Sixty-second General Assembly

Third Committee

30^th & 31^st Meetings (AM & PM)

CAPITAL PUNISHMENT NOT PROHIBITED UNDER INTERNATIONAL LAW, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Death Penalty Compromises Dignity of Mankind,

Sixty-second General Assembly

First Committee

21^st & 22^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, NOTING PROGRESS, URGES CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES TO CONFRONT

‘ENORMOUS CHALLENGES’ TO PEACEBUILDING, RECONSTRUCTION

 

Message to Leaders’ Economic Conference in Brazzaville Commends Region

‘CONNECT AFRICA’ SUMMIT ENDS WITH PLEDGE TO LINK CONTINENT’S CAPITALS,

MAJOR CITIES BY 2012; TOTAL GLOBAL HOOK-UP TO FOLLOW

 

Problem Said to Be Policy, Not Technology; Governments Promise

Better Regulatory Environment as Private Sector Investment Offered

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

38^th & 39^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Sixty-second General Assembly

Sixth Committee

18^th Meeting (AM)

WORK OF INTERNATIONAL LAW COMMISSION RECOGNIZED AS ASSEMBLY’S

LEGAL COMMITTEE BEGINS WEEK-LONG REVIEW OF 2007 ACTIVITIES

Among Topics for Debate:  Reservations to Treaties, Shared

‘CONNECT AFRICA’ SUMMIT OPENS IN KIGALI

Partnerships Announced to Develop Information and Communications

Technology in the Continent as World Bank Announces Doubling of Financing

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Secretary-General, in message for international day on environmental consequences

of war and armed conflict, calls for mitigation efforts, renewed commitment

Deputy Secretary-General, at opening of United Nations advocacy week

of world churches, stresses key role of civil society groups

Review of Efforts on Global Challenges; Continuing Crises in Many African

Countries Noted, but Account to Be Taken of ‘Significant Strides’ in Others

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ROCKET FIRE BY PALESTINIAN MILITANTS TARGETING ISRAEL,

SAYS PUNITIVE MEASURES BY ISRAEL AGAINST GAZA UNACCEPTABLE

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