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BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXTS ON PATTERN OF CONFERENCES, OVERSIGHT BODIES; UNITED NATIONS CONTROLLER BRIEFS, SAYS 2007 FINANCIAL INDICATORS ‘MIXED’

GA/AB/3825
7 November 2007
General AssemblyGA/AB/3825
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-second General Assembly

Fifth Committee

16th Meeting (AM)

OUTSOURCING MILITARY FUNCTIONS TO PRIVATE CONTRACTORS LEADS TO PRIVATIZATION OF WAR, THIRD COMMITTEE WARNED

GA/SHC/3902
7 November 2007
General AssemblyGA/SHC/3902
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-second General Assembly

Third Committee

37th & 38th Meetings (AM & PM)


OUTSOURCING MILITARY FUNCTIONS TO PRIVATE CONTRACTORS

 

LEADS TO PRIVATIZATION OF WAR, THIRD COMMITTEE WARNED

 

UNITED NATIONS RELIEF AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES FACES DEMANDS ‘FROM ALL SIDES’ AGAINST BACKDROP OF ENDEMIC CRISES IN OCCUPIED TERRITORY, FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD

GA/SPD/387
7 November 2007
General AssemblyGA/SPD/387
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-second General Assembly

Fourth Committee

18th & 19th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MEETING ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, CALLS FOR LEGALLY BINDING TREATY PROHIBITING ‘HORRENDOUS’ CLUSTER MUNITIONS

SG/SM/11266-DC/3094
7 November 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11266
DC/3094
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MEETING ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, CALLS


FOR LEGALLY BINDING TREATY PROHIBITING ‘HORRENDOUS’ CLUSTER MUNITIONS

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS EFFORTS OF CHAD GOVERNMENT ON ATTEMPTED ABDUCTION OF 103 CHILDREN, PROMISES UN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE

SG/SM/11267-AFR/1616
8 November 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11267
AFR/1616
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS EFFORTS OF CHAD GOVERNMENT ON ATTEMPTED


ABDUCTION OF 103 CHILDREN, PROMISES UN HUMANITARIAN ASSISTANCE


This is the text of a statement issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

SECOND COMMITTEE HEARS CASE FOR UNITED NATIONS PARTNERSHIP WITH PRIVATE SECTOR AS VEHICLE WITH ‘ENORMOUS’ POTENTIAL FOR REALIZING DEVELOPMENT GOALS

GA/EF/3196
8 November 2007
General AssemblyGA/EF/3196
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-second General Assembly

Second Committee

25th Meeting (AM)

STRONG POLITICAL LEADERSHIP NEEDED TO CLOSE ‘IMPLEMENTATION GAP’ IN GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SANTIAGO REMARKS

SG/SM/11268-DEV/2645
8 November 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11268
DEV/2645
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

STRONG POLITICAL LEADERSHIP NEEDED TO CLOSE ‘IMPLEMENTATION GAP’ IN GLOBAL


ANTI-POVERTY GOALS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SANTIAGO REMARKS

 

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES 15 SEPTEMBER INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY; ALSO ELECTS 18 MEMBERS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

GA/10655
8 November 2007
General AssemblyGA/10655
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

46th Meeting (AM)


GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECLARES 15 SEPTEMBER INTERNATIONAL DAY OF DEMOCRACY;


ALSO ELECTS 18 MEMBERS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

 

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ASKING ASSEMBLY TO DECLARE 15 OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN

GA/SHC/3903
8 November 2007
General AssemblyGA/SHC/3903
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-second General Assembly

Third Committee

39th & 40th Meetings (AM & PM)


THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ASKING ASSEMBLY TO DECLARE


15 OCTOBER OF EACH YEAR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF RURAL WOMEN


Refugee Figures Rise to Nearly 10 Million