In progress at UNHQ

11 ORGANIZATIONS WIN APPROVAL FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS AS NGO COMMITTEE POSTPONES ACTION ON APPLICATIONS OF 26 OTHERS

ECOSOC/6267-NGO/618
15 May 2007
Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6267
NGO/618
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Committee on NGOs

16th & 17th Meetings (AM & PM)


11 ORGANIZATIONS WIN APPROVAL FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS AS NGO COMMITTEE


POSTPONES ACTION ON APPLICATIONS OF 26 OTHERS

 

BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA HAS HISTORIC WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY TO MOVE CLOSER TO EUROPE, LEADERS MUST ‘SEIZE THE MOMENT’, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

SC/9018
16 May 2007
Security CouncilSC/9018
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

5675th Meeting (AM)


Bosnia and Herzegovina has historic window of opportunity to move closer


To Europe, leaders must ‘seize the moment’, Security Council told


High Representative Says European Union Association Agreement Hinges

VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, SITUATION OF MINORITIES AMONG ISSUES OF CONCERN AS ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE EXAMINES SERBIA’S FIRST EVER REPORT

WOM/1625
16 May 2007
General AssemblyWOM/1625
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

775th & 776th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES PRIORITIES, CHALLENGES FOR UNITED NATIONS IN ADDRESS TO KOREA SOCIETY’S FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY DINNER

SG/SM/10996
16 May 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10996
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES PRIORITIES, CHALLENGES FOR UNITED NATIONS


IN ADDRESS TO KOREA SOCIETY’S FIFTIETH ANNIVERSARY DINNER


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address at the dinner celebrating the fiftieth anniversary of the Korea Society, held in New York on 15 May:

SPEAKERS CALL FOR INCREASED INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION OF INDIGENOUS RIGHTS, IMPROVED PARTICIPATION IN OWN DEVELOPMENT, AS FORUM DEBATE CONTINUES

HR/4919
16 May 2007
Economic and Social CouncilHR/4919
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

5th Meeting (PM)


Speakers call for increased international recognition of indigenous rights,


Improved participation in own development, as forum debate continues


Native American Tribal Leader Says Lands Being Plundered,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS 2008 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF LANGUAGES, IN EFFORT TO PROMOTE UNITY IN DIVERSITY, GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING

GA/10592
16 May 2007
General AssemblyGA/10592
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

96th Meeting (PM)


GENERAL ASSEMBLY PROCLAIMS 2008 INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF LANGUAGES, IN EFFORT


TO PROMOTE UNITY IN DIVERSITY, GLOBAL UNDERSTANDING

 

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS APPROVES 16 MORE ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

ECOSOC/6268-NGO/619
16 May 2007
Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6268
NGO/619
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Committee on NGOs

18th & 19th Meetings (AM & PM)


COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS APPROVES 16 MORE ORGANIZATIONS


FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL