Sixty-second General Assembly

Fifth Committee

37^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE OPENS FOUR-WEEK HEADQUARTERS SESSION

 

WITH FOCUS ON PEACEKEEPING FINANCE

 

2008/09 Peacekeeping Budget Estimated at More Than $7 Billion;

Commission on Sustainable Development

Sixteenth Session

2^nd & 3^rd Meetings* (AM & PM)

Middle east negotiations must be backed up with ‘real change on the ground’,

Says Secretary-General to London meeting

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s opening remarks to the meeting of the Ad Hoc Liaison Committee in London on 2 May:

‘REBIRTH’ OF HEADQUARTERS WILL HELP UNITED NATIONS CARRY OUT MISSION

FOR GENERATIONS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT GROUNDBREAKING CEREMONY

Following are UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks at the groundbreaking ceremony for the Capital Master Plan, in New York, 5 May:

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek travelled from Vienna, Austria, to Bern, Switzerland, in the afternoon of Sunday, 27 April.

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Seventh Session

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Security Council

5885^th Meeting (PM)

Background Release

UNITED NATIONS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SET TO TACKLE ISSUES

UNDERPINNING GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS, AT HEADQUARTERS, 5-16 MAY

 

STATEMENT BY MIDDLE EAST QUARTET

 

Following is the text of the statement issued today in London by the Quartet ( United Nations, Russian Federation, United States and European Union):

landmark United Nations convention on rights of persons with disabilities,

optional protocol, enter into force tomorrow, 3 may

 

The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities is set to enter into force tomorrow, 3 May, marking a new era in efforts to protect those rights.