Key Provision Would Be to Avoid Any Person Being Stateless; Other Texts Address Jurisdictional Immunities, UN Administrative Tribunal
The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this afternoon made recommendations to the General Assembly on the proposed regulations governing the status of non-staff officials of the United Nations.
Issues of Expansion, Use of Veto, Geographical Balance Remain Central; Large Number of Countries Still to Be Heard From
Veto, Permanent Membership, Equitable Geographic Representation Among Points Raised
Head of UN Environment Programme to Lead Headquarters Seminar; Aim Is to End Controversies, Promote Practical Steps for Solving Problems
Six NGOs Provisionally Approved For Accreditation in Preparatory Process and Event Itself
VIENNA, 15 November (United Nations Information Service) -- With increasing international alarm at the growing power of criminal groups and their involvement in new and alarmingly exploitative crimes, the General Assembly today adopted the first international treaty to address these concerns.
The Secretary-General arrived in Qatar from Bahrain late in the afternoon of Saturday, 11 November.
Following is the text of an address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the dinner of the International Rescue Committee honouring John Whitehead, in New York on 15 November:
Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
