STATEMENT BY MIDDLE EAST QUARTET

 

Following is the text of the statement issued today in Berlin by the Quartet ( United Nations, Russian Federation, United States and European Union):

SECURITY COUNCIL 1737 COMMITTEE ADOPTS GUIDELINES

 

On 30 May 2007, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1737 (2006) adopted guidelines for the conduct of its work.

PANEL IN GENEVA CALLS FOR MASSIVE INVESTMENTS IN information

and communications technology FOR DEVELOPMENT

 

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Germany early on Wednesday, 30 May, to attend a Quartet meeting on the Middle East.

Secretary-General, in remarks at Africa Day celebrations, urges full use

Of Region’s Institutional mechanisms to promote real progress

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the Africa Day celebrations in New York today, 31 May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS GLOBAL NATURE OF CLIMATE CHANGE

IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Environment Day, to be observed on 5 June:

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

791^st Meeting (PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK SESSION; INITIAL

REPORTS ON CONVENTION COMPLIANCE FROM EIGHT STATES CONSIDERED

Next Session 23 July – 10 August

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

55^th Meeting (AM)

Secretary-General receives audit on United Nations operations in Democratic People’s

Republic of Korea, says first step in worldwide probe of field activities

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

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