International treaty to outlaw enforced disappearances opens for signature

United Nations Conferences and Observances

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

86^th & 87^th Meetings (AM & PM)

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon flew from the Netherlands to Washington, D.C., on Thursday, 1 February.

MIDDLE EAST EXPERTS REVIEW INTERNATIONAL RESPONSE

 

TO NEEDS OF PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

 

Humanitarian Aid Must Be Linked

To Long-Term Development Goals, Palestinian Statehood

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TIMOR-LESTE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GRENADA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

The new Permanent Representative of Grenada to the United Nations, Dr. Angus Friday, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General, Ban Ki-moon.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SLOVENIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Sanja Štiglic, the new Permanent Representative of Slovenia to the United Nations, today presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

The following Security Council press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo was read out today by Council President Peter Burian ( Slovakia):

UNITED NATIONS GIVES $85 MILLION TO UNDERFUNDED CRISES IN 15 COUNTRIES