

OF ARMED CONFLICT IS SOUGHT BY LEGAL COMMITTEE

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

28^th Meeting (AM)

more funding needed to ensure sustained economic development in countries

hit by conflict, disaster, second committee told

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

50^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXTS TO PROMOTE MULTILATERAL COOPERATION,

FILLS VACANCIES ON SUBSIDIARY BODIES

 

Unanimously adopting four resolutions to enhance cooperation between the United Nations and regional and other organizations, the General Assembly today continued its efforts to strengthen solidarity through multilateral cooperation.

PROPHETS OF DOOM WRONG ABOUT UNITED NATIONS, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN ADDRESS TO UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA

 

(Delayed in transmission.)

Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s address at the inauguration of the School of Political Studies at the University of Ottawa on 1 November:

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s introductory remarks at the lecture on “Why Music Matters” by Professor Leon Botstein in New York, today, 8 November:

Dear colleagues and friends, I am delighted to welcome you to another lecture in this series.  Today, our subject is music.

“What’s that got to do with the UN?” you may be asking.  My answer is that music has to do with everything.

Security Council

5072^nd Meeting (PM)

Attack on French forces in Côte d’Ivoire, fatal air strikes

 

by national armed forces condemned by Security Council

 

Universal language of sport brings people together, teaches teamwork,

tolerance, Secretary-General Says at launch of International Year

Following are the remarks delivered today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a Headquarters press event to launch the International Year of Sport and Physical Education:

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS HOCINE MEDILI OF ALGERIA

 

AS PRINCIPAL DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN HAITI

 

The Secretary-General has announced the appointment of Hocine Medili of Algeria as Principal Deputy Special Representative of the Secretary-General for the United Nations Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH).