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GA/DIS/3376
27 October 2008
General AssemblyGA/DIS/3376
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-third General Assembly

First Committee

18th Meeting (PM)


CANADA ASKS FIRST COMMITTEE TO IMAGINE ‘UTOPIAN’ PICTURE OF DISARMAMENT MACHINERY;


URGES ALTERNATIVE SOLUTIONS WHERE PROGRESS IN TRADITIONAL MACHINERY HAS STAGNATED

GA/10771
27 October 2008
General AssemblyGA/10771
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

GENERAL ASSEMBLY REAFFIRMS STRONG SUPPORT FOR INDISPENSABLE ROLE OF INTERNATIONAL


ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY, AS DIRECTOR GENERAL MOHAMED ELBARADEI PRESENTS ANNUAL REPORT


Surging Energy Demand, Climate Change, Drive Nuclear Power ‘Renaissance’, Says

SG/SM/11886-AFR/1759-PKO/197
27 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11886
AFR/1759
PKO/197
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTREMELY CONCERNED BY FURTHER SECURITY DETERIORATION


IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 


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

SG/SM/11884-OBV/740
27 October 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11884
OBV/740
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

LEADERSHIP, PARTNERSHIP CRUCIAL IN CREATING SAFER, MORE PROSPEROUS WORLD,


SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS AT UNITED NATIONS DAY CONCERT


Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the concert for United Nations Day, in New York, 24 October:

GA/EF/3223
27 October 2008
General AssemblyGA/EF/3223
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-third General Assembly

Second Committee

17th & 18th Meetings (AM & PM)


GLOBAL CRISES OFFER CHANCES TO USE SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT AS ENGINE FOR COMMON


PURPOSES, MEETING INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS, SECOND COMMITTEE TOLD