Security Council

4754^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES CÔTE D’IVOIRE MISSION FOR SIX MONTHS,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1479 (2003)

Determining that the situation in Côte d’Ivoire was a threat to international peace and security in the region, the Security Council today decided to establish a United Nations Mission in Côte d’Ivoire (MINUCI) for an initial period of six months.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

85^th Plenary Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES DRAFT AGREEMENT BETWEEN UN, CAMBODIA

ON KHMER ROUGE TRIALS

The General Assembly this morning approved by consensus a 32-article draft agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Cambodia on the Khmer Rouge trials.

UN CHARTER PROVISIONS ON PEACEFUL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AT HEART

OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY SYSTEM SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council on the role of the Council in the pacific settlement of disputes in New York on 13 May:

Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter, on the pacific settlement of disputes, stands at the heart of the Organization’s system of collective security. 

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION’ OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA

TO UNITED NATIONS, IN MESSAGE TO KOREA SOCIETY DINNER

Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan to the annual dinner of the Korea Society, in honour of Roh Moo-hyun, President of the Republic of Korea, delivered by Maurice F. Strong, Special Adviser and Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, in New York on 12 May:

Security Council

4753^rd Meeting (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITS TO WIDER, EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARTER PROVISIONS

AIMED AT PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

In Presidential Statement, Cites Framework of Chapter VI;

Secretary-General Says Council Should Use Influence to Pre-empt Volatile Issues

IF BIODIVERSITY LOSS NOT STOPPED, REACHING MILLENNIUM ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

MIGHT BE IMPOSSIBLE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for Biological Diversity, which is observed 22 May:

EXPERT PANEL AT KYIV MEETING EXAMINES SITUATION

IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

KYIV, 13 MAY -- The logic of “might makes right” could not make a just and lasting peace, Palestinian Authority Minister for Tourism Mitri Abu Aita told the second session of the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace this afternoon in Kyiv. 

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT HOLDS NEW YORK

STRATEGY SESSION TO ASSESS KEY ECONOMIC ISSUES

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

50^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF PEACEKEEPING FINANCE ISSUES,

INCLUDING BRINDISI LOGISTICS BASE, CONTINGENT-OWNED EQUIPMENT

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘HEINOUS ACTS OF TERRORISM’

IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA

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