GENERAL ASSEMBLY GIVES SUPPORT TO SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PROPOSALS TO RESTRUCTURE UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING, DISARMAMENT

GA/10579
15 March 2007
General AssemblyGA/10579
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

88th Meeting (PM)


GENERAL ASSEMBLY GIVES SUPPORT TO SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PROPOSALS


TO RESTRUCTURE UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING, DISARMAMENT

 


Two Resolutions Adopted Without a Vote;

CONCLUDING REVIEW OF CHILE’S REPORT, HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE EXPRESSES CONCERNS OVER AMNESTY DECREE, PRISON CONDITIONS, INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S RIGHTS

HR/CT/685
15 March 2007
General AssemblyHR/CT/685
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2430th & 2431st Meetings (AM & PM)

‘FRAMEWORK FOR NORMALIZATION IS REQUIRED NOW MORE THAN EVER’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MEETING ON INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ

SG/SM/10912-IK/563
16 March 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10912
IK/563
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

‘FRAMEWORK FOR NORMALIZATION IS REQUIRED NOW MORE THAN EVER’, SECRETARY-GENERAL


TELLS MEETING ON INTERNATIONAL COMPACT WITH IRAQ

 


Following is the text of opening remarks by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to today’s meeting in New York on the International Compact with Iraq:

‘FRAMEWORK FOR NORMALIZATION’ NEEDED MORE THAN EVER, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT MILESTONE PRESENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL COMPACT FOR IRAQ

IK/562
16 March 2007
Meetings CoverageIK/562
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

International Compact

with Iraq

AM Meeting


‘FRAMEWORK FOR NORMALIZATION’ NEEDED MORE THAN EVER, SECRETARY-GENERAL


SAYS AT MILESTONE PRESENTATION OF INTERNATIONAL COMPACT FOR IRAQ


Iraq ’s Vice-President Introduces Compact Document;

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DENMARK PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

BIO/3863
16 March 2007
Press ReleaseBIO/3863
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Biographical Note


NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF DENMARK PRESENTS CREDENTIALS


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


The new Permanent Representative of Denmark, Carsten Staur, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon today.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT CONCERNING RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL, EQUAL TREATMENT BEFORE COURTS

HR/CT/686
16 March 2007
General AssemblyHR/CT/686
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2432nd Meeting (AM)


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE DISCUSSES DRAFT GENERAL COMMENT CONCERNING


RIGHT TO FAIR TRIAL, EQUAL TREATMENT BEFORE COURTS

 

‘WORLD TB DAY’ TO BE OBSERVED AT HEADQUARTERS 22 MARCH WITH LAUNCH OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBIT, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPORT

Note No. 6069
19 March 2007
Press ReleaseNote No. 6069
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Note to Correspondents


‘WORLD TB DAY’ TO BE OBSERVED AT HEADQUARTERS 22 MARCH WITH LAUNCH


OF PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBIT, WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION REPORT