Special Committee on

Decolonization

1^st Meeting (AM)

Decolonization United Nations success story, albeit unfinished one,

Deputy Secretary-General tells special committee

 

Opening Session, Committee Elects Officers, Adopts 2007 Work Programme

PRAGMATIC STEPS NEEDED TO CLOSE COLONIAL CHAPTER IN HUMAN AFFAIRS,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE

 

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ

 

The following Security Council press statement on Iraq was delivered today by Council President Peter Burian ( Slovakia):

Security Council

5634^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS TIMOR-LESTE MISSION UNTIL 26 FEBRUARY 2008

 

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1745 (2007)

 

Also Reinforces Police Strength for Elections Period

Security Council

5635^th Meeting (AM & PM))

Security Council affirms determination to strengthen cooperation aimed

At countering nuclear, chemical, biological weapons proliferation

Presidential Statement Follows Day-Long Debate

Secretary-General encouraged by Oslo Conference Declaration

 

Envisioning Ban of Cluster Munitions by 2008

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Background Release

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN WILL HOLD fifty-first SESSION

AT HEADQUARTERS, 26 FEBRUARY - 9 MARCH

 

Will Focus on Elimination of All Forms

Of Discrimination and Violence against Girl Child

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY, SPREAD OF VALUES,

IN REMARKS TO CULTURE OF PEACE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

 

Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the Culture of Peace New Year celebration in New York, yesterday, 22 February:

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

195^th & 196^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SURGE IN DEMAND CALLS FOR MORE SYSTEMATIC RESPONSE, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

 

SECURITY COUNCIL AL-QAIDA, TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE REVISES GUIDELINES

 

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) concerning Al-Qaida and the Taliban and Associated Individuals and Entities thoroughly revised its guidelines for the conduct of its work on 12 February 2007.