In progress at UNHQ

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ELECTS FIVE MEMBERS TO SUBSIDIARY COMMISSIONS; ADOPTS DRAFT DECISION ON SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY, DEFERS ACTION ON SECOND TEXT

ECOSOC/6271
24 May 2007
Economic and Social CouncilECOSOC/6271
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Economic and Social Council

2007 Organizational Session

12th Meeting (PM)

TANGIBLE, IMMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS NEEDED IN BURUNDI TO MAKE ‘HARD-WON PEACE’ IRREVERSIBLE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DONOR CONFERENCE

SG/SM/11011-AFR/1541
24 May 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11011
AFR/1541
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

TANGIBLE, IMMEDIATE DEVELOPMENT PROGRESS NEEDED IN BURUNDI TO MAKE ‘HARD-WON PEACE’


IRREVERSIBLE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DONOR CONFERENCE


Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the donor round table conference on Burundi, held in Bujumbura, 24-25 May:

ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE APPLAUDS SYRIA’S DECISION TO WITHDRAW RESERVATIONS TO WOMEN’S TREATY, URGES AMENDING DOMESTIC LAW TO REFLECT COMMITMENTS

WOM/1630
24 May 2007
General AssemblyWOM/1630
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

785th & 786th Meetings (AM & PM)

DANGERS OF CLIMATE CHANGE ALREADY THREATENING TRADITIONAL CULTURES, URGENT RESPONSE NEEDED, INDIGENOUS FORUM TOLD

HR/4925
24 May 2007
Economic and Social CouncilHR/4925
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

14th & 15th Meetings (AM & PM)


Dangers of climate change already threatening traditional cultures,


urgent response needed, indigenous forum told

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL MARTIN L. AGWAI OF NIGERIA AS FORCE COMMANDER OF AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SUDAN

SG/SM/11013-AFR/1542
24 May 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11013
AFR/1542
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES APPOINTMENT OF GENERAL MARTIN L. AGWAI OF NIGERIA


AS FORCE COMMANDER OF AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SUDAN


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

RECENT EVENTS IN MIDDLE EAST STARKLY ILLUSTRATE OBSTACLES IN WAY OF PROGRESS TOWARDS PEACE, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

SC/9025
24 May 2007
Security CouncilSC/9025
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

5683rd Meeting (AM)


Recent events in Middle East starkly illustrate obstacles

 

in way of progress towards peace, Security Council told

 


Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs Says Immediate

MISSIONS HELP FOSTER CULTURE OF SUSTAINABLE PEACE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS

GA/SM/382-OBV/627-PKO/162
25 May 2007
General AssemblyGA/SM/382
OBV/627
PKO/162
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

MISSIONS HELP FOSTER CULTURE OF SUSTAINABLE PEACE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT


SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS

WORKSHOP ON IMPLEMENTING SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1540 (2004) IN CARIBBEAN REGION BEGINS IN KINGSTON, JAMAICA, 29-30 MAY

SC/9026
25 May 2007
Security CouncilSC/9026
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

workshop on implementing Security Council resolution 1540 (2004)


in caribbean region begins in kingston, jamaica, 29-30 May

UNITED NATIONS FORUM CALLS FOR ‘FREE, PRIOR AND INFORMED CONSENT’ BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES FOR PROJECTS ON THEIR LANDS, AS TWO-WEEK SESSION ENDS

HR/4926
25 May 2007
Economic and Social CouncilHR/4926
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

16th & 17th Meetings (AM & PM)