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GA/PAL/1083
29 April 2008
General AssemblyGA/PAL/1083
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON PALESTINE REFUGEES OPENS IN PARIS

 


Individual, Collective Rights of Palestine Refugees

Remain Undiminished, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Says


(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

GA/PAL/1085
29 April 2008
General AssemblyGA/PAL/1085
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ADDRESSES RIGHTS OF PALESTINIAN REFUGEES


Experts Focus on 60-Year History of Palestine Refugee Problem, Its Numerous Aspects


(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

SC/9313-AFG/315
28 April 2008
Security CouncilSC/9313
AFG/315
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Security Council PRESS STATEMENT ON AFGHANISTAN

 


The following Security Council press statement on Afghanistan was read out today by Council President Dumisani S. Kumalo ( South Africa):

HR/4949
28 April 2008
Economic and Social CouncilHR/4949
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Seventh Session

8th & 9th Meetings (AM & PM)


PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES EXAMINES VALUE OF INCREASED COLLABORATION


WITH HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL UNDER UNIVERSAL REVIEW MECHANISM

 

SG/SM/11533-AFG/314
28 April 2008
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/11533
AFG/314
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS IN STRONGEST TERMS ATTACK ON AFGHANISTAN’S PRESIDENT


The following statement by UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon was issued on  27 April in Bern:

DSG/SM/388
28 April 2008
Deputy Secretary-GeneralDSG/SM/388
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

ON WORLD MALARIA DAY, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS THERE ARE NO MORE EXCUSES NOT


TO STEP UP EFFORTS TO STOP DEATHS FROM MALARIA, ONLY WILL, LEADERSHIP, SOLUTIONS


Following is the text of UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro’s remarks on World Malaria Day, in New York, Friday, 25 April: