Meetings Coverage and Press Releases

In progress at UNHQ

Peacekeeping

GA/PK/198

CONCLUDING 2008 SESSION, SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS ADOPTS REPORT, ELECTS FIRST EVER WOMAN CHAIRPERSON

3 July 2008
General AssemblyGA/PK/198
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

205th Meeting (PM)


concluding 2008 session, special committee on peacekeeping operations


adopts report, elects first ever woman chairperson

 


Members Pay Tribute to Outgoing Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guéhenno

PKO/186

PEACEKEEPING SEMINAR CONCLUDES IN TOKYO WITH PLEDGE BY JAPAN’S GOVERNMENT TO CONSIDER ENGAGEMENT ON THE GROUND, INCLUDING IN SUDAN, AFGHANISTAN

6 June 2008
Press ReleasePKO/186
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

PEACEKEEPING SEMINAR CONCLUDES IN TOKYO WITH PLEDGE BY JAPAN’S GOVERNMENT


TO CONSIDER ENGAGEMENT ON THE GROUND, INCLUDING IN SUDAN, AFGHANISTAN

 


Acknowledges Japan Has ‘Room to Improve Head Count’; UN Peacekeeping Chief

PKO/185

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS TELLS UNITED NATIONS SEMINAR IN TOKYO THAT THOSE WHO WILL MAKE PEACE ARE THOSE WHO MADE WAR

6 June 2008
Press ReleasePKO/185
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS TELLS UNITED NATIONS


SEMINAR IN TOKYO THAT THOSE WHO WILL MAKE PEACE ARE THOSE WHO MADE WAR


In Day-Long Event, United Nations Public Information Chief Stresses

Challenge of Building Appreciation for Peacekeepers among Local Populations

PKO/181

UNITED NATIONS TO MARK 60 YEARS OF PEACEKEEPING ON 29 MAY

27 May 2008
Press ReleasePKO/181
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

United Nations to mark 60 Years of Peacekeeping on 29 May

 


The United Nations will mark the sixtieth anniversary of United Nations Peacekeeping on Thursday, 29 May, the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers.