Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

23^rd Meeting (AM)

fourth committee concludes debate on report concerning

 

Israeli practices in occupied territories

 

Secretary-General, in message to meeting of Nobel Peace laureates, seeks

their support in efforts to confront current global challenges

This is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan today (delivered for him by Adviser to the Secretary-General Giandomenico Picco) to the fifth World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates (taking place in Rome, 10–12 November):

Secretary-General welcomes signing of protocols on improvement

 

of humanitarian, security situations in darfur, sudan

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

UNITED NATIONS ASSESSES URANIUM MINE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

GENEVA/NAIROBI/NEW YORK, 9 November (OCHA) -- A United Nations assessment at the Shinkolobwe Uranium Mine in the Democratic Republic of the Congo found high risks of mine collapse and potential chronic exposure to ionising radiation, and concluded that the mine must remain closed.  The assessment followed an earlier mine collapse in July 2004 that killed eight people.

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

40^th & 41^st Meetings (AM & PM)

SECURITY CONCERNS ARE MAJOR CHALLENGES TO HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS, THIRD COMMITTEE

TOLD, AS IT CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF REFUGEE ISSUES

Committee Also Hears Introduction of 17 Draft Resolutions on Human Rights

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifty Committee

22^nd Meeting (PM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP NEWLY DEVELOPED STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK FOR 2006-2007

Clean, modern forms of energy to drive sustainable development available now,

Secretary-General says in message to Energy Globe Awards

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Energy Globe Awards, delivered today in Vienna by Franz Baumann, Deputy Director-General, United Nations Office at Vienna:

Security Council

5073^rd Meeting (AM)

AFGHANS SHOWED ‘REMARKABLE POLITICAL MATURITY’ DURING RECENT PRESIDENTIAL

ELECTION, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEKEEPING TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Also Warns Next Year’s Parliamentary Elections

Would Be Much More Complicated, Fraught with Security Concerns

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

29^th & 30^th Meetings (AM & PM)

United Nations humanitarian agencies make progress in Haiti, despite obstacles

NEW YORK, 9 November (OCHA) -- United Nations agencies operating in Haiti report that the humanitarian situation in Haiti’s north-western city of Gonaïves is improving though serious concerns remain.