Economic and Social Council

2006 Substantive Session

46^th & 47^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL APPROVES CONSULTATIVE STATUS FOR THREE

NON-GOVERNMENTAL Organizations FOCUSING ON GAY, LESBIAN RIGHTS

TO FUNCTION MORE EFFECTIVELY, UNITED NATIONS NEEDS FAR-SIGHTED AMERICAN

LEADERSHIP, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT TRUMAN PRESIDENTIAL LIBRARY

Following is the text of the address today by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Truman Presidential Museum and Library in Independence, Missouri:

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

72^nd & 73^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

IN MESSAGE TO DONORS, HOSTS MEETING, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS United Nations

PALESTINIAN RELIEF AGENCY ‘A FORCE FOR STABILITY’ DESERVING FULL FUNDING

Security Council

5583^rd Meeting* (AM)

IRAQ STANDS ON BRINK OF CIVIL WAR, ‘VIOLENCE SEEMS OUT OF CONTROL’,

 

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

 

United States Says Sectarian Violence Greatest Threat to Stability;

Note to Correspondents

CONCERT IN HONOUR OF SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

 

TO TAKE PLACE ON MONDAY, 18 DECEMBER

Daniel Barenboim to Conduct West-Eastern Divan Orchestra in General Assembly Hall

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

28^th & 29^th Meetings (AM & PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONSIDERS BUDGET IMPLICATIONS OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY TEXTS

ON DAMAGE REGISTER, DISABILITIES CONVENTION, LAW OF SEA

 

IN MESSAGE TO INTERNAL AUDIT REPRESENTATIVES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘rEASONABLE

HEADWAY’ HAS BEEN MADE ON United Nations MANAGEMENT REFORM

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY URGES HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL TO SEND EXPERTS

TO INVESTIGATE LATEST ESCALATION OF ABUSES IN DARFUR

 

Secretary-General accepts resignation of relief coordinator jan egeland

‘with deep regret and with profound gratitude’ for tireless efforts

The following statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued today at Headquarters: