Secretary-General welcomes election of transitional Somali President

The following is a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Third Committee

6^th Meeting (AM)

Hearing call for strengthened international partnerships, Third committee

begins discussion of crime prevention, drug control

 

UN Programme Executive Director says Globalization of Crime

Rivals That of Trade, Communications

Security Council

5053^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ACTS UNANIMOUSLY TO ADOPT RESOLUTION STRONGLY CONDEMNING

terrorism as one of most serious threats to peace

 

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

First Committee

5^th Meeting (AM)

SPEAKERS ADDRESS PROPOSED CHANGES AIMED AT IMPROVING DISARMAMENT

COMMITTEE’S EFFECTIVENESS, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES

Secretary-General congratulates Wangari Maathai on award of Nobel Peace Prize

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

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

6^th Meeting (PM)

MOROCCO INVITES ALGERIA TO ENTER INTO DIRECT DIALOGUE ON WESTERN SAHARA,

AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF DECOLONIZATION ISSUES

Secretary-General strongly condemns deadly bombings in Egypt

 

The following statement is attributable to the Spokesman for
Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Fifty-ninth General Assembly                               

Press Statement by Security Council President on recent terrorist attacks

Following is today’s press statement by the Security Council President, Emyr Jones Parry (United Kingdom):

Members of the Security Council strongly condemned recent terrorist attacks in which many lives were claimed and people injured, including the horrific attacks in Pakistan, yesterday’s heinous attack in Taba, Egypt, and the murder of a British civilian in Baghdad.

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