SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON LEBANON

 

The following Security Council press statement was issued yesterday by Council President Giadalla A. Ettalhi ( Libya):

Security Council

5827^th Meeting* (AM)

Under-Secretary-General, in briefing to Security Council, underscores gap

between aspirations of Middle East peace process, reality on ground

Condemning Collective Punishment, Rocket Attacks,

Committee on NGOs

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS SIX CIVIL-SOCIETY GROUPS

FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS AS IT CONCLUDES TWO-WEEK SESSION

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES COLOMBIA’S RATIFICATION

 

OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

 

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

Security Council

5829^th Meeting (Night)

Security Council

5828^th Meeting (PM)

Security Council authorizes United Nations Organization Mission in Democratic

 

Republic of Congo to organize, conduct local elections

 

Members Adopt Resolution 1797 (2008), Presidential Statement on Peace Conference

Special Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM)

ZHIGUO GAO OF CHINA ELECTED JUDGE OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL IN SPECIAL MEETING

OF STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT, UNDERLINES KENYAN LEADERS’

RESPONSIBILITY TO RESOLVE SOURCES OF CONFLICT PEACEFULLY

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the Summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa, today, 31 January:

UNITED NATIONS, FOUNDED TO PREVENT repeat OF second WORLD WAR HORRORS, ACT ON ITS

LESSONS, IS ‘NATURAL HOME’ TO HOLOCAUST EXHIBITION, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANS IN 2008

 

General Assembly