Committee on NGOs

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

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS SIX CIVIL-SOCIETY GROUPS

FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS AS IT CONCLUDES TWO-WEEK SESSION

 

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON LEBANON

 

The following Security Council press statement was issued yesterday by Council President Giadalla A. Ettalhi ( Libya):

Security Council

5828^th Meeting (PM)

Security Council authorizes United Nations Organization Mission in Democratic

 

Republic of Congo to organize, conduct local elections

 

Members Adopt Resolution 1797 (2008), Presidential Statement on Peace Conference

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES COLOMBIA’S RATIFICATION

 

OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY

 

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

Security Council

5827^th Meeting* (AM)

Under-Secretary-General, in briefing to Security Council, underscores gap

between aspirations of Middle East peace process, reality on ground

Condemning Collective Punishment, Rocket Attacks,

Special Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM)

ZHIGUO GAO OF CHINA ELECTED JUDGE OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL IN SPECIAL MEETING

OF STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON THE LAW OF THE SEA

 

Security Council

5829^th Meeting (Night)

Secretary-General notes timeliness of rights declaration anniversary at opening

of exhibition to honour holocaust victims, celebrate those who protected jews

Committee on NGOs

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS TWO INTERNATIONAL BODIES

FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS, REVIEWS 53 QUADRENNIAL REPORTS

 

rwanda genocide memorial a repository of hope, a call to justice,

 

Secretary-General declares in remarks to media

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s remarks to the press at the Rwanda Genocide Memorial in Kigali today, 29 January: