Security Council

5642^nd Meeting (AM)

SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE BY COMMISSION INVESTIGATING ASSASSINATION

OF FORMER LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER HARIRI, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Head of Investigation, Representative of Lebanon Brief Council

STATEMENT BY MIDDLE EAST QUARTET

 

Following is the text of today’s statement by the Quartet ( United Nations, Russian Federation, United States and European Union):

UN FORUM TO EXAMINE HOW INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY CAN

 

ASSIST PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, 26 MARCH

 

PARALLEL COMMITMENT BY ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS ESSENTIAL FOR ADVANCING

PEACE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN ROME

 

RECENT DEVELOPMENTS HOLD POTENTIAL TO OVERCOME VIOLENCE, DESPAIR,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS UN MEETING ON ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE

(Received from a UN Information Officer).

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY ALARMED AT OUTBREAK

 

OF FIGHTING IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

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

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON BAGHDAD ATTACK

The following Security Council press statement on the attack in Baghdad was read out today by Council President Dumisani S. Kumalo ( South Africa):

The members of the Security Council welcomed the Secretary-General’s visit to Baghdad.

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

43^rd Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES $122 MILLION FOR SPECIAL POLITICAL MISSIONS,

INCLUDING BURUNDI OFFICE, NEPAL MISSION, IRAQ MONITORING BOARD

Also Begins Debate on Redesign Panel’s Proposals

Note to Correspondents

UNITED NATIONS TO COMMEMORATE 200^TH ANNIVERSARY OF ABOLITION

OF TRANSATLANTIC SLAVE TRADE, 26 MARCH

 

Keynote Address by Vice-Chancellor Emeritus of University of West Indies;

PARTICIPANTS FOCUS ON NATURE, VALUE OF DIALOGUE AS UNited Nations MEETING

on israeli–Palestinian peace HOLDS FIRST PLENARY SESSION

 

(Received from a UN Information Officer).