Press Release


GA/SPD/352
19 October 2006
General AssemblyGA/SPD/352
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fourth Committee

13th Meeting (PM)


UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING ACTIVITY, GLOBAL FOCUS NOW AT UNPRECEDENTED


LEVEL, GENERAL ASSEMBLY’S FOURTH COMMITTEE TOLD


Under-Secretary-General Reviews Scale of Operations,

GA/EF/3154
18 October 2006
General AssemblyGA/EF/3154
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Second Committee

Interactive Dialogue (AM)


regional economic commission heads stress importance of boosting capacity


for innovation as second committee holds interactive discussion


Right Partnerships with Universities, Business Essential, Delegates Told

SG/SM/10691-OBV/584
18 October 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10691
OBV/584
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

FAILURE TO HELP WORLD’S 850 MILLION HUNGRY PEOPLE UNCONSCIONABLE,


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN WORLD DAY OBSERVANCE REMARKS

 


Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the World Food Day observance, as delivered in New York today, 18 October:

GA/L/3301
18 October 2006
General AssemblyGA/L/3301
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Sixth Committee

8th Meeting (AM)


WITH HUMANITARIAN CONVENTIONS NOW WIDELY ACCEPTED, FOCUS MUST BE ON


IMPLEMENTATION, ASSEMBLY’S LEGAL COMMITTEE IS TOLD

 


Adoption of ‘Red Crystal’ Emblem by Latest Geneva Protocol