Security Council

5602^nd Meeting (PM)

Security Council renews arms, travel embargoes in Liberia for one year, Diamond

restrictions for six months, unanimously adopting resolution 1731 (2006)

Council Will Review Diamond Measures after 4 Months,

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

82^nd Meeting (AM)

Concluding consideration of Third Committee reports, General Assembly

adopts convention on enforced disappearance

 

Defers Action on Indigenous Peoples’ Declaration; Adopts Texts on Kidnapping,

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF TURKMENISTAN’S PRESIDENT

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

World leaders to meet, share experiences during seventh Global Forum

on Reinventing Government, 26-27 June

 

Security Council

5605^th Meeting* (PM)

Security Council welcomes report of working group on sanctions;

 

Adopts resolution 1732 (2006) unanimously

 

Security Council

5606^th Meeting (PM)

Security Council reiterates full support for international working group

as guarantor, arbiter of Côte d’Ivoire peace process

 

Presidential Statement Urges Parties to Cooperate with Prime Minister,

Security Council press statement on Burundi

 

The following Security Council press statement was issued today by Council President Nassir Abdulaziz Al-Nasser ( Qatar):

United Nations General Assembly declares 2011 as International Year of Forests

 

Quartet Endorses extension of mechanism to fund Palestinian authority

Following is the text of a statement by the Middle East Quartet ( United Nations, United States, European Union, Russian Federation) issued today, 22 December:

Security Council

5609^th Meeting (AM)

REITERATING CONDEMNATION OF AL-QAIDA, TALIBAN, SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES

WIDE-RANGING MEASURES TO ENHANCE IDENTIFICATION, CONTROL OF TERRORISTS

Resolution 1735 (2006) Adopted Unanimously