TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 19 DECEMBER 2006

 

Security Council

5598^th Meeting (PM)

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

Secretary-General urges active effort to ‘discover what is best’ in other beliefs,

to overcome prejudice, in remarks to alliance of civilizations event

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

34^th Meeting (AM)

UNITED NATIONS MOVES FORWARD ON NEW INTERNATIONAL AGREEMENT ON FORESTS

 

UNITED NATIONS LAUNCHES NEW STANDARDS FOR DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION,

REINTEGRATION OF EX-COMBATANTS

 

CIVIL SOCIETY FORUM MEETS IN KUALA LUMPUR TO DISCUSS ROLE

 

IN SOLUTION TO PALESTINIAN-ISRAELI CONFLICT

 

(Reissued as received from a UN Information Officer.)