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SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS REVEREND TAKEYASU MIYAMOTO AS TIRELESS CHILDREN’S ADVOCATE, LEGENDARY HUMANITARIAN, IN NINETIETH BIRTHDAY MESSAGE

SG/SM/10993
14 May 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10993
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General hails reverend takeyasu miyamoto as tireless children’s


advocate, legendary humanitarian, in ninetieth birthday message

OIC WELL PLACED TO PLAY LEADING ROLE IN ADDRESSING CURRENT CHALLENGES IN ISLAMIC STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO ISLAMABAD MEETING

SG/SM/10995
15 May 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10995
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

OIC WELL PLACED TO PLAY LEADING ROLE IN ADDRESSING CURRENT CHALLENGES IN ISLAMIC


STATES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO ISLAMABAD MEETING

 

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THAILAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

BIO/3872
15 May 2007
Press ReleaseBIO/3872
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Biographical Note


NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THAILAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS


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


Don Pramudwinai, the new Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

INDIGENOUS RIGHTS TO LAND RESOURCES BASIS FOR COLLECTIVE SURVIVAL, INEXTRICABLY LINKED TO SELF-DETERMINATION, FORUM TOLD

HR/4918
15 May 2007
Economic and Social CouncilHR/4918
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

3rd & 4th Meetings (AM & PM)


Indigenous Rights to land resources basis for collective survival,


inextricably linked to self-determination, forum told

 

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE APPROVES AMENDMENTS TO IDENTIFYING INFORMATION OF TWO INDIVIDUALS, ONE ENTITY ON CONSOLIDATED LIST

SC/9017
15 May 2007
Security CouncilSC/9017
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE APPROVES AMENDMENTS TO IDENTIFYING INFORMATION


OF TWO INDIVIDUALS, ONE ENTITY ON CONSOLIDATED LIST

 

11 ORGANIZATIONS WIN APPROVAL FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS AS NGO COMMITTEE POSTPONES ACTION ON APPLICATIONS OF 26 OTHERS

ECOSOC/6267-NGO/618
15 May 2007
Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6267
NGO/618
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Committee on NGOs

16th & 17th Meetings (AM & PM)


11 ORGANIZATIONS WIN APPROVAL FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS AS NGO COMMITTEE


POSTPONES ACTION ON APPLICATIONS OF 26 OTHERS

 

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA HAS HISTORIC WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE CLOSER TO EUROPE, LEADERS MUST ‘SEIZE THE MOMENT’, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

SC/9018
16 May 2007
Security CouncilSC/9018
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

5675th Meeting (AM)


Bosnia and Herzegovina has historic window of opportunity to move closer


To Europe, leaders must ‘seize the moment’, Security Council told


High Representative Says European Union Association Agreement Hinges

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, SITUATION OF MINORITIES AMONG ISSUES OF CONCERN AS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE EXAMINES SERBIA’S FIRST EVER REPORT

WOM/1625
16 May 2007
General AssemblyWOM/1625
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

775th & 776th Meetings (AM & PM)