Security Council

5619^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL FAILS TO ADOPT DRAFT RESOLUTION ON MYANMAR,

 

OWING TO NEGATIVE VOTES BY CHINA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

Vote is 9 in Favour to 3 Against, with 3 Abstentions

Security Council

2006 Round-up

SECURITY COUNCIL CONFRONTS AMBITIOUS AGENDA IN 2006, BROKERING CEASEFIRES,

EASING DIFFICULT TRANSITIONS, BLUNTING RELAPSES INTO CONFLICT

Major Concerns Addressed Include War in Lebanon, Arab-Israeli

EXECUTIVE SECRETARY OF ESCAP APPOINTS HAK-FAN LAU AS CHIEF

OF UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION SERVICES IN BANGKOK

 

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

756^th Meeting (AM)

United Nations committee monitoring compliance with women’s

anti-discrimination treaty opens current session

 

To Consider Austria, Azerbaijan, Colombia, Greece, India, Kazakhstan,

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Chamber A, 757^th & 758^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Security Council

5621^st Meeting* (PM)

Security Council requests dispatch of advance team to chad, Central African Republic

to explore possible United Nations mission in border areas

 

Secretary-General, in message to mark el salvador peace accords,

calls them point of reference for United Nations

 

Following is the text of United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message on the fifteenth anniversary of the El Salvador Peace Accords, today, 16 January:

Note to Correspondents

UNITED NATIONS OPERATION IN BURUNDI PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBITION OPENS AT HEADQUARTERS

A photographic exhibition entitled “Burundi:  From Conflict to Peacebuilding” will open in the South Gallery of the General Assembly Visitors’ Lobby on Thursday, 18 January, at 5 p.m.

PROGRESS MADE IN MAINSTREAMING GENDER EQUALITY INTO POLAND’S NATIONAL

LEGISLATION, WOMEN’S ANTI-DESCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TOLD

 

But Committee Experts Express Concern over Focus on Labour,

Employment; Say Government Action Should Address All Aspects of Convention

Secretary-General stresses effective, responsive, accountable management

in message to summit on security of United Nations staff