Committee on NGOs

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Security Council

6077^th Meeting (PM)

‘EVERY GAZAN HAS A TALE OF PROFOUND GRIEF TO TELL’, YET PEOPLE ALSO DETERMINED

TO OVERCOME PAIN, REBUILD LIVES, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

 

Briefed by United Nations Humanitarian Affairs Head,

CONTINUING HUNGER ‘DEEP STAIN ON OUR WORLD’, BUT WEALTH, KNOW-HOW EXIST ‘TO REMOVE

IT –- FOREVER’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO HIGH-LEVEL MADRID MEETING

 

GOVERNMENTS LINK WITH CIVIL SOCIETY PARTNERS ON FOOD SECURITY AT MADRID MEETING

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES PEOPLE OF BOLIVIA ON CONSTITUTIONAL REFERENDUM,

EXHORTS POLITICAL LEADERS TO WORK TOGETHER FOR PROSPEROUS, INCLUSIVE FUTURE

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

Security Council

6076^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATES OF UN CÔTE D’IVOIRE OPERATION, FRENCH SUPPORTING

FORCES UNTIL 31 JULY, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1865 (2009)

Reduces Troop Strength; Endorses Reconfiguration, Benchmarks for Further Drawdown;

SECRETARY-GENERAL, SPAIN’S PRIME MINISTER ISSUE JOINT STATEMENT

 

FOLLOWING FOOD SECURITY MEETING IN MADRID

 

Following is the text of a joint statement by Prime Minister Rodriguez Zapatero and UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon issued today in Madrid, Spain:

UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION LAUNCHES ‘FOOTPRINTS FOR HOPE’

PROJECT TO ENCOURAGE EDUCATION ABOUT HOLOCAUST WORLDWIDE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS HOSTILITIES IN NORTH DARFUR,

 

SAYS CONTINUED MILITARY ACTIONS JEOPARDIZING POLITICAL PROCESS

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon:

UNITED NATIONS TO OBSERVE HOLOCAUST REMEMBRANCE DAY 27 JANUARY;

 

EVENTS INCLUDE MEMORIAL CEREMONY, EXHIBITS, FILM SCREENING