SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF FORMER KING OF AFGHANISTAN;

 

‘FATHER OF THE NATION’ LENT PRESTIGE TO DEMOCRACY, RECONCILIATION

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

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

792^ndMeeting(AM)

session commemorating twenty-fifth anniversary highlights achievements

of women’s anti-discrimination committee

 

Participants Outline Vision for Way Forward, Assess Future Challenges

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS TWO RESOLUTIONS ON REGIONAL COMMISSIONS

Discusses Independence of Colonial Countries, Regional Cooperation,

Israeli Occupied Territories, HIV/AIDS and Genetic Privacy and Bioethics

(Reissued as received.)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS TEXTS CONCERNING SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,

TRANSPORT OF DANGEROUS GOODS

 

Holds General Discussion on Economic and Environmental Questions

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL REQUESTS NETHERLANDS TO HOST LEBANON SPECIAL TRIBUNAL

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

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ADOPTS TEXTS ON PALESTINIAN WOMEN, VIOLENCE

AGAINST GIRLS FROM REPORT OF COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN

 

Discusses Mainstreaming Gender Perspective into All

United Nations Policies, Women and Development, Advancement of Women

DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION ADMITS 19 NON-GOVERNMENTAL

ORGANIZATIONS TO ROSTER, DISASSOCIATES 24

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

105^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RECOMMENDATIONS ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS,

INCLUDING ‘UNITED NATIONS STANDARDS OF CONDUCT’

 

Also Elects Assembly Vice-Presidents, JIU Members;

AGREEMENT SIGNED BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS, NEPAL ON ESTABLISHMENT

IN KATHMANDU OF UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL CENTRE FOR DISARMAMENT

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Chamber A, 793^rd & 794^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF BELIZE;

 

DOMESTIC VIOLENCE, HIV/AIDS AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED