Sixty-first General Assembly

HIGHLIGHTS

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT TELLS OF BRIDGE-BUILDING EFFORTS TO RESTORE

NORTH-SOUTH TRUST, QUELL TENSIONS OVER UNITED NATIONS REFORM

Secretary-General Stresses Importance of ‘Truly Multilateral World Order’

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTION OF CAPITAL MASTER PLAN;

SAYS WILL ENSURE HEADQUARTERS REMAINS ‘WORKSHOP FOR PEACE’ FOR GENERATIONS

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

Security Council

5612^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL IMPOSES SANCTIONS ON IRAN FOR FAILURE TO HALT

URANIUM ENRICHMENT, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1737 (2006)

 

Measures Will Be Lifted if Iran Suspends Suspect Activities;

Security Council

5613^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS ATTACKS AGAINST JOURNALISTS IN CONFLICT SITUATIONS,

 

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1738 (2006)

 

SADLY, SPIRIT OF SOLIDARITY THAT FOLLOWED TSUNAMI NOT SUSTAINED IN SRI LANKA,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, URGES IMMEDIATE HALT TO NEW ‘TIDE OF CONFLICT’

Security Council

5614^th Meeting (PM)

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON SOMALIA, BRIEFING SECURITY COUNCIL, SAYS CRISIS

‘ESCALATED DANGEROUSLY’, FIGHTING EXPANDED ACROSS 400-KILOMETRE FRONT

Warns Deteriorating Situation Has Dealt Blow to Resumption

SECRETARY-GENERAL MOURNS PASSING OF FORMER UNITED STATES PRESIDENT GERALD FORD,

SAYS WILL BE REMEMBERED FOR LEADERSHIP DURING DIFFICULT PERIOD

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

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON DARFUR

 

The following Security Council press statement on Darfur was delivered today by Council President Mutlaq Majed al-Qahtani ( Qatar):

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

 

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN JANUARY

 

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for January:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES BURUNDI AS UN OPERATION CONCLUDES MANDATE,

REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO HELP CONSOLIDATE PEACE

 

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