Commission on the Status of Women

Fifty-second Session

16^th Meeting (Resumed) (AM)

WOMEN’S COMMISSION, CONCLUDING SESSION, ADOPTS WIDE-RANGING AGREED CONCLUSIONS

ON FINANCING FOR GENDER EQUALITY AND WOMEN’S EMPOWERMENT

 

UNITED NATIONS, ORGANIZATION OF THE ISLAMIC CONFERENCE ARE NATURAL ALLIES

IN CONFRONTING GLOBAL ISSUES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS LEADERS AT SUMMIT

Security Council

5852^nd Meeting (PM)

CONCERNED ABOUT PRESENCE OF ARMED GROUPS IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,

SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS THEY LAY DOWN ARMS, SURRENDER TO AUTHORITIES

Resolution 1804 (2008) also Stipulates

Security Council

5851^st Meeting (AM & PM)

CHALLENGES IN AFGHANISTAN -- RUTHLESS INSURGENCY, FRAGILE GOVERNMENT INSTITUTIONS,

MASSIVE ILLEGAL DRUG ECONOMY -- MUST BE CONFRONTED, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Head of Peacekeeping Says United Nations Mission Does Not Need

APPRENTICESHIP PROGRAMMES WOULD TRAIN, MENTOR, ENCOURAGE WOMEN LEADERSHIP IN ALL

 

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON DARFUR

 

The following Security Council press statement on Darfur was read out today by Council President Vitaly Churkin ( Russian Federation):

Sixty-second General Assembly

Fifth Committee

31^st Meeting (PM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP UNITED NATIONS PROCUREMENT

 

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

203^rd & 204^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS INDISCRIMINATE TERRORIST ACTS IN PAKISTAN

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

Security Council

5850^th Meeting (PM)

‘KOSOVO SHALL REMAIN A PART OF SERBIA FOREVER’, SAYS SERBIA’S FOREIGN MINISTER,

TELLING SECURITY COUNCIL INDEPENDENCE DECLARATION ‘ILLEGAL AND ILLEGITIMATE’

Stresses His Government Will Not Use Force or Economic Embargo,