UNITED NATIONS MIDDLE EAST ENVOY DESCRIBES ‘SERIOUS OBSTACLES’ TO ACHIEVING

COMPREHENSIVE CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON, IN BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Relief Coordinator Says Aid Appeal Will be Launched Monday;

Nearly 50 Speakers Address Council in Ensuing Day-Long Debate

UNITED NATIONS MIDDLE EAST ENVOY DESCRIBES ‘SERIOUS OBSTACLES’ TO ACHIEVING

COMPREHENSIVE CEASEFIRE IN LEBANON, IN BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Relief Coordinator Says Aid Appeal Will be Launched Monday;

Nearly 50 Speakers Address Council in Ensuing Day-Long Debate

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU

 

The following Security Council press statement on Guinea-Bissau was delivered today by Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière ( France):

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5492^nd Meeting (AM)

‘IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES’ URGENTLY NEEDED IN LEBANON,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS HE BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL

 

Urges International Community to Speak With One Voice in Coming Days;

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5491^st Meeting (AM)

Security Council

5490^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA’S MISSILE LAUNCHES,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1695 (2006)

Demands Suspension of All Related Ballistic Missile Activity;

Security Council

5489^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL DEBATES ESCALATING CRISIS BETWEEN ISRAEL, LEBANON;

 

UN OFFICIALS URGE RESTRAINT, DIPLOMACY, PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS

Lebanon ’s Ambassador Calls Israel’s Acts ‘Barbaric Aggression’;

Press Statement by President of Security Council on dispatch of middle east team

The following Security Council press statement on the dispatch of the Middle East team was delivered today by Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière ( France):

Security Council

5487^th Meeting (PM)

Security Council increases police, Reduces military in Liberia mission,

 

unanimously adopting resolution 1694 (2006)

 

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5488^th Meeting (PM)

UNITED STATES VETOES SECURITY COUNCIL DRAFT RESOLUTION ON EVENTS IN GAZA;

TEXT CALLED FOR ISRAELI SOLDIER’S RELEASE, HALT TO MILITARY OPERATIONS

Vote: 10 – 1 ( United States) – 4 ( Denmark, Peru, Slovakia, United Kingdom);