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SMALL ISLAND COUNTRIES SAY CLIMATE CHANGE ALREADY THREATENS ‘VERY EXISTENCE’, URGE IMMEDIATE AID TO VULNERABLE STATES, IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY DEBATE

GA/10689
12 February 2008
General AssemblyGA/10689
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

80th & 81st Meetings (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL STRESSES NEED FOR BROAD CONFLICT PREVENTION STRATEGY TO ENHANCE CHILDREN’S PROTECTION LONG-TERM, END IMPUNITY FOR ABUSES AGAINST THEM

SC/9246
12 February 2008
Security CouncilSC/9246
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

5834th Meeting (AM & PM)


SECURITY COUNCIL STRESSES NEED FOR BROAD CONFLICT PREVENTION STRATEGY TO ENHANCE


CHILDREN’S PROTECTION LONG-TERM, END IMPUNITY FOR ABUSES AGAINST THEM


Secretary-General’s Special Representative Says, Despite Progress,

IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION, SPEAKERS ARGUE FOR ‘INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT’, INTEGRATING PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES INTO DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

SOC/4742
12 February 2008
Economic and Social CouncilSOC/4742
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Commission for Social Development

Forty-sixth Session

10th & 11th Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S DEBATE TESTAMENT TO IMPORTANCE OF TAKING IMMEDIATE PRACTICAL STEPS TO ADDRESS CLIMATE CHANGE THREAT, SAYS ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

GA/10690
13 February 2008
General AssemblyGA/10690
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

82nd, 83rd & 84th Meetings (AM, PM & Night)

SECRETARY-GENERAL ESTABLISHES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR LEBANON’S SPECIAL TRIBUNAL; SAYS EXPECTED CONTRIBUTIONS TO COURT WILL MEET OPERATIONAL NEEDS FOR FIRST YEAR

SG/SM/11412
13/02/2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11412
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL ESTABLISHES MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE FOR LEBANON’S SPECIAL TRIBUNAL;


SAYS EXPECTED CONTRIBUTIONS TO COURT WILL MEET OPERATIONAL NEEDS FOR FIRST YEAR


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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO GLOBAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, WARNS GLOBAL WARMING COULD PROMPT SEVERE FOOD CRISIS, SEEKS SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURE

SG/SM/11411-DEV/2658
13 February 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11411
DEV/2658
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO GLOBAL FUND FOR AGRICULTURAL DEVELOPMENT, WARNS


GLOBAL WARMING COULD PROMPT SEVERE FOOD CRISIS, SEEKS SUPPORT OF AGRICULTURE

NO GREATER HOMAGE PAID TO MEMORY OF RAFIQ HARIRI THAN REDOUBLED EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE LEBANON’S NATIONAL RECONCILIATION, STABILITY, PROSPERITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

SG/SM/11413
14 February 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11413
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

NO GREATER HOMAGE PAID TO MEMORY OF RAFIQ HARIRI THAN REDOUBLED EFFORTS TO ACHIEVE


LEBANON’S NATIONAL RECONCILIATION, STABILITY, PROSPERITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


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

SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TAKES UP TEXTS ON SOCIAL DIMENSIONS OF AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT PARTNERSHIP, MAINSTREAMING DISABILITY IN DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

SOC/4743
14 February 2008
Economic and Social CouncilSOC/4743
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Commission for Social Development

Forty-sixth Session

12th Meeting (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN ETHIOPIA, ERITREA BEGINS, WITH ADVANCE UNITS MOVING TO ETHIOPIAN SIDE OF BORDER

SG/SM/11415-AFR/1657-PKO/177
14 February 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11415
AFR/1657
PKO/177
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TEMPORARY RELOCATION OF UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN ETHIOPIA,


ERITREA BEGINS, WITH ADVANCE UNITS MOVING TO ETHIOPIAN SIDE OF BORDER

 


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

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS RAY CHAMBERS OF UNITED STATES SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MALARIA

SG/A/1118-BIO/3959
14 February 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/A/1118
BIO/3959
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Biographical Note


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS RAY CHAMBERS OF UNITED STATES SPECIAL ENVOY FOR MALARIA


United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced today the appointment of Ray Chambers of the United States as his Special Envoy for Malaria.