‘IT IS ABSOLUTELY VITAL THAT THE FIGHTING NOW STOP’, SECRETARY-GENERAL

TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON LEBANON

Following is the text of the statement by the UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council on 11 August:

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Chamber A, 745^th & 746^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SEABED COUNCIL BEGINS GENERAL DISCUSSIONS ON DRAFT REGULATIONS ON SULPHIDES, CRUSTS

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY LOSS OF LIFE IN TRAGIC FLOODING IN INDIA

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

Security Council

5511^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR END TO HOSTILITIES BETWEEN HIZBOLLAH, ISRAEL,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1701 (2006)

Permanent Ceasefire to Be Based on Creation

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Chamber B, 745^th & 746^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Chamber B, 743^rd & 744^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Committee to Eliminate Discrimination Against Women Recognizes China’s Advances

since last review, But urges greater Progress

 

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

Chamber A, 743^rd & 744^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Security Council

5510^th Meeting (AM)

ACTING ON RECOMMENDATION OF SECRETARY-GENERAL, SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS

FOR ONE YEAR UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION IN IRAQ (UNAMI)

Iraqi Government Seeks Extended United Nations Presence,

Background Release

COMMITTEE ON DISABILITY CONVENTION ContinueS talks on treaty, 14-25 AUGUST

Delegates and representatives of the global disability movement will seek to bring to a conclusion the draft convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, when they meet at the United Nations from 14 to 25 August.