SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION

IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC NEAR SUDAN BORDER

 

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

IMPROVED TRANSPORT FACILITIES KEY TO ECONOMIC GROWTH, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS UNITED NATIONS ASIA-PACIFIC MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

51^st Meeting (AM)

Women’s Commission

60^th Anniversary

Round Table (PM)

 ‘NO TOOL FOR DEVELOPMENT MORE EFFECTIVE THAN EMPOWERMENT OF WOMEN,’ SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL AS WOMEN’S COMMISSION MARKS SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY

 

United Nations Military, Police Deployment Reaches All-time High in October

United Nations peacekeeping deployment reached a historic high at the end of October, with 80,976 military and police personnel and some 15,000 civilians serving in peace operations around the world.

IN SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY REMARKS, SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS

PROGRESS BROUGHT ABOUT BY COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN

 

This is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today at a round table to mark the sixtieth anniversary if the Commission on the Status of Women:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR END TO BLOODSHED IN SRI LANKA

 

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

Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

27^th & 28^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECOND COMMITTEE PASSES DRAFT RESOLUTION CALLING ON ISRAEL NOT TO EXPLOIT,

DAMAGE OR DEPLETE NATURAL RESOURCES IN OCCUPIED ARAB LANDS

 

Security Council

5565^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL FAILS TO ADOPT DRAFT RESOLUTION ON MIDDLE EAST,

OWING TO NEGATIVE VOTE BY UNITED STATES

Vote is 10 in Favour to 1 against,

With 4 Abstentions (United Kingdom, Denmark, Japan, Slovakia)

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES LEADERSHIP OF EUROPEAN UNION IN AFRICA ANTI-POVERTY

 

EFFORTS, IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO BRUSSELS ‘DEVELOPMENT DAYS’ MEETING

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message for the European Development Days in Brussels, 13 to 17 November: