Note to Correspondents

Secretary-General to Launch Reform Initiative on Strengthening

United Nations Country-Level Support for Human Rights

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

present-day peacekeeping demands exceed capacity of any single organization,

Under-Secretary-General says in briefing to fourth committee

United Nations Peace Operations at Crossroads Once Again,

He Says as Delegates Take up Comprehensive Review of Peacekeeping

General Assembly president’s United Nations day message stresses

need to strengthen organization through reform

 

Following is the statement by the President of the General Assembly, Jean Ping (Gabon), on the occasion of the United Nations Day, 24 October:

This United Nations Day provides us with an opportunity to renew our attachment to the ideals of peace and security, as well as sustainable development.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

AS THIRD COMMITTEE BEGINS DISCUSSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES,

SPEAKERS STRESS NEED TO IMPROVE TREATY REPORTING SYSTEM

European Union Highlights Importance of Protecting Human Rights Defenders

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Sixth Committee

13^th Meeting (AM)

COMPLETION OF DRAFT TEXT ON JURISDICTIONAL IMMUNITIES WELCOMED

BY LEGAL COMMITTEE; CLIMAX OF EFFORT BEGUN IN 1977

Debate Concluded on Expansion of Protection for UN, Related Personnel

Fifty-ninth General Assembly                               

Asian Conference on Interaction, Confidence-building good example of cooperation

to promote common security, Secretary-General tells Almaty meeting

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Ministerial Meeting of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence-Building in Asia, as delivered today in Almaty, Kazakhstan, by Vladimir Goryayev, Deputy Director a.i. for Asia and the Pacific, United Nations Department of Political Affairs:

Security Council

5061^st Meeting (PM)

Security Council unanimously adopts resolution extending mandate

 

Security Council

5060^th Meeting (AM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

22^nd Meeting (AM)

Rights of Indigenous People should be integrated into Development Strategies,

Third Committee told, as it concludes review of Indigenous issues

Indigenous Questions Intrinsically Linked to Sustainable

Development, Democracy, Human Rights, Representative of Peru Says