DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, INTRODUCING FILM ‘PLANET UN’, SAYS IT SHEDS LIGHT

ON GREAT HISTORY OF UNITED NATIONS, PUTTING ITS LIFE-SAVING WORK ‘ON MAP’

Security Council

6074^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council extends mandate of United Nations mission in nepal

 

until 23 July 2009, unanimously adopting resolution 1864 (2009)

Endorses Secretary-General’s Recommendation for Phased Drawdown;

Committee on NGOs

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

TEN CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS APPROVED BY NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS

COMMITTEE FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Leaves 31 Applications Pending

U thant’s life of public service informed by vision of truly global society, Spirit

of ‘one world’, says Secretary-General, in message to 100^th birthday event

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE EXAMINING COUNTER-TERRORISM POLICIES,

URGES ‘FOCUS ON PEOPLE’, AS ISSUE IS ABOUT HUMAN SUFFERING, NOT STATISTICS

Secretary-General congratulates barack Obama on inauguration as United States

president; says ‘our goals are shared’, new era of strong partnership ahead

The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued today in New York:

Security Council

6071^st Meeting* (AM)

POPULATION IDENTIFICATION, DISARMAMENT, ELECTIONS WILL HAVE DECISIVE IMPACT

ON Côte d’Ivoire, UNITED NATIONS EXIT STRATEGY, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Special Representative Notes Two Recent ‘Milestones’: Decision to Postpone

Security Council press statement ON MIDDLE EAST

 

The following press statement on the Middle East was read out today by Security Council President Jean-Maurice Ripert ( France):

The members of the Security Council were briefed this afternoon by the Secretary-General on his visit to the Middle East.

HEALTHY, POLITICALLY ENGAGED WOMEN CAN DRIVE EFFORTS TO ERADICATE HUNGER,

DISEASE, POVERTY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO GUATEMALA MEETING

Committee on NGOs

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS COMMITTEE APPROVES TWO CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS

FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Defers 11 More Applications