UN MEDIA SEMINAR ON MIDDLE EAST OPENS AMID ‘GREAT UNCERTAINTY AND DIFFICULTY’;

MEETING AIMS TO BOOST CONFIDENCE FROM BOTTOM UP, SAYS COMMUNICATIONS CHIEF

Violence Cause for Dismay, Not Despair, Secretary-General

Says, Urging Media, Civil Society to Spread Message of Coexistence

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES OVER FLOODING VICTIMS IN INDIA, PAKISTAN

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

Security Council

5706^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL DIPLOMATS WELCOME ACCEPTANCE OF HYBRID FORCE FOR DARFUR,

WHILE STRESSING NEED TO KEEP PRESSURE ON GOVERNMENT, REBELS

Members of Mission to Africa Report on Visits

Deputy Secretary-General, in address to global forum on reinventing government,

underscores importance of restoring public trust

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES MEDIA SEMINAR TO EXPLORE CREATIVE APPROACHES

IN SPREADING MESSAGE OF PEACE AMID CURRENT MIDDLE EAST TROUBLES

Secretary-general condemns in strongest terms terrorist attack in Lebanon

that killed six, injured two United Nations peacekeepers

 

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

Security Council

5704^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT CONDEMNS LEBANON TERRORIST ATTACK;

SIX UN PEACEKEEPERS KILLED, INCLUDING SPANISH, COLOMBIAN NATIONALS

Commends Lebanese Government’s Commitment to Investigate,

Security Council

5705^th Meeting (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL UNDERSCORES NEED FOR PEACEKEEPING MANDATES TO CONSIDER HELPING

STATES PREVENT ILLEGAL EXPLOITATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES FROM FUELLING CONFLICT

Following Day-long Debate, Presidential Statement Emphasizes

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON PROTECTION of civilians in armed conflict

The following Security Council press statement on the protection of civilians in armed conflict was delivered today by Council President Johan C. Verbeke ( Belgium):

Peacebuilding Commission

Sierra Leone configuration

5^th Meeting (AM)

Peacebuilding Commission highlights importance of incorporating monitoring

mechanisms into integrated peacebuilding strategy for Sierra Leone

Members Adopt Chairman’s Declaration Recognizing