DESPITE OBSTACLES, HANDOVER OF REFORM RESPONSIBILITY TO LOCAL LEADERS

SHOULD CONTINUE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

High Representative Christian Schwarz-Schilling Briefs;

Council of Ministers Chair Highlights Republika Srpska Separatist Threat

Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

26^th Meeting (AM)

SECOND COMMITTEE UNANIMOUSLY APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION

 

ON SPECIAL ECONOMIC ASSISTANCE FOR PHILIPPINES

 

Members Begin General Discussion of Countries in Special Situations

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

50^th Meeting (AM)

Nepal agreement historic opportunity to end armed conflict,

build sustainable peace, says Secretary-General

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed for Montevideo, Uruguay, on Wednesday, 1 November, in order to attend the sixteenth Ibero-American Summit, which would begin on Friday.

UNITED NATIONS CONDEMNS INDISCRIMINATE USE OF FORCE IN SRI LANKA

NEW YORK, 9 November 2006 (OCHA) -- “Yesterday’s massive attack on civilians shows that force continues to be used indiscriminately in the conflict in Sri Lanka,” said Jan Egeland, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.

Security Council

5564^th Meeting (AM & PM)

GAZA VIOLENCE, MOUNTING DEATH TOLL, PROVOKE GRAVE CONCERN IN SECURITY COUNCIL,

WITH MORE THAN 40 SPEAKERS DEMANDING HALT TO ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATIONS

Calling Gaza ‘Launching Pad for Terrorist Attacks’,

Sixty-first General Assembly

Third Committee

43^rd Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN, GIRLS;

HEARS INTRODUCTION OF 15 TEXTS

 

Drafts Introduced Include Texts on Human Rights Situations in Democratic

OUTGOING EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR STARTS FINAL MISSION TO AFRICA

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Sixth Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)