INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM TO HOLD INAUGURAL SESSION

IN ATHENS FROM 30 OCTOBER TO 2 NOVEMBER

NEW YORK/GENEVA, 25 October -- The first ever meeting of the Internet Governance Forum will take place in Athens, Greece, from 30 October to 2 November with the overall theme “Internet Governance for Development”.

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

40^th Meeting (PM)

STALEMATE PERSISTS IN BID FOR NON-PERMANENT SEAT ON SECURITY COUNCIL,

AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY HOLDS SIX MORE ROUNDS OF SECRET BALLOTS

Assembly President Schedules Six More Voting Rounds Into November;

IN MESSAGE TO PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM, SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS IMPORTANCE

OF DEVELOPING TIES BETWEEN UNITED NATIONS, REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fourth Committee

15^th Meeting (AM)

SAFEGUARDING UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS AMID MOUNTING THREATS TO SECURITY

AND SAFETY, AMONG CHALLENGES CONSIDERED IN FOURTH COMMITTEE

Proposals for Hostage-Taking Prevention, Disabilities Benefits,

Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

18^th Meeting (PM)

SUSTAIN MOMENTUM OF CORPORATE RESPONSIBILITY MOVEMENT, SECRETARY-GENERAL

STRESSES IN MESSAGE TO BUSINESS MANAGEMENT FORUM

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

First Committee

19^th Meeting (PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL REVIEWING SUDAN’S REQUEST TO WITHDRAW SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

The following statement was issued yesterday, 22 October, by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Sixty-first General Assembly

Third Committee

27^th & 28^th Meetings (AM & PM)

ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN UNITED NATIONS DAY MESSAGE, NOTES ‘OLIVE TREE’ THEME

FOR 2006, SAYS ORGANIZATION MUST REMAIN GLOBAL BEACON OF HOPE, PEACE