SECOND COMMITTEE PASSES TEXT EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER FAILURE BY SOME POOR COUNTRIES TO ACHIEVE LASTING DEBT SUSTAINABILITY

GA/EF/3172
6 December 2006
General AssemblyGA/EF/3172
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECOND COMMITTEE PASSES TEXT EXPRESSING CONCERN OVER FAILURE BY SOME


POOR COUNTRIES TO ACHIEVE LASTING DEBT SUSTAINABILITY

 


Action Taken amid Unanimous Approval of Nine Draft Resolutions, One Decision

IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL CONGRATULATES JOSEPH KABILA ON HIS ELECTION AS PRESIDENT OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

SC/8888
6 December 2006
Security CouncilSC/8888
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council

5580th Meeting (PM)


In presidential statement, SECURITY council congratulates joseph kabila


on his election as president of democratic republic of congo

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES RECONCILIATION IN MESSAGE TO MARK PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURATION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

SG/SM/10781-AFR/1472
6 December 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10781
AFR/1472
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES RECONCILIATION IN MESSAGE TO MARK PRESIDENTIAL


INAUGURATION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JOEL BOUTROUE OF FRANCE AS DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR UNITED NATIONS STABILIZATION MISSION IN HAITI

SG/A/1029-BIO/3823
6 December 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/A/1029
BIO/3823
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Biographical Note


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JOEL BOUTROUE OF FRANCE AS DEPUTY SPECIAL


REPRESENTATIVE FOR UNITED NATIONS STABILIZATION MISSION IN HAITI

 

DEVELOPMENT A PROCESS, NOT AN ACHIEVEMENT, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD, AS IT CONSIDERS IMPLEMENTATION OF UN CONFERENCE OUTCOMES

GA/10546
6 December 2006
General AssemblyGA/10546
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

66th Meeting (AM)


DEVELOPMENT A PROCESS, NOT AN ACHIEVEMENT, GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD,


AS IT CONSIDERS IMPLEMENTATION OF UN CONFERENCE OUTCOMES

 


But Economic Gap Still Widening Between Developed, Developing Countries

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED BY DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION IN DARFUR, CONSEQUENCES FOR WIDER REGION, INCLUDING CHAD, CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

SG/SM/10785-AFR/1473
7 December 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10785
AFR/1473
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General deeply concerned by deteriorating security situation in Darfur,

 

consequences for wider region, including chad, Central African Republic


The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UNITED NATIONS REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL EMERGENCY FUND IN 2007

IHA/1246
7 December 2006
Press ReleaseIHA/1246
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

United Nations REQUESTS SUPPORT FOR GLOBAL EMERGENCY FUND IN 2007


NEW YORK, 7 December (OCHA) -- The United Nations this morning convened a high-level conference on support for the Central Emergency Response Fund (CERF) in 2007, as part of the ongoing process of humanitarian reform.