In progress at UNHQ

IRAQ FACING COMPLEX SERIES OF OVERLAPPING SECTARIAN, ETHNIC CONFLICTS; WORLD COMMUNITY MUST NOT BE SPECTATOR TO CRISIS, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

SC/9041
13 June 2007
Security CouncilSC/9041
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

5693rd Meeting* (PM)


Iraq facing complex series of overlapping sectarian, ethnic conflicts;

 

World community must not be spectator to crisis, Security Council told


Special Representative Says International Community Has Vital Security Stake

SECURITY COUNCIL 1521 COMMITTEE CONCERNING LIBERIA ADOPTS GUIDELINES

SC/9044
13 June 2007
Security CouncilSC/9044
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

security council 1521 committee concerning liberia adopts guidelines


On 12 June 2007, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia adopted guidelines for the conduct of its work.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF KURT WALDHEIM, FOURTH SECRETARY-GENERAL, AUSTRIA’S FORMER PRESIDENT

SG/SM/11044
14 June 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11044
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General saddened by death of kurt Waldheim,

 

Fourth Secretary-General, austria’s former president


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

SECURITY COUNCIL GRAVELY CONCERNED BY RECENT EXTREMIST ATTACKS IN SOMALIA, CONDEMNS ATTEMPTS TO USE VIOLENCE TO UNDERMINE POLITICAL PROCESS

SC/9045
14 June 2007
Security CouncilSC/9045
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

5695th Meeting (PM)


Security Council gravely concerned by recent extremist attacks in Somalia,


condemns attempts to use violence to undermine political process


Presidential Statement Calls on Member States

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION CALLS ON UNITED STATES TO EXPEDITE PUERTO RICO’S SELF-DETERMINATION PROCESS

GA/COL/3160
14 June 2007
General AssemblyGA/COL/3160
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Special Committee on

Decolonization

5th & 6th Meetings (AM & PM)


SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLoNIZATION CALLS ON United States TO EXPEDITE


PUERTO RICO’S SELF-DETERMINATION PROCESS

 


Text Also Requests General Assembly to Consider Question;

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS THREE INDIVIDUALS TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF CONSOLIDATED LIST

SC/9046
14 June 2007
Security CouncilSC/9046
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS THREE INDIVIDUALS

 

TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF CONSOLIDATED LIST

 


The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 8 June 2007 approved the addition of three individuals to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION OPEN SEVENTEENTH MEETING; ELECT 20 EXPERTS TO CONTINENTAL SHELF COMMISSION

SEA/1884
14 June 2007
Meetings CoverageSEA/1884
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

105th & 106th Meetings (AM & PM)


States parties to law of sea convention open seventeenth meeting;


Elect 20 experts to continental shelf commission

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED FOR ORDINARY PALESTINIANS IN GAZA, DEEPLY DISAPPOINTED AT FAILURE OF NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT, IN LIGHT OF VIOLENCE

SG/SM/11047-PAL/2080
15 June 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11047
PAL/2080
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED FOR ORDINARY PALESTINIANS IN GAZA, DEEPLY


DISAPPOINTED AT FAILURE OF NATIONAL UNITY GOVERNMENT, IN LIGHT OF VIOLENCE


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

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS TEXTS ON DAY OF NON-VIOLENCE, ETHIOPIAN MILLENNIUM; PAYS TRIBUTE TO FORMER SECRETARY-GENERAL KURT WALDHEIM

GA/10601
15 June 2007
General AssemblyGA/10601
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

103rd Meeting (AM)


General Assembly adopts texts on day of non-violence, Ethiopian millennium;


Pays tribute to former Secretary-General kurt Waldheim

 


Secretary-General Says Waldheim Led United Nations

KURT WALDHEIM LED UNITED NATIONS WITH ‘PRUDENCE, PERSEVERANCE AND PRECISION’ DURING DEEPLY CHALLENGING TIME, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT MEMORIAL SERVICE

SG/SM/11045-GA/10600
15 June 2007
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11045
GA/10600
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

kurt waldheim led United Nations with ‘prudence, perseverance and precision’


during deeply challenging time, says Secretary-General at memorial service


Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the General Assembly Memorial Service for Kurt Waldheim in New York, 15 June: