SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON MYANMAR

 

The following Security Council press statement was read out today by Council President Giadalla Ettalhi ( Libya):

LET US NEVER TAKE OUR HUMAN RIGHTS FOR GRANTED, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

IN MESSAGE TO MARK INTERNATIONAL DAY IN MEMORY OF HOLOCAUST VICTIMS

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DE-ESCALATION OF VIOLENCE IN PALESTINIAN, ISRAELI AREAS

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, on his first mission abroad in 2008, arrived in Madrid early on Tuesday morning, 15 January, where he opened the first ever Alliance of Civilizations Forum.

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS NAMES OF THREE INDIVIDUALS

 

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF CONSOLIDATED LIST

 

The Security Council’s Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 16 January 2008 approved the addition of the names of three individuals to its Consolidated List (Al-Qaida section).

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON LEBANON

 

The following Security Council press statement was read out today by Council President Giadalla Ettalhi ( Libya):

Note to Correspondents

Secretary-General designateS George clooney

 

as United Nations messenger of peace

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR IMMEDIATE END TO VIOLENCE ENGULFING GAZA,

REMINDS PARTIES OF OBLIGATIONS UNDER INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN LAW

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

DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION FORUM VITAL TO ENHANCING COHERENCE OF COLLECTIVE

EFFORTS, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS HIGH-LEVEL SYMPOSIUM

Security Council

5823^rd Meeting* (AM)

2008 ‘WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY’ FOR IRAQ, MUST NOT BE LEFT ALONE TO TACKLE SECURITY,

STRUcTURAL, POLITICAL CHALLENGES, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

 

Special Representative Staffan De Mistura Describes UN Priority Areas,