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31st August, 2006
SECURITY COUNCIL EXPANDS MANDATE OF UN MISSION IN SUDAN TO INCLUDE
DARFUR, ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1706 BY VOTE OF 12 IN FAVOUR, WITH 3 ABSTAINING
Security Council
5519th Meeting (AM)
Security Council expands mandate of un mission in sudan to include darfur,
adopting resolution 1706 by vote OF 12 IN favour, with 3 abstaining
Invites Consent of Sudanese Government; Authorizes Use of ‘All Necessary Means’
To Protect United Nations Personnel, Civilians under...
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31st August, 2006
ACTIVITIES OF UNITED NATIONS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN LEBANON, ISRAEL,
OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY, 28-30 AUGUST
Activities of United Nations Secretary-General in Lebanon, Israel,
Occupied Palestinian Territory, 28-30 August
United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Beirut on Monday, 28 August, where he was greeted at the airport by Lebanese Foreign Minister Fawzi Salloukh.
He told the press upon arrival at Beirut...
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31st August, 2006
DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR ASSISTANCE TO LEBANON AT
INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE IN STOCKHOLM
Deputy Secretary-General appeals for assistance to Lebanon at
internationalconference in Stockholm
Following is the text of today’s address as delivered by the UN Deputy Secretary-General Mark Malloch Brown to the International Conference on Lebanon in Stockholm:
I would like to thank the Government of Sweden...
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30th August, 2006
SECRETARY-GENERAL WARMLY WELCOMES ANNOUNCEMENT OF UN DEMOCRACY FUND GRANTS TOTALLING $36 MILLION
Secretary-General warmly welcomes announcement of UN democracy fund
grantS totalling $36 million
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The United Nations Democracy Fund today announced its first beneficiaries, awarding grants totalling $36 million to 125 projects...
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30th August, 2006
DAYS BEFORE WORLD CONVENES ON MIGRATION, UNFPA TO LAUNCH REPORT ON
WOMEN, YOUTH, INTERNATIONAL MIGRATION
Note to Correspondents
Days Before World Convenes on Migration, UNFPA to Launch Report on Women,
Youth, International Migration
Women are half of all international migrants, but their rights and concerns are largely ignored, says a forthcoming report by UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund. The State of World...
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29th August, 2006
SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON CYPRUS
Security Council Press Statement on Cyprus
The following Security Council press statement was delivered today by Council President Nana Effah-Apenteng ( Ghana):
The members of the Security Council express support for the Secretary-General’s continued efforts aimed at reaching a comprehensive settlement of the Cyprus...
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29th August, 2006
SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS TERM OF JUDGE ON RWANDA TRIBUNAL, UNANIMOUSLY
ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1705 (2006)
Security Council
5518th Meeting* (AM)
Security Council extends term of judge on Rwanda tribunal,
unanimously adopting resolution 1705 (2006)
The Security Council decided this morning, in response to a proposal by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, to extend the term of a short-term judge on the International...
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29th August, 2006
‘A LIFE WITH DIGNITY FOR ALL’ IS MESSAGE OF CONVENTION ON DISABILITY
RIGHTS, SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT
‘a life with dignity for all’ is message of convention on disability rights,
says General Assembly president
Following is the text of the statement by United Nations General Assembly President Jan Eliasson ( Sweden) on the occasion of the agreement on the convention on the rights of persons with disabilities, 25 August:
I...
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25th August, 2006
SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES NEW, EXPANDED UN MISSION IN TIMOR-LESTE FOR
INITIAL PERIOD OF SIX MONTHS, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1704 (2006)
Security Council
5516th Meeting (AM)
Security Council establishes new, expanded un mission in Timor-Leste for initial
period of six months, unanimously adopting resolution 1704 (2006)
Expressing its concern over the still fragile security, political and humanitarian situation in Timor-Leste, the Security Council this...
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25th August, 2006
AD HOC COMMITTEE AGREES ON NEW UN CONVENTION TO PROTECT DISABLED
PERSONS’ RIGHTS
Ad Hoc Committee on Convention
on Persons with Disabilities
20th Meeting (PM)
Ad Hoc Committee Agrees on New UN Convention to protect disabled persons’ rights
Text to Be Sent for Approval to General Assembly Session Beginning in September
(Issued on 28 August 2006.)
Negotiators drafting a United Nations convention...
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