STATEMENT BY MIDDLE EAST QUARTET

 

Following is the text of today’s statement by the Quartet ( United Nations, Russian Federation, United States and European Union):

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2438^th & 2439^th Meetings* (AM & PM)

DEATH PENALTY, CORPORAL PUNISHMENT, POLICE BRUTALITY AMONG CHIEF CONCERNS RAISED

BY HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE AS IT EXAMINES REPORT OF BARBADOS

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

42^nd Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ASSETS FROM COMPLETED

 

BURUNDI OPERATION BE DONATED TO GOVERNMENT

 

Also Approves Text on Joint Inspection Unit’s Work Programme

Security Council

5642^nd Meeting (AM)

SIGNIFICANT PROGRESS MADE BY COMMISSION INVESTIGATING ASSASSINATION

OF FORMER LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER HARIRI, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Head of Investigation, Representative of Lebanon Brief Council

Security Council

5641^st Meeting* (AM)

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY MUST MOVE QUICKLY TO HELP AFGHANISTAN AS EFFORTS TO SECURE

PEACE, STABILITY ‘WERE BEING PUT TO THE TEST’, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Despite Laudable Progress, Continuing Challenges Include Mounting

Background Release

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF TO HOLD PLENARY PART

OF NINETEENTH SESSION IN NEW YORK FROM 26 MARCH TO 5 APRIL

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS TERRORIST GAS ATTACKS IN IRAQ

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR SCALED UP ACTION TO COMBAT TUBERCULOSIS

 

IN MESSAGE MARKING WORLD TB DAY

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for World Tuberculosis (TB) Day, observed on 24 March:

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-ninth Session

2434^th Meeting* (AM)

TWENTY-TWO FELLOWSHIPS AWARDED FOR 2007 UN FELLOWSHIP IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

(Reissued as received.)