PREVENTING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, GIRLS NEEDS TO BEGIN AT HOME,

SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT IN WOMEN’S DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is the message by General Assembly President Sheikha Haya Rashed Al Khalifa ( Bahrain) for International Women’s Day, 8 March:

‘grounded approach’ to escaping poverty highly relevant, Secretary-General says

in message to international conference on official development aid

Commission on the Status of Women

Fifty-first Session

11^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council

5636^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council stresses importance of women’s equal participation,

full involvement in efforts to maintain peace, security

 

Presidential Statement Reaffirms Commitment to Resolution 1325 (2000);

Sixty-first General Assembly

Informal Thematic Debate

PM Meeting

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Berlin early in the morning of Wednesday, 21 February.

Sixty-first General Assembly

Informal Thematic Debate

Panel Discussion (PM)

PARTICIPANTS IN PANEL DISCUSSION CALL FOR STRENGTHENED UNITED NATIONS

BODY TO ENHANCE WOMEN’S PARTICIPATION IN DECISION-MAKING

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

39^th Meeting (AM)

Budget committee takes up report on progress implementing

 

strengthened, unified United Nations security system

 

Also Considers Joint Inspection Unit’s 2007 Work Programme

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTRAGED BY BOMB ATTACKS ON SHIA PILGRIMS IN IRAQ

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

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon travelled from Berlin, Germany, to Vienna, Austria, early on Thursday, 22 February.