United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon and Madam Ban Soon-taek arrived in Washington, D.C., on Thursday morning, 11 October.

Sixty-second General Assembly

Third Committee

20^th & 21^st Meetings (AM & PM)

SEVEN DRAFT RESOLUTIONS ON KEY HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES INTRODUCED TO THIRD COMMITTEE

Proposed Unified Standing Treaty Body Not Panacea for Existing Problems

SEVEN YEARS AFTER SECURITY COUNCIL’S ADOPTION OF RESOLUTION 1325 ON WOMEN, PEACE,

SECURITY, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES COLLECTIVE DUTY TO STEP UP IMPLEMENTATION

Sixty-second General Assembly

Plenary

31^st & 32^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY OPENS HIGH-LEVEL DIALOGUE ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT,

AIMS TO SET STAGE FOR NEXT YEAR’S REVIEW OF 2002 ‘ MONTERREY CONSENSUS’

 

AT STAND UP AGAINST POVERTY EVENT, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘BREAK THE RECORD

OF BROKEN PROMISES’; TIME IS RUNNING OUT TO MEET MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Sixty-second General Assembly

Fifth Committee

8^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP ACCELERATED STRATEGY

FOR IMPLEMENTING CAPITAL MASTER PLAN

2007 Report of International Civil Service Commission Also Introduced

Sixty-second General Assembly

Sixth Committee

11^th Meeting (AM)

SIXTH COMMITTEE SPEAKERS APPLAUD WORK OF UNCITRAL ON STEPS

 

TO REMOVE LEGAL OBSTACLES TO INTERNATIONAL TRADE

 

Adoption of Legislative Guide on Secured Transactions

Sixty-second General Assembly

Second Committee

12^th Meeting (PM)

SPEAKERS IN SECOND COMMITTEE CALL ON ISRAEL TO STOP DESTROYING INFRASTRUCTURE,

CAUSING ENVIRONMENTAL DAMAGE IN OCCUPIED ARAB LANDS

 

Members Take up Issue of Permanent Sovereignty

Security Council

5765^th Meeting (AM)

POLITICAL AGREEMENT SIGNED IN MARCH EASED TENSIONS IN CôTE D’IVOIRE,

 

BUT DELAYS IN IMPLEMENTATION GROWING CONCERN, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Agreement Facilitated by Burkina Faso, Set Schedule on Range Of Issues,

DISARMAMENT MUST REMAIN AT TOP OF AGENDA, STRESSES SECRETARY-GENERAL

AS HE WARNS AGAINST COMPLACENCY, IN MESSAGE TO PUGWASH CONFERENCE

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message to the fifty-seventh Pugwash Conference, in Bari, Italy, on 21 October: