SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LAW ALLOWING JAPAN TO CONTINUE SUPPORT IN AFGHANISTAN

 

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

Security Council

6046^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES STATES TO USE LAND-BASED OPERATIONS IN SOMALIA,

AS PART OF FIGHT AGAINST PIRACY OFF COAST, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING 1851 (2008)

Secretary-General Briefs on Political, Security, Humanitarian Situations;

give african forces in somalia substantial, credible backing, Secretary-General

urges as Security Council considers challenges facing horn of africa country

Security Council

6045^th Meeting* (AM)

adopting text on middle east conflict, Security Council reaffirms support

for annapolis outcomes, declares negotiations ‘irreversible’

Resolution Garners 14 Votes in Favour as Libya Abstains, Citing ‘Ambiguity’

Secretary-general, in Security Council statement, calls for unity of purpose

while stressing vital need to conclude israeli-palestinian peace process

Meeting of States Parties

Convention on Rights of Child

18^th & 19^th Meetings (AM & PM)

STATES PARTIES TO RIGHTS OF CHILD CONVENTION ELECT NINE MEMBERS TO MONITORING BODY

UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL SEMINAR ON PROMOTING UNIVERSALITY OF CONVENTION

ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, PROTOCOLS, TO OPEN IN KATHMANDU

 

PROTECTING EDUCATION GAINS VITAL TO ACHIEVEMENT OF MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s video message to the High-Level Group on Education for All, in Oslo, today, 16 December:

Sixty-third General Assembly

Fifth Committee

24^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP PROPOSED $467 MILLION IN FINANCING

FOR 27 POLITICAL MISSIONS IN 2009

 

Secretary-General says ‘prosperity need not come at the expense of our planet’,

Urges investment in creation of green jobs, in message to Haiti seminar