Secretary-General Praises Ban as ‘Exceptionally Attuned’ to All Countries, Peoples

The General Assembly today appointed Foreign Minister Ban Ki-moon of the Republic of Korea as the next United Nations Secretary-General, giving him a two-and-one-half-month transition before taking over the helm of the world body from Kofi Annan on 1 January.
 

Sixty-first General Assembly

Plenary

30^th Meeting (AM)

NEW PARTNERSHIP FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT SPURS SUSTAINABLE GAINS ON CONTINENT,

GENERAL ASSEMBLY TOLD, AS IT CONCLUDES DEBATE ON AFRICAN STRATEGY, CONCERNS

Sixty-first General Assembly

Sixth Committee

4^th Meeting (AM)

Assembly’s legal committee hears call for spirit of compromise in effort

to complete comprehensive convention on international terrorism

Lebanon , Noting Recent Experience, Says Resistance to Occupation

CONTINUING ITS DISCUSSION OF CHILDREN’S RIGHTS, THIRD COMMITTEE

HEARS ABOUT DANGERS CONFRONTING YOUTH WORLDWIDE

 

Poverty, Prostitution, Street Life,

Unexploded Munitions among Concerns Cited

Peacebuilding Commission

Burundi configuration

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

Challenges facing burundi, requiring international help, indicated

at country-specific meetings of peacebuilding commission

 

Sixty-first General Assembly

First Committee

13^th Meeting (PM)

SMALL ARMS TRAFFIC FUELS CONFLICTS, UNDERMINES STABILITY, DEVELOPMENT

FIRST COMMITTEE TOLD IN CONTINUED DEBATE

 

Security Council

5549^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS GEORGIA MISSION UNTIL 15 APRIL 2007,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1716 (2006)

 

Secretary-General welcomes Nobel peace prize award to long-standing allies of UN

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REMARKS UPON ELECTION OF BAN KI-MOON AS HIS SUCCESSOR

These are the remarks of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan in the General Assembly today on the appointment of Ban Ki-moon as the eighth Secretary-General of the United Nations:

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fourth Committee

9^th Meeting (AM)

FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT ON WESTERN Sahara at CONCLUSION

OF DEBATE ON DECOLONIZATION ISSUES

Delegates also Conclude Discussion on Peaceful Uses of Outer Space