SECRETARY-GENERAL, MARKING JAPAN’S 50TH YEAR OF UNITED NATIONS MEMBERSHIP, VOICES HOPES FOR ITS SIGNIFICANT ROLE IN ORGANIZATION’S FUTURE REFORMS

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19 December 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10806
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General, marking japan’s 50th year of United Nations membership,


voices hopes for its significant role in organization’s future reforms

ARAB, JEWISH STRANDS OF CIVILIZATION AMONG MOST IMPORTANT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN REMARKS AT WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA CONCERT

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19 December 2006
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

ARAB, JEWISH STRANDS OF CIVILIZATION AMONG MOST IMPORTANT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


IN REMARKS AT WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA CONCERT

 


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra concert held in New York yesterday, 18 December:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION DAY, URGES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT STRONGER TIES AMONG DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

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19 December 2006
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Secretary-General, in message for south-south cooperation day, urges international


community to support stronger ties among developing countries


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation in New York today, 19 December:

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 46 THIRD COMMITTEE TEXTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES, REFUGEES, SELF-DETERMINATION, RACISM, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

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19 December 2006
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

81st Meeting (PM)


GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 46 THIRD COMMITTEE TEXTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES,


REFUGEES, SELF-DETERMINATION, RACISM, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

 


Resolutions, Decisions Also Adopted on Women’s Advancement, Child Rights

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TUVALU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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19 December 2006
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Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Biographical Note


NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF TUVALU PRESENTS CREDENTIALS


(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)


Afelee F. Pita, the new Permanent Representative of Tuvalu to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

CÔTE D’IVOIRE STALEMATE, WORSENING POLITICAL CLIMATE WORRY SECRETARY-GENERAL

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20 December 2006
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Côte d’Ivoire stalemate, worsening political climate worry Secretary-General

 


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