Sixty-second General Assembly

Third Committee

48^th Meeting (AM)

IN MESSAGE TO MINE BAN CONVENTION STATES PARTIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS LANDMINES

HAVE ‘ NO PLACE IN THE WORLD’, APPLAUDS COMMITMENT TO THEIR ELIMINATION

Deputy Secretary-General urges leadership conference for sustainable development

to inject new momentum into women’s bid for equality, empowerment

PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY PROVIDES ‘STEADYING INFLUENCE’ IN REGION BURDENED

BY CONFLICT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO AMMAN MEETING

 

Sixty-second General Assembly

Sixth Committee

28^th Meeting (AM)

SLOWING -- AND REVERSING -- CLIMATE CHANGE THREAT ‘DEFINING CHALLENGE OF OUR AGE’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOLLOWING RELEASE OF United Nations PANEL REPORT

LAW OF SEA FELLOWSHIP, TO BE USED TO STUDY MARITIME ENVIRONMENT PROTECTION,

AWARDED TO MADAGASCAR NATIONAL, RANDRIANARISOA LEONIDE

(Delayed in transmission.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF NEGOTIATIONS FOR LOGISTICS

BASE IN VALENCIA, TO BE APPROVED BY GOVERNMENT OF SPAIN, GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks in Valencia, Spain, on 17 November:

Buenos dias!

Secretary-General, in message, stresses importance of science, technology in Africa’s

efforts to alleviate poverty, achieve sustainable industrial development

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for Africa Industrialization Day, observed 20 November:

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

53^rd & 54^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATES STRENGTHENING COORDINATION OF UNITED NATIONS

EMERGENCY HUMANITARIAN, DISASTER RELIEF