UN AIDS JAMAICA, GRENADA IN AFTERMATH OF HURRICANES

NEW YORK, 20 September (OCHA) -- In Grenada and Jamaica, United Nations agencies are rushing to meet emergency needs created by hurricanes that devastated the Caribbean last week.

Security Council

5040^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL DECLARES INTENTION TO CONSIDER SANCTIONS TO OBTAIN SUDAN’S

FULL COMPLIANCE WITH SECURITY, DISARMAMENT OBLIGATIONS ON DARFUR

Adopting Resolution 1564 (2004) by Vote of 11-0-4, Calls on Secretary-

General to Set Up Commission of Inquiry to Investigate Human Rights Violations

Security Council

5039^th Meeting (AM)

Briefing Security Council on Middle East, UN Official Notes resumption

of suicide bombings, increasing casualties on both sides

 

Says Israel Released Tenders for 1,001 New Housing Units in West Bank

On 17 August; Palestinian Authority Failed to Act to End Violence, Combat Terror

Security Council

5038^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council extends authorization for Afghanistan Security Force

 

for 12 months, unanimously adopting resolution 1563 (2004)

 

Security Council

5037^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF SIERRA LEONE MISSION UNTIL 30 JUNE 2005,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1562 (2004)

Security Council

5036^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UN MISSION IN LIBERIA UNTIL 19 SEPTEMBER 2005,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1561 (2004)

The Security Council today extended the United Nations Mission in Liberia (UNMIL) for another year, until 19 September 2005, as it looked ahead to that country’s elections, planned for no later than October 2005.

UNITED NATIONS MESSENGERS OF PEACE JOIN IN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PEACE OBSERVANCE

254 MILLION PEOPLE AFFECTED BY NATURAL HAZARDS IN 2003; FIGURES ON THE RISE

JOINT STATEMENT BY COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD AND EXPERT

ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN REGARDING BESLAN

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 17 September (United Nations Information Service) -- The following joint statement was issued today by the United Nations Committee on the Rights of the Child and by the Independent Expert charged with preparing a United Nations study on violence against children, Paulo Sergio Pinheiro:

General Assembly adopts work plan for Fifty-Ninth Session

 

Acting on the recommendations of its General Committee, the General Assembly this morning adopted its work plan for the fifty-ninth session.

With the adoption of its organization of work and agenda, contained in document A/59/250, the Assembly decided that its current session would recess on Tuesday, 14 December, and close on Monday, 12 September 2005.