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GA/SPD/350
17 October 2006
General AssemblyGA/SPD/350
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fourth Committee

11th Meeting (PM)


MONOPOLY ON MODERN COMMUNICATIONS DISTORTS REALITIES IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES,


FOURTH COMMITTEE HEARS, AS IT CONTINUES CONSIDERation OF INFORMATION QUESTIONS


Citing Imbalances in Information Flows, Speakers Urge

GA/L/3300
17 October 2006
General AssemblyGA/L/3300
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

Sixth Committee

7th Meeting (AM)


COUNTRIES DESCRIBE RELEVANCE FOR THEM OF ‘RULE OF LAW’, AS LEGAL


COMMITTEE BEGINS DEBATE ON NATIONAL, INTERNATIONAL IMPLICATIONS


Matter of Survival, Says Trinidad and Tobago; Representative

SC/8854-AFR/1444
17 October 2006
Security CouncilSC/8854
AFR/1444
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON ETHIOPIA-ERITREA


Following is the text of the Security Council press statement on Ethiopia and Eritrea, delivered today by the Council President, Kenzo Oshima ( Japan):

GA/DIS/3329
17 October 2006
General AssemblyGA/DIS/3329
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Sixty-first General Assembly

First Committee

15th Meeting (AM)


HUGE, SOPHISTICATED CONVENTIONAL ARMS TRADE FLOURISHING IN MORAL, LEGAL


VACUUM, FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD IN CONTINUED DEBATE

 


Speakers also Address Illicit Small Arms Trade,

SG/SM/10685-PI/1746
16 October 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10685
PI/1746
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES ‘UNLEARNING INTOLERANCE: CARTOONING FOR PEACE’ SEMINAR


Following is the text of remarks by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the “Unlearning Intolerance:  Cartooning for Peace” Seminar at Headquarters in New York on 16 October:

SG/SM/10684
16 October 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10684
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES WORLD CONSERVATION UNION, SAYS ENSURING ENVIRONMENTaL

 

SUSTAINABILITY A MAIN PILLAR IN GLOBAL FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY


Message to Fourth Colloquium of IUCN Academy of Environmental Law

SG/SM/10687-AFR/1442
16 October 2006
Secretary-GeneralSG/SM/10687
AFR/1442
Department of Public Information • News and Media Division • New York

Secretary-General welcomes peace agreement between sudan, eastern front


The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan: