On Sunday evening, 28 January, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, accompanied by his wife, Madam Ban Soon-taek, arrived in Addis Ababa from Kisangani in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on the eve of the opening of the African Union Summit in the Ethiopian capital.

UNITED NATIONS SEMINAR ON ASSISTANCE TO PALESTINIAN PEOPLE

 

Committee on NGOs

13^th Meeting (PM)

CONCLUDING CURRENT SESSION, NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THREE ORGANIZATIONS

FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Defers 35 Applications to Its Resumed Session in May

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

 

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN february

 

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for February:

Security Council

5627^th Meeting (AM)

Security Council holds day-long debate on post-conflict peacebuilding;

Focus on early efforts of new peacebuilding Commission

 

Organizational Committee Chair Says Process Requires Long-Term Commitment;

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Paris from Brussels in the evening of Wednesday, 24 January.

In address to National Assembly of Democratic Republic of Congo, Secretary-General

 

reaffirms un determination to support peace efforts

 

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

Security Council

5626^th Meeting* (AM)

Security Council extends Ethiopia and Eritrea mission until 31 July 2007,

Unanimously adopting resolution 1741 (2007)

 

Demands: Ethiopia Accept Boundary Decision; Eritrea Withdraw Troops

SECRETARY-GENERAL, NOTING ANNOUNCEMENT OF CEASEFIRE IN GAZA,

 

COMMENDS EGYPT FOR EFFORTS TO CALM SITUATION

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

Committee on NGOs

11^th & 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THREE ORGANIZATIONS FOR SPECIAL

 

CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

 

Decides Not to Recommend One Organization