UNITED NATIONS REPORT SAYS AFRICAN COUNTRIES ALMOST HALFWAY TO MALARIA MILESTONE

Secretary-General, in message, says world must work together, state at highest

 

level violence against women ‘will not be tolerated in any form’

 

Following is Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for International Women’s Day, observed 8 March:

FRANCOPHONE VOICES SHOULD BE HEARD IN PROCESS OF ORGANIZATIONAL RENEWAL

AT UNITED NATIONS, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL ASHA-ROSE MIGIRO SAYS

Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks to the Francophonie, in New York on 25 February:

SECURITY COUNCIL AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE APPROVES AMENDMENTS

TO EIGHT ENTRIES ON CONSOLIDATED LIST, MAKES TECHNICAL CORRECTION TO ONE

PRESS CONFERENCE ON ANTI-CORRUPTION EFFORTS BY GLOBAL COMPACT PARTICIPANTS

Commission on Sustainable Development

Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting

7^th & 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Security Council

6087^th Meeting (AM)

IRAQ SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL ‘WE HAVE GROUNDS FOR OPTIMISM’

FOLLOWING RECENT SUCCESSFUL PROVINCIAL ELECTIONS

 

Says Challenges in 2009 Will Include Efforts to Foster National Reconciliation;

DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Marie Okabe, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General.

Good afternoon.

**Secretary-General Travels

Security Council

6086^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS TIMOR-LESTE MISSION UNTIL 26 FEBRUARY 2010

 

Peacebuilding Commission

Organizational Committee

3^rd Meeting (AM)

JOHN MCNEE OF CANADA ELECTED CHAIR OF PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION’S

COUNTRY-SPECIFIC CONFIGURATION ON SIERRA LEONE

 

Applauds Country’s Tremendous Progress, Warns Serious Challenges Remain;