MIDDLE EAST QUARTET STATEMENT FOLLOWING 21 FEBRUARY BERLIN MEETING

 

The following statement by the Middle East Quartet ( United Nations, Russian Federation, United States, European Union) was issued 21 February, following its meeting in Berlin:

Meeting of States Parties

Convention on Rights of Child

17^th & 18^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Peacebuilding Commission

Organizational Committee

5^th Meeting (PM)

PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION’S ORGANIZATIONAL COMMITTEE APPROVES

PROVISIONAL CALENDAR FOR JANUARY – JULY 2007

 

Discusses Arrangements for Field Visits to Sierra Leone, Burundi

Special Committee on

Decolonization

1^st Meeting (AM)

Decolonization United Nations success story, albeit unfinished one,

Deputy Secretary-General tells special committee

 

Opening Session, Committee Elects Officers, Adopts 2007 Work Programme

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ

 

The following Security Council press statement on Iraq was delivered today by Council President Peter Burian ( Slovakia):

Security Council

5634^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS TIMOR-LESTE MISSION UNTIL 26 FEBRUARY 2008

 

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1745 (2007)

 

Also Reinforces Police Strength for Elections Period

Security Council

5635^th Meeting (AM & PM))

Security Council affirms determination to strengthen cooperation aimed

At countering nuclear, chemical, biological weapons proliferation

Presidential Statement Follows Day-Long Debate

Secretary-General encouraged by Oslo Conference Declaration

 

Envisioning Ban of Cluster Munitions by 2008

 

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

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY, SPREAD OF VALUES,

IN REMARKS TO CULTURE OF PEACE NEW YEAR CELEBRATION

 

Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks at the Culture of Peace New Year celebration in New York, yesterday, 22 February:

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

195^th & 196^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SURGE IN DEMAND CALLS FOR MORE SYSTEMATIC RESPONSE, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS