United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on Wednesday afternoon, November 15, from Nairobi, Kenya.

activist stresses need to ‘act outside the box’ as pioneers

in anti-poverty strategies address United Nations forum

 

To overcome poverty, people needed to “act outside the box”, in addition to thinking outside it, Kenyan anti-poverty activist Wahu Kaara said yesterday at a United Nations forum on poverty.

Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

30^th Meeting (PM)

DRAFT APPROVED BY SECOND COMMITTEE CALLS FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION

OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMITMENTS TO SMALL ISLAND STATES

Acting Unanimously, Delegates also Pass Texts

General Assembly Plenary

Tenth Emergency Special Session

28^th & 29^th Meetings (AM, PM & Night)

Sixty-first General Assembly

Third Committee

48^th Meeting (AM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION URGING FULL RESPECT FOR ALL HUMAN RIGHTS

BY DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA

 

United Nations dignitaries hail nobel peace prize winners

 

in special tribute to muhammad yunus, grameen bank

 

IN MESSAGE MARKING AFRICA INDUSTRIALIZATION DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

FOR SUSTAINED DRIVE TO EXPAND, DIVERSIFY CONTINENT’S ECONOMIC BASE

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on Africa Industrialization Day, to be observed on 20 November:

Contemporary Forms of Slavery Flourishing, says Secretary-General

 

In message for international day

 

Following is the message by the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, 2 December:

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

Following is a statement given to the press on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, delivered by Security Council President Jorge Voto-Bernales ( Peru):

UNITED NATIONS, INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION INAUGURATE OFFICE