GHANA TO HOST SEMINAR ON SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1540, 9-10 NOVEMBER

 

Security Council

5564^th Meeting (AM & PM)

GAZA VIOLENCE, MOUNTING DEATH TOLL, PROVOKE GRAVE CONCERN IN SECURITY COUNCIL,

WITH MORE THAN 40 SPEAKERS DEMANDING HALT TO ISRAELI MILITARY OPERATIONS

Calling Gaza ‘Launching Pad for Terrorist Attacks’,

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed for Montevideo, Uruguay, on Wednesday, 1 November, in order to attend the sixteenth Ibero-American Summit, which would begin on Friday.

OUTGOING EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR STARTS FINAL MISSION TO AFRICA

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fourth Committee

25^th Meeting (AM)

Fourth Committee decides to postpone action on outstanding

 

middle East-related texts, pending consultations

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Third Committee

43^rd Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON TRAFFICKING OF WOMEN, GIRLS;

HEARS INTRODUCTION OF 15 TEXTS

 

Drafts Introduced Include Texts on Human Rights Situations in Democratic

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS ONE ENTITY TO AL-QAIDA SECTION OF CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 9 November 2006 approved the addition of one entity to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

D. The list of entities belonging to or associated with the Al-Qaida organization

UNITED NATIONS CONDEMNS INDISCRIMINATE USE OF FORCE IN SRI LANKA

NEW YORK, 9 November 2006 (OCHA) -- “Yesterday’s massive attack on civilians shows that force continues to be used indiscriminately in the conflict in Sri Lanka,” said Jan Egeland, United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.

Sixty-first General Assembly

Sixth Committee

21^st Meeting (AM)