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31st January, 2008
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS VICTOR DA SILVA ANGELO OF PORTUGAL TO HEAD UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC AND CHAD
Biographical Note Secretary-General appoints victor da silva angelo of Portugal to head United Nations mission in central African republic and chad United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has appointed Mr. Victor Da Silva Angelo of Portugal as his Special Representative and Head of the United Nations Mission in the...
31st January, 2008
MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANS IN 2008
MEMBERSHIP OF PRINCIPAL UNITED NATIONS ORGANS IN 2008   General Assembly The General Assembly is made up of 192 Member States.  The States and the dates on which they became Members are listed in Press Release ORG/1469 issued 3 July 2006. Security Council The Security Council has 15 members.  The United Nations Charter...
31st January, 2008
DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL AND THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT
DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL And the spokesperson for the General Assembly president   The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Farhan Haq, Associate Spokesperson for the Secretary-General, and Janos Tisovszky, Spokesman for the President...
31st January, 2008
PRESS CONFERENCE BY NEW UNITED NATIONS PEACE MESSENGER GEORGE CLOONEY
PRESS CONFERENCE BY new United Nations peace messenger george clooney Award-winning actor, George Clooney, speaking at a Headquarters press conference today in his new role as a United Nations Messenger of Peace with a special focus on peacekeeping, said upon his return from Darfur:  “The world is watching, and at this point,...
31st January, 2008
UNITED NATIONS, FOUNDED TO PREVENT REPEAT OF SECOND WORLD WAR HORRORS, ACT ON ITS LESSONS, IS ‘NATURAL HOME’ TO HOLOCAUST EXHIBITION, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL
UNITED NATIONS, FOUNDED TO PREVENT repeat OF second WORLD WAR HORRORS, ACT ON ITS LESSONS, IS ‘NATURAL HOME’ TO HOLOCAUST EXHIBITION, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migiro at the opening of the exhibit on the Holocaust and the United Nations, in New York, 30 January: The...
31st January, 2008
SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT, UNDERLINES KENYAN LEADERS’ RESPONSIBILITY TO RESOLVE SOURCES OF CONFLICT PEACEFULLY
SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT, UNDERLINES KENYAN LEADERS’ RESPONSIBILITY TO RESOLVE SOURCES OF CONFLICT PEACEFULLY   Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s address to the Summit of the African Union in Addis Ababa, today, 31 January: It is a great honour to join you today. Let...
30th January, 2008
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES COLOMBIA’S RATIFICATION OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES COLOMBIA’S RATIFICATION   OF COMPREHENSIVE NUCLEAR-TEST-BAN TREATY   The following statement was issued today by the Spokesperson for UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon: The Secretary-General, in his capacity as Depositary of the Comprehensive Ban Treaty, welcomes the ratification of the...
30th January, 2008
UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN BRIEFING TO SECURITY COUNCIL, UNDERSCORES GAP BETWEEN ASPIRATIONS OF MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS, REALITY ON GROUND
Security Council 5827th Meeting* (AM) Under-Secretary-General, in briefing to Security Council, underscores gap between aspirations of Middle East peace process, reality on ground Condemning Collective Punishment, Rocket Attacks, Speakers Endorse Arab League Mediation in Palestinian, Lebanese Crises The past month...
30th January, 2008
COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS SIX CIVIL-SOCIETY GROUPS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS AS IT CONCLUDES TWO-WEEK SESSION
Committee on NGOs 15th & 16th Meetings (AM & PM) COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS SIX CIVIL-SOCIETY GROUPS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS AS IT CONCLUDES TWO-WEEK SESSION   Members also Adopt Resolution, Two Oral Decisions on Its Working Methods Concluding its 2008 regular session today,...
30th January, 2008
DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL
DAILY PRESS BRIEFING BY THE OFFICE OF THE SPOKESPERSON FOR THE SECRETARY-GENERAL The following is a near-verbatim transcript of today’s noon briefing by Marie Okabe, Deputy Spokesperson for the Secretary-General. Good afternoon.  Our guest today will be Radhika Coomaraswamy, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative...
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