Security Council Press Statement on Violence in Iraq
SC/10081-IK/628
The following press statement was issued today by Security Council President Mark Lyall Grant (United Kingdom):
In progress at UNHQ
Economic and Social Council Elects 41-Member Executive Board for UN Women
ECOSOC/6452
Bringing the United Nations another step closer to the official 1 January 2010 launch of “UN Women”, the Economic and Social Council today elected - by acclamation and by secret ballot – the 41 inaugural members to the Executive Board of the new entity established to meet the unique and often under-represented needs of women and girls worldwide.
Palestinian Rights Committee Approves Four Draft Resolutions on Peaceful Settlement of Palestine Question, Related Matters
GA/PAL/1175
The Palestinian Rights Committee this morning unanimously approved four draft resolutions relating to its own work, as well as that of the Division for Palestinian Rights and the Department of Public Information.
Budget Committee Approves Texts on Board of Auditors Reports, Pattern of Conferences, Begins Debate on New United Nations Administration of Justice System
GA/AB/3969
With the adoption of two draft resolutions today, the Fifth Committee gave its approval to the Board of Auditor’s scrutiny of the Organization’s 2009 financial statements and laid down a blueprint of guidelines meant to improve the staging of conferences.
Secretary-General, in Message for Africa Industrialization Day, Says Helping Region Build Capacity for Economic Integration is Collective Challenge
SG/SM/13243-AFR/2058-OBV/935
Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Industrialization Day, to be observed on 20 November:
Secretary-General, at Republic of Korea Parliament’s Millennium Goals Forum, Stresses That Promises on Targets Must Be Kept, despite Scepticism
SG/SM/13242-DEV/2847
Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks as delivered to the Millennium Development Goals Forum of the National Assembly of the Republic of Korea:
Neglecting Youth ‘Risks Marginalizing a Generation’, Deputy Secretary-General Warns while Chairing Regional Coordination Mechanism Meeting for Western Asia
DSG/SM/532-REC/237
Following are UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the Regional Coordination Mechanism meeting at the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA) in Beirut today, 11 November:
Eleven Central African States to Sign New Convention on Control of Small Arms, Light Weapons, on 19 November
AFR/2059-DC/3267
The United Nations Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa will hold its thirty-first ministerial meeting in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo, from 15 to 19 November. The highlight of the meeting will be the opening for signature of the Central African Convention for the Control of Small Arms and Light Weapons, their Ammunition, Parts and Components that can be used for their Manufacture, Repair and Assembly, also called the Kinshasa Convention.
Activities of Secretary-General in Thailand, 26 October
SG/T/2753
On the first day of his visit to Asia, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Bangkok, Thailand, in the morning of 26 October for a meeting with Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva.
Activities of Secretary-General in Cambodia, 26-28 October
SG/T/2754
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on the evening of 26 October. The next morning, after an official welcoming ceremony, he met with Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Peace Palace, the newly built Government office, becoming the first visiting dignitary to be hosted there.