Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

30^th Meeting (AM)

Peacebuilding Commission

Burundi configuration

3^rd & 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Peacebuilding commission holds day-long discussion on Burundi,

 

agrees on fund’s use to bolster government’s priority plan

 

Security Council

5586^th Meeting (Night)

In presidential statement, Security Council reiterates full support

for democratically elected government of lebanon

 

Condemns Any Effort to Destabilize Country; Reaffirms Strong Support

Security Council

5584^th Meeting (AM)

TENSIONS IN MIDDLE EAST ‘NEAR THE BREAKING POINT’,

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

 

Presidential Statement Underlines Need to Intensify

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan travelled to Independence, Missouri, early on Monday, 11 December, to deliver his last speech as Secretary-General to an American audience, at the Truman Presidential Museum and Library.

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL MIDDLE EAST IN PROFOUND CRISIS,

 

CALLS FOR ‘NEW AND URGENT PUSH FOR PEACE’

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Security Council on the Middle East in New York, 12 December:

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

74^th & 75^th Meetings (AM & PM)

General Assembly president notes persistent division on path to change

as delegates conclude debate on Security Council reform

 

Security Council

5588^th Meeting (PM)

Kosovo envoy tells Security Council delay of status proposal raised tension;

Says further delays will play into hands of extremists on all sides

Serbia Representative Warns Against ‘Precipitous Solution’;

SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS ADOPTION OF LANDMARK CONVENTION

 

ON RIGHTS OF PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES

 

MALAYSIA TO HOST UNITED NATIONS ASIAN MEETING, CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM

IN SUPPORT OF INALIENABLE PALESTINIAN RIGHTS