Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

96^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGES FINALIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION

SCHEME FOR ROUGH DIAMONDS

Success of ‘Kimberley Process’ a Matter of Life and Death

For Southern Africa, Says Botswana as Assembly Adopts Text on Conflict Diamonds

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL MIDDLE EAST CRISIS ‘WORST IN TEN YEARS;’

CALLS ON PALESTINIANS, ISRAELIS TO ‘LEAD YOUR PEOPLES AWAY FROM DISASTER’

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council’s 12 March meeting on the situation in the Middle East:

Security Council

4489^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF ALL VIOLENCE IN MIDDLE EAST;

AFFIRMS VISION OF TWO STATES, ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

Security Council

4488^th Meeting (AM)

‘YOU CAN STILL LEAD YOUR PEOPLES AWAY FROM DISASTER’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

ADDRESSING PALESTINIAN, ISRAELI LEADERS IN SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT

                                                            Note No. 5719

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

48^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF FINANCING OF UN MISSION

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Secretariat Responds to Delegates’ Concerns

Over Rules Governing Evaluation, Award of Outsourced Contracts in DRC

united nations finance for development conference

attracting wide international participation

Fifty Heads of State Expected for Summit Segment in Monterrey

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AZERBAIJAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Yashar Teymur oglu Aliyev, the new Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF HAITI PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Jean C. Alexandre, the new Permanent Representative of Haiti to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GAMBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Crispin Grey-Johnson, the new Permanent Representative of the Gambia to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.