Security Council

5603^rd Meeting (PM)

IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL CONGRATULATES GREAT LAKES REGION

 

LEADERS ON SIGNING OF SECURITY PACT

 

Also Welcomes Decision to Establish Follow-Up Mechanism

Security Council

5602^nd Meeting (PM)

Security Council renews arms, travel embargoes in Liberia for one year, Diamond

restrictions for six months, unanimously adopting resolution 1731 (2006)

Council Will Review Diamond Measures after 4 Months,

United Nations mission in Burundi completes peacekeeping mandate

Secretary-General, accepting IPS award, says world press helped UN build broad

base – among civil society, ‘even movie stars’ – to make change possible

Côte d’Ivoire stalemate, worsening political climate worry Secretary-General

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

35^th Meeting (AM)

Fifth committee agrees on budget implications

 

of comprehensive governance, oversight review

 

Text on Financing Lebanon Force Also Introduced

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

82^nd Meeting (AM)

Concluding consideration of Third Committee reports, General Assembly

adopts convention on enforced disappearance

 

Defers Action on Indigenous Peoples’ Declaration; Adopts Texts on Kidnapping,

ARAB, JEWISH STRANDS OF CIVILIZATION AMONG MOST IMPORTANT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN REMARKS AT WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA CONCERT

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the West-Eastern Divan Orchestra concert held in New York yesterday, 18 December:

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

81^st Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 46 THIRD COMMITTEE TEXTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS ISSUES,

REFUGEES, SELF-DETERMINATION, RACISM, SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT

 

Resolutions, Decisions Also Adopted on Women’s Advancement, Child Rights

Security Council

5599^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS MEASURES TO ENSURE ‘FAIR AND CLEAR’ PROCEDURES EXIST

FOR DE-LISTING FROM SANCTIONS COMMITTEES

 

Resolution 1730 (2006) Adopted Unanimously