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1 May 2009

DC/3172

AS DISARMAMENT COMMISSION CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK SESSION, CHAIR SAYS DISCUSSIONS ESTABLISHED ATMOSPHERE OF ‘MUTUAL RESPECT AND UNDERSTANDING’

Although the Disarmament Commission had not been able to agree on elements of a draft declaration of the 2010s as the fourth disarmament decade -- the Commission’s main task this year -- a good basis for next year’s deliberations had been achieved, Commission Chairman Andrzej Towpik (Poland) told delegates today at the closing of its 2009 substantive session.

1 May 2009

ENV/DEV/1040

Senior Official Calls for More Support for Trust Fund as United Nations Forum on Forests Suspends Eighth Session

Jan McAlpine, Director of the United Nations Forum on Forests Secretariat, appealed to Member States this afternoon to increase support for the body’s Trust Fund, which had received only about one quarter of its $2.6 million budget for activities during the 2008-2009 period.

6 November 2008

TR/2428

TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL ELECTS NEW PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT BY ACCLAMATION

The Trusteeship Council held a brief organizational meeting this afternoon to elect Jean-Pierre Lacroix of France as its President and Karen Pierce of the United Kingdom as its Vice-President.

13 September 2007

GA/10612

General Assembly Adopts Declaration on Rights of Indigenous Peoples; ‘Major Step Forward’ towards Human Rights for All, Says President

The General Assembly today overwhelmingly backed protections for the human rights of indigenous peoples, adopting a landmark declaration that brought to an end nearly 25 years of contentious negotiations over the rights of native people to protect their lands and resources, and to maintain their unique cultures and traditions.

21 August 2006

TR/2427

TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL ELECTS OFFICERS

Meeting for the first time since 2004, the Trusteeship Council this afternoon elected by acclamation Karen Pierce ( United Kingdom) as its President and Jean-Pierre Lacroix ( France) as its Vice-President.

20 October 2004

TR/2426

TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL ELECTS PRESIDENT, VICE-PRESIDENT; ADOPTS AGENDA FOR 64TH SESSION

Meeting for the first time since 2002, the Trusteeship Council this afternoon adopted the agenda for its sixty-fourth session and elected by acclamation Michel Duclos (France) as its President and Adam Thomson (United Kingdom) as its Vice-President.

26 October 1998

TR/2425

TRUSTEESHIP COUNCIL ELECTS OFFICERS

The Trusteeship Council this morning elected Yves Doutriaux (France) as its President and Stewart Eldon (United Kingdom) as Vice-President.