SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD WATER DAY, STRESSES IMPORTANCE

 

OF INTEGRATED, SUSTAINABLE APPROACH TO MANAGING FRAGILE RESOURCE

 

Following is the text of 12 March of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Water Day, to be observed on 22 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGED BY TALKS ON MEETING ON BORDER SECURITY FOR IRAQ

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED WITH UGANDAN PARTIES’ READINESS TO EXTEND AGREEMENT

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

REFORMS WILL MAKE UN MORE RESPONSIVE, ACCOUNTABLE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

SAYS IN BONN MEETING WITH EUROPEAN UNION DEVELOPMENT MINISTERS

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

40^th Meeting (AM)

WORLD POPULATION WILL INCREASE BY 2.5 BILLION BY 2050;

 

PEOPLE OVER 60 TO INCREASE BY MORE THAN 1 BILLION

 

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2426^th Meeting (AM)

Human Rights Committee Concludes Discussion of Madagascar’s Report, Citing Concerns

About Wrongful Detention, Weak Legal Aid System, Judicial Independence

But Notes Progress in Human Rights Legislation,

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

41^st Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP FUNDING PROPOSALS TO MEET GROWING

COSTS OF AFTER-SERVICE HEALTH BENEFITS

 

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE

The following Security Council press statement on Côte d’Ivoire was read out today by Council President Dumisano S. Kumalo ( South Africa):

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2429^th Meeting* (PM)