Security Council

5093^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UN OPERATION IN BURUNDI UNTIL 1 JUNE 2005,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1577 (2004)

 

‘Slavery is not A THING OF the past’, Secretary-General reminds international

community, in message to mark International Day

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the International Day for the Abolition of Slavery, observed on 2 December:

PANAMA: UN WARNS FLOODING COULD CAUSE FOOD SHORTAGES

 

NEW YORK, 1 December (OCHA) -- The damage caused by recent flooding in Panama’s DarienProvince could cause severe food shortages in the next seven to eight months, United Nations humanitarian agencies report.

ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN BURKINA FASO, INCLUDING

 

BRIEF STOPOVERS IN CHAD AND MOROCCO, 24-25 NOVEMBER 2004

The Secretary-General left Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, early on Wednesday, 24 November, and headed to Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, for an official visit.

MILINDA GUNETILLEKE OF SRI LANKA AWARDED NINETEENTH LAW OF SEA FELLOWSHIP

Fellowship to Be Used for Study on Issues relating to Continental Margin

(Delayed in transmission.)

NEW YORK, 19 November (UN Office of Legal Affairs) -- Milinda Gunetilleke of Sri Lanka was awarded the nineteenth Hamilton Shirley Amerasinghe Fellowship on the Law of the Sea.

universality is strength of volunteerism, Secretary-General says

in message to mark international volunteer day

 

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on International Volunteer Day, observed on 5 December 2004:

Secretary-General CALLS FOR CHANGE OF MINDSET AMONG BUSINESS LEADERS

IN REMARKS AT WALL STREET WORLD AIDS DAY EVENT

 

Corporate Programmes to Educate Workforce

Can Become Cornerstone of Global Prevention Campaign, He Stresses

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at Wall Street World Aids Day in New York, today, 1 December 2004:

Secretary-General, marking international day of disabled persons,

 

calls for changes in thinking about their place in society

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Disabled Persons, observed on 3 December 2004:

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

 

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER

 

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for December:

Security Council

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

62^nd & 63^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGE ISRAEL, PALESTINIANS TO SEIZE NEW HOPE PRESENTED

BY JANUARY 2005 ELECTIONS FOR WIDER MIDDLE EAST PEACE