Press Releases

2005

31/01/2005

Bias in Election Elibility, Lack of Legislation on Violence against Women in Samoa among Concerns Voiced by Women�s Anti-Discrimination Committee

31/01/2005

United Nations Holds Informal Session on Space Technology for Disaster Management

31/01/2005

Secretary-General Shocked by Death of Shah Abu Mohammad Shamsul Kibria, Distinguished Bangladeshi Public Servant

31/01/2005

Secretary-General �Deeply Disturbed� by Attack on Darfur Village, Calls on Parties to Comply Fully with Ceasefire Agreement

31/01/2005

Secretary-General Calls on People of Iraq to Exercise Their Democratic Rights in Sunday�s Election

31/01/2005

Security Council Committee Adds One Individual to Al-Qaida Section of Its Consolidated List

31/01/2005

Security Council Condemns Violence along Blue Line Between Israel and Lebanon, Extends Mandate of UNIFIL until 31 July

31/01/2005

Security Council Extends Georgia Mission until 31 July 2005, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1582 (2005)

31/01/2005

UN-Affiliated University for Peace Appoints New Rector

28/01/2005

UN Women�s Rights Committee Issues First Findings Under Optional Protocol

28/01/2005

Statement on UN Electoral Assistance Director�s Remarks to Press

27/01/2005

Television Programming Awards to Be Presented on 28 January

27/01/2005

Public Service Advertising Awards to Be Presented on 27 January

26/01/2005

UN Secretary-General Renews Dr. Piot�s Appointment as UNAIDS Executive Director

26/01/2005

In Remarks to Group of 77, Secretary-General Says Year 2005 Offers Opportunity for "Decisive Progress� on Development, Security Agendas

26/01/2005

Disarmament Is Critical for Conflict Prevention, Peace-Building, Realizing Millennium Goals, Secretary-General Tells Conference on Disarmament

26/01/2005

�We Must Face up to What Happened in the Camps�, Secretary-General Says at Opening of Auschwitz Exhibit

26/01/2005

Press Statement on Georgia by Security Council President

26/01/2005

Women, Men in Developing Countries Are Marrying Later, Having Children Later According to UN Report

25/01/2005

Senior UN Officials Meet with High-Level Delegation from Colombia

25/01/2005

In Message to �Biodiversity 2005�, Secretary-General Calls for Ratification of Biodiversity Convention, Biosafety Protocol

25/01/2005

�Such an Evil Must Never Be Allowed to Happen Again�, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly Sesssion Commemorating Liberation of Nazi Death Camps

25/01/2005

UN Conference on Disaster Reduction Concludes; Adopts Plan of Action for Next 10 Years

25/01/2005

Nations Call for Safer Hospitals, Schools to Prepare for Disasters

25/01/2005

Atlas on Tsunami Damaged Areas in Asia Produced by FAO

25/01/2005

Asian Tsunami Inflicts Multimillion Dollar Damage on Indonesia�s Environment

25/01/2005

General Assembly Marks 60th Anniversary of Liberation of Nazi Death Camps

25/01/2005

United Nations Commemorates 60th Anniversary of Liberation of Nazi Death Camps in Europe

25/01/2005

UN-EU Renew Commitment to Fight Organized Crime

24/01/2005

United Nations Conference on Disaster Reduction in Kobe Discusses Need for Global Early Warning System

24/01/2005

UN Conference on Disaster Reduction Concludes; Adopts Plan of Action for Next Ten Years

21/01/2005

UNEP Executive Director Calls for Greater Integration of Environmental Issues in Disaster Preparedness, Response

21/01/2005

Transcript of Press Conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at United Nations Headquarters, 19 January 2005

21/01/2005

Secretary-General Stresses Need to Focus Attention on Security Sector Reform in Message to Summit of Economic Community of West African States

21/01/2005

Women�s Anti-Discrimination Committee Considers Report of Algeria

21/01/2005

Women�s Anti-Discrimination Committee Considers Situation of Women in Gabon

21/01/2005

Women�s Anti-Discrimination Committee Takes Up Reports of Paraguay

21/01/2005

United Nations Calls for Universal Effort against Terrorism

21/01/2005

Committee to Eliminate Discrimination against Women Considers Reports of Croatia

21/01/2005

Anti-Discrimination Committee Takes Up Situation of Women in Turkey

21/01/2005

Global Early Warning System Launched at Conference on Disaster Reduction

21/01/2005

General Assembly Adopts Resolution Extending Mandates of Seven Short-Term Judges of International Criminal Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia

21/01/2005

New President of Economic and Social Council Calls Failure to Realize Vision of United Nations Charter Greatest Challenge to Humanity

21/01/2005

There Is Still Time to Achieve Millennium Goals, Secretary-General Says at Dinner for Global Colloquium of University Presidents

21/01/2005

�Auschwitz � The Depth of the Abyss� Exhibition Opens at Headquarters on 24 January

21/01/2005

United Nations to Coordinate Early-Warning System for Indian Ocean

19/01/2005

New Leadership at the Universal Postal Union

19/01/2005

Transcript of Press Conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at United Nations Headquarters, 18 January 2005

19/01/2005

Tsunami Confirmed Increasing Toll of Deaths from Natural Disasters, Secretary-General Says in Message to Kobe World Conference

19/01/2005

Secretary-General, Addressing General Assembly Meeting on Tsunami Disaster, Underlines Need to Focus on Longer-Term Recovery, Reconstruction

19/01/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Ann M. Veneman, United States Secretary of Agriculture, as Executive Director of United Nations Children�s Fund (UNICEF)

19/01/2005

Security Council, in Presidential Statement, Calls Urgently on States to Submit Timely Reports on Actions to Counter Terrorism

19/01/2005

Security Council Approves Term Extensions, Appointments of Judges on Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia

19/01/2005

UN Humanitarian Chief Unveils Redesigned ReliefWeb Site

19/01/2005

World Conference on Disaster Reduction Opens in Kobe

19/01/2005

UNODC Tells European Drug Czars Crime and Terrorism Subsidized by Drug Trafficking: Democracy, Stability, and Peace Depend on Strong Counter-Drug Policies

19/01/2005

UNODC and European Commission Agree Drugs, Crime, Terrorism Inextricably Linked: Bilateral Solutions Needed to Combat New Threats

18/01/2005

United Nations Meeting in Mauritius on Small Islands Developing States Ends with Renewed Commitment

18/01/2005

Hungary Takes over the Presidency of the International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River

18/01/2005

Kobe Marks 10-Year Anniversary of Devastating Earthquake on Eve of World Conference on Disaster Reduction

18/01/2005

UNFPA Welcomes Millennium Project�s Emphasis on Critical Roles of Gender, Reproductive Health in Poverty Reduction

18/01/2005

FAO to Hold Special Conference on Small Island Developing States

18/01/2005

Development Goals not Utopian, but Eminently Achievable, Secretary-General Says at Launch of Millennium Project Report

18/01/2005

Representatives of Greece, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Meet under Secretary-General�s Auspices

18/01/2005

Practical Action Plan to Combat Poverty Unveiled at UN Today

17/01/2005

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs to Contribute to World Conference on Disaster Reduction

17/01/2005

UN Conference on Small Islands Concludes in Mauritius: Renewed Commitment on the Part of the International Community, Said UN Secretary General Kofi Annan

17/01/2005

UN Small Island Conference Adopts Mauritius Declaration, Strategy; Recommits to Sustainable Development of Most Vulnerable Nations

17/01/2005

Committee on NGOs Concludes Current Session, Recommending Consultative Status with ECOSOC for Two Organizations, Deferring Applications of Two Others

17/01/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Palestinian Terror Attack on Israeli Civilians

17/01/2005

Secretary-General Calls for �Decisive Measures� against Climate Change, Global Early Warning System, As Mauritius Meeting Continues

17/01/2005

Experts Meet to Discuss Means of Mitigating the Devastation Caused by Natural Hazards

17/01/2005

United Nations to Launch Practical Plan to Achieve Millennium Development Goals

14/01/2005

New Permanent Representative of Slovakia Presents Credentials

14/01/2005

NGO Committee Recommends Four Organizations for Consultative Status with ECOSOC, Postpones Actions on Nine Applications

14/01/2005

Secretary-General Calls for High-Level Political Commitment to Marine Conservation in Meeting on Reefs, Island Communities, Protected Areas

14/01/2005

Secretary-General, at Mauritius High-Level Segment, Stresses Importance of Prevention, Early Warning to Cover Global Threats

14/01/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Staffan de Mistura of Sweden as His Deputy Special Representative for Iraq

14/01/2005

Secretary-General Appoints David Veness of United Kingdom as Under-Secretary-General for Safety and Security

14/01/2005

Security Council, in Presidential Statement, Congratulates Palestinian People on Participation in Recent Election

14/01/2005

Transcript of Press Conference by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette at United Nations Headquarters, 13 January 2005

14/01/2005

Secretary-General Calls for �Decisive Measures� against Climate Change, Global Early Warning System, as Mauritius Meeting Continues

13/01/2005

Mauritius Conference Highlights: 12 January 2005

13/01/2005

Mauritius Conference Highlights: 11 January 2005

13/01/2005

The Mauritius United Nations Conference Opens with a Call for Increase in Official Development Assistance to Small Island Developing States

13/01/2005

United Nations Vienna Holds Memorial Ceremony for Tsunami Victims

13/01/2005

NGO Committee Recommends Nine Organizations for Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council, Postpones Six Applications

13/01/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Generous Pledges for Tsunami Relief, Urges Establishment of Regional Early Warning Mechanism

13/01/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Lieutenant-General Joseph Owonibi (Nigeria) As Force Commander of the United Nations Mission in Liberia

13/01/2005

In Presidential Statement, Security Council Pledges Support for UN Presence in Haiti for �As Long As Necessary�

13/01/2005

Building Small Island Capacity to Withstand Economic, Environmental Shocks Focus of Panel at UN Mauritius Conference

12/01/2005

Memorial Ceremony for Tsunami Victims

12/01/2005

Security Council Examines Ways to Improve International Cooperation against Terrorism

12/01/2005

Secretary-General Announces General Assembly Special Session on 24 January to Commemorate 60th Anniversary of Liberation of Nazi Death Camps

12/01/2005

Secretary-General Forwards to General Assembly President Letter on Creation of Register of Damage Caused by Separation Wall in West Bank

12/01/2005

North-South Peace Agreement in Sudan Should Further Solution to Conflict in Darfur, Security Council Told

12/01/2005

Press Statement on Attacks, Loss of Life in Middle East by Security Council President

12/01/2005

Security Council Committee Meets Senior US Officials to Discuss Implementation of Sanctions against Al-Qaida, Taliban

12/01/2005

NGO Committee Recommends Seven Organizations for Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council; Defers 19 Applications

12/01/2005

Trade �Marginalization�, Culture�s Role in Development, Future Challenges Addressed, As UN Small Island Conference Continues in Mauritius

11/01/2005

General Assembly Decides to Launch International Year for Sport (2005) on 5 November, Assesses Follow-Up to Special Session on Children

11/01/2005

Committee on NGOs Recommends 7 Organizations for Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council, Defers Action on 11 Applications

11/01/2005

Statement by Secretary-General�s Spokesman on Release of Initial Analysis of Oil for Food Programme

11/01/2005

Secretary-General Saddened by Death of UN Military Observer in Lebanon

11/01/2005

Secretary-General Calls Palestinian Poll a Significant Step in Historic Transition

11/01/2005

Welcoming Sudan Peace Agreement, Secretary-General Urges Parties to Show Commitment, Determination, Courage in Implementing Accord over Long Term

11/01/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Steinar Bjornsson of Iceland Deputy Special Representative for Operations in Liberia

11/01/2005

Press Statement on Afghanistan by Security Council President

11/01/2005

Press Statement on Sudan by Security Council President

11/01/2005

Press Statement by Security Council President on Palestinian Elections

11/01/2005

Answer to Terrorism, Narcotics, Factionalism Lies in Building Strong Representative Government, Special Representative for Afghanistan Tells Security Council

11/01/2005

Anti-Discrimination Convention Remains Catalyst for Change, Secretary-General�s Special Adviser on Gender Issues Tells Committee

11/01/2005

UN Conference on Small Island States Opens in Mauritius with Focus on Their Continued Economic, Environmental Vulnerability

10/01/2005

General Assembly Adopts 40 Resolutions, Five Decisions on Wide Range of Economic, Financial Issues

10/01/2005

Civil Society Participation at United Nations Conference in Mauritius on Small Islands Developing States

10/01/2005

Committee on Rights of Child to Hold Thirty-Eighth Session in Geneva from 10 to 28 January 2005

10/01/2005

Mark Kroeker of United States Appointed Civilian Police Adviser in Peackeeping Department

10/01/2005

Major-General Randhir Kumar Mehta of India Appointed Military Adviser in Peacekeeping Department

10/01/2005

Women�s Anti-Discrimination Committee to Meet from 10 to 28 January

10/01/2005

Twenty-Two More NGOs Recommended for Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council

07/01/2005

UNODC Executive Director Visits UNICRI: Expresses Need for Professionals to Fight Global Crime

07/01/2005

UNODC and Burkina Faso Offer Cutting-Edge Tools to Fight Organized Crime and Terrorism

07/01/2005

Sea, Land-Based Pollution Among Key Environment Threats to Caribbean Islands

07/01/2005

Climate Change, Overfishing Among Key Issues for Pacific Islands

07/01/2005

Water Shortages, Global Warming Risks for Indian Ocean Islands

07/01/2005

Natural, Man-Made Disasters Threaten Stability of Small Island Developing States

07/01/2005

NGO Committee Recommends 12 Organizations for Consultative Status with ECOSOC, Defers 10 Applications

07/01/2005

Press Statement on Central African Republic by Security Council President

07/01/2005

In Jakarta, Secretary-General Launches Appeal for $977 Million to Aid Tsunami Victims

06/01/2005

Chairpersons, Vice-Chairpersons of Security Council Subsidiary Bodies Elected for 2005

06/01/2005

UNFPA Calls for Greater Security for Women Affected by Tsunami

06/01/2005

UN Staff Union Donates $100,000 to Aid Victims of Indian Ocean Tsunami

06/01/2005

Opening 2005 Session, NGO Committee Recommends Consultative Status with ECOSOC for 24 Organizations, Defers Three Applications

06/01/2005

Northern Sumatra Earthquake and the Subsequent Tsunami on 26 December 2004

05/01/2005

The Mauritius United Nations Conference on Small Islands to Address Better Disaster Preparedness

05/01/2005

Secretary-General �Gravely Concerned� over Killing of Palestinian Civilians in Gaza Strip

05/01/2005

Transcript of Press Conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at United Nations Headquarters, 3 January 2005

05/01/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Peace Pact in SenegalSecretary-General Welcomes Peace Pact in Senegal

04/01/2005

Tentative Schedule of Meetings of United Nations Bodies in January 2005

04/01/2005

�Time to Show that When Calamity Strikes, Humankind Can Unite�, Says Secretary-General in Video Message

04/01/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes 31 December Agreement by Parties in Sudan, Looks Forward to Signing of Comprehensive Peace Agreement

04/01/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Mark Malloch Brown Chef de Cabinet

28/02/2005

Past Three Months Marked by Positive Trend in Kosovo, but Considerable Challenges Remain for �Crucial Year� of 2005, Security Council Told

28/02/2005

Security Council Concerned by Crises in West Africa over Power Transfer; Could Further Obstruct Efforts to Stabilize Subregion

28/02/2005

United Nations to Launch Decade of Education for Sustainable Development

28/02/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Tel Aviv Suicide Bomb Attack

28/02/2005

Lack of Funding for Security Reform, Reintegration Programmes Disturbing, Secretary-General Tells Council Meeting on West Africa

28/02/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Killing of UN Peacekeepers

28/02/2005

Tunis �Summit of Solutions� Takes Shape as Second Preparatory Meeting Agrees on Financial Mechanisms, Outlines Way Forward

28/02/2005

UNFPA Events During 10-Year Review of Beijing Women�s Conference

25/02/2005

Asbestos Removal at the Vienna International Centre Proceeding Smoothly

25/02/2005

�Supply of Essential Drugs Critical in Post-Disaster Situations� Says INCB

25/02/2005

Beijing+10 Meeting to Review Progress Made in Advancement of Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women and Girls

25/02/2005

Situation of HIV/AIDS in Least Developed Countries Worsened by �Unsustainable Debt Burden�

25/02/2005

New Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka Presents Credentials

25/02/2005

Secretary-General Saddened by Kashmir Avalanche Deaths, Property Damage

25/02/2005

Macroeconomic Data for UNECE Countries Now Available on Web

25/02/2005

World Population to Increase by 2.6 Billion over Next 45 Years, with All Growth Occurring in Less Developed Regions

25/02/2005

Independent Experts Call for Renewed Efforts to Combat Continuing Institutional Racism, Large-Scale Xenophobia

25/02/2005

Under-Secretary-General Says Unsustainable Debt Burdens Worsen HIV/AIDS Situation in Least Developed Countries

24/02/2005

Security Council Reiterates Strong Condemnation of Use of Child Soldiers, Begins Consideration of Secretary-General�s Plan of Action

24/02/2005

Credibility of Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Faces Serious Challenges, Secretary-General Tells Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters

24/02/2005

September Summit Must Be Venue for World Leaders to Take Important Decisions, Deputy Secretary-General Tells European Parliament

24/02/2005

Hopes for Middle East Peace Rekindled by Israeli, Palestinian Summit, Under-Secretary-General Tells Security Council

24/02/2005

United Nations Commission to Appraise Worldwide Situation of Women, 28 February � 11 March

23/02/2005

UNODC Executive Director Calls for Stronger Law Enforcement in Naples

23/02/2005

New Permanent Representative of Malaysia Presents Credentials

23/02/2005

Safeguarding Global Environment as Urgent as Ever, Secretary-General Says in Message to Governing Council of UN Environment Programme

23/02/2005

Secretary-General Saddened by Destruction from Iran Earthquake, Says UN Ready to Respond to Humanitarian Needs

23/02/2005

Secretary-General Accepts Resignation of Ruud Lubbers

23/02/2005

Secretary-General Concerned by Stalled Talks on Togo Crises

23/02/2005

Working Group on Internet Governance Discusses Internet Protocol Addresses, Root Server Systems, Submits Preliminary Report

22/02/2005

New Permanent Representative of Nicaragua Presents Credentials

22/02/2005

New Permanent Representative of Norway Presents Credentials

21/02/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Baghdad Mosque Bombings

21/02/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Jean Dussourd Deputy Special Representative in Kosovo

21/02/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Expert Commission to Review Prosecution of 1999 Human Rights Violations in East Timor

21/02/2005

Secretary-General Expresses Concern at Exclusion of Political Groups from Myanmar National Convention

21/02/2005

Legal Committee Recommends UN Declaration on Human Cloning to General Assembly

21/02/2005

Social Development Commission Hears Introduction of Drafts on Disability, African Social Objectives

21/02/2005

Secretary-General Sending Team to Beirut to Report on Killing of Former Prime Minister

21/02/2005

Security Council Committee Adds One Individual to Al-Qaida Section of Its Consolidated List

21/02/2005

Women�s Anti-Discrimination Committee Stresses Need to Promote Participation of Italian Women in Political, Public Life

21/02/2005

China Set to Stay Growth Course, According to UNCTAD Handbook of Statistics 2004

21/02/2005

Budget Committee Recommends $53.63 Million for Secretary-General�s Plan for Strengthened UN Security, as It Concludes Current Session

21/02/2005

Capping Current Session, General Assembly Decides to Focus, in 60th Anniversary Year, on Millennium Goals, High-Level Panel Recommendations for Change

21/02/2005

Viennese Professor as United Nations Special Rapporteur on Torture to Visit Georgia

18/02/2005

UN Welcomes Egypt�s Decision to Wave Surcharge for Ships Destined for UN Peacekeeping Operations

18/02/2005

Security Council Calls on Arms-Exporting Countries to Exercise �Higher Degree of Responsibility� in Small Arms Transactions

18/02/2005

Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination to Meet in Geneva from 21 February to 11 March

18/02/2005

Participants in Special Event Marking Entry Into Force of Kyoto Protocol Stress Need for Action to Counter Global Warming

18/02/2005

United Nations Holds Regional Workshop on Remote Sensing Education

17/02/2005

Outer Space Scientific and Technical Subcommittee to Hold 42nd Session in Vienna

17/02/2005

Canada to Host Annual Climate Change Conference, 28 November � 9 December 2005

17/02/2005

Social Development Commission Hears Introduction of UN Research Institute�s 2003-2004 Report

17/02/2005

Security Council, in Presidential Statement, Welcomes Resumption of Direct Talks Between Israeli Prime Minister, President of Palestinian Authority

17/02/2005

Secretary-General, High Commissioner for Human Rights Call for Urgent Action by Security Council to Halt Violence in Sudan

17/02/2005

Security Council, in Presidential Statement, Encourages International Community to Provide Advisers, Technical Support for UN Efforts in Iraq

17/02/2005

In Briefing to Security Council, Under-Secretary-General Says Elections Mark Significant Step Towards Democracy in Iraq

17/02/2005

International Community Must Immediately Find Way to Halt Killing in Darfur, Sudan, Secretary-General Tells Security Council

17/02/2005

In Message to Kyoto Protocol Ceremony, Secretary-General Calls on World Community to �Be Bold�, Quickly Take Next Steps Against Climate Change

16/02/2005

United Nations Under-Secretary-General Hails Implementation of Kyoto Climate Change Treaty

16/02/2005

Tackling Poverty, Discrimination Central to Human Advancement, Social Development Commission Told

16/02/2005

General Assembly Elects Ronny Abraham of France to International Court of Justice, Acting Concurrently with Security Council

16/02/2005

Security Council Elects Ronny Abraham of France to International Court of Justice, Acting Concurrently with General Assembly

16/02/2005

Measuring Information and Communication Technologies for Development

16/02/2005

Security Council Condemns Terrorist Bombing That Killed Former Lebanese Prime Minister, Calls on Government to Bring Perpetrators to Justice

16/02/2005

Transcript of Press Conference by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Frechette at United Nations Headquarters, 15 February 2005

15/02/2005

New Permanent Representative of Israel Presents Credentials

15/02/2005

New Permanent Representative of Peru Presents Credentials

15/02/2005

Declaration Approved at Social Development Commission�s High-Level Segment Calls for Renewed Commitment to Vision for More Just, Equitable World

15/02/2005

Speakers Call for Targeted Action against Poverty, Unemployment, Social Exclusion, As Social Development Commission Concludes High-Level Discussion

15/02/2005

Committee to Eliminate Discrimination against Women Considers Reports of Lao People�s Democratic Repulic

15/02/2005

General Assembly to Convene Special Session Commemorating Sixtieth Anniversary of Liberation of Nazi Death Camps, Monday, 24 January

15/02/2005

Sudan Peace Agreement Signed 9 January Historic Opportunity, Security Council Told

15/02/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates People of Iraq Following Election Results, Promises UN�s Deep Commitment So Next Stage in Transition

15/02/2005

Secretary-General, Accepting �Peace Through Dialogue� Award in Munich, Says Honour Affirms Importance of Institution, Not Individual

15/02/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Assassination of Former Prime Minister of Lebanon

15/02/2005

�In Strengthening the Security of Others, We Protect the Security of Our Own�, Secretary-General Says in Munich Address

15/02/2005

Secretary-General Concerned Over Deteriorating Security in Togo, Calls for Restraint, Peaceful Solution to Crisis

15/02/2005

New ILO Report Sees Weak Global Job Growth in 2004, Says European Job Growth Remains Static

14/02/2005

Security Council Strengthens Arms Embargo on C�te d�Ivoire, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1584 (2005)

14/02/2005

Palestinian Election Success Auspicious, but Situation Remains Fragile, Says Secretary-General, as Palestinian Rights Committee Opens 2005 Session

14/02/2005

Security Council Committee on Liberia Meets with Panel of Experts Appointed by Resolution 1579 (2004) Prior to Panel�s Travel to Liberia

11/02/2005

Empowering the Poor Is Most Effective in Combating Poverty

11/02/2005

�Caring Communities for the 21st Century � Imagining the Possible� Subject of Headquarters Conference 11 February

11/02/2005

Speakers in Round-Table Discussion Cite Need for Integrated Social Policies, Greater Consensus Among Governments, Private Sector, Civil Society

11/02/2005

Speakers in Round-Table Discussion on Employment Stress Urgent Need to Develop Active National Policies with Particular Focus on Youth

11/02/2005

Abject Poor Marginalized, �Voiceless�, Say Participants in Social Development Round Table on Poverty Eradication

11/02/2005

Deputy Secretary-General Opens High-Level Segment of Social Development Commission, Stressing Importance of Social Dimensions of Economic Policies

11/02/2005

Today�s Threats � Terrorism, Poverty � Require Reformed UN, Collective Action, Says Secretary-General in London Address

11/02/2005

Working Group on Internet Governance to Discuss Policy Issues and Priorities, Internet Security, Access for All

11/02/2005

Worldwide Celebrations to Mark Kyoto Protocol''s Entry Into Force, 16 February

11/02/2005

World�s Challenge � Make Globalization Work for All, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Social Development Commission

10/02/2005

New Permanent Representative of Thailand Presents Credentials

10/02/2005

Executive Director of UNODC Awarded Honorary Degree for Protecting Environment

10/02/2005

Focus on Poverty Eradication, Social Integration, Promotion of Full Employment, as Commission for Social Development Opens Current Session

10/02/2005

Committee Negotiating Treaty on Persons with Disabilities Concludes Fifth Session

10/02/2005

Forests Central to Anti-Poverty, Sustainable Development Efforts, Says Secretary-General in Message to Brazzaville Summit

09/02/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Killing of Political Leader in Sri Lanka

09/02/2005

Secretary-General Commends Steps Taken by Israeli, Palestinian Leaders

09/02/2005

Statement by Secretary-General on Resignation of Elisabeth Lindenmayer

09/02/2005

Press Statement on Sudan by Security Council President

09/02/2005

Secretary-General Concerned Togo�s Power Transfer Not Done �In Full Respect� of Constitution

09/02/2005

Palestinian Election Success Auspicious, but Situation Remains Fragile, Says Secretary-General in Statement to Palestinian Rights Committee

09/02/2005

Secretary-General Urges Quick Action to Preserve �Priceless Treasure� of African Rock Art, in Video Message

09/02/2005

Terrorism Threat to All Civilized Countries, Anathema to All Faiths, Says Secretary-General in Message to Riyadh Counter-Terrorism Conference

09/02/2005

Following Death of Togo�s President, Secretary-General Says Transfer of Power Should Be Peaceful, Consistent with Constitution

07/02/2005

UN Expert Group to Meet in Azerbaijan on Issues in Linking Implementation of Beijing Action Plan, Millennium Goals, 7 � 10 February

07/02/2005

Transcript of Press Conference by Secretary-General�s Chef de Cabinet at United Nations Headquarters, 3 February 2005

07/02/2005

UN Ready for 10,000 Strong Troop Deployment in Sudan to Monitor Peace Agreement, Security Council Told

07/02/2005

United Nations Human Rights Experts Express Continued Concern about Situation of Guantanamo Bay Detainees

07/02/2005

Recovery in World Economic Growth in 2004 Tempered by Continuing Global Trade Imbalances, Oil Price Uncertainties, ECOSOC Told

07/02/2005

Poverty, Unemployment and Social Integration on the Copenhagen +10 Review Agenda

04/02/2005

UNODC and Ethiopian Authorities Join Forces against Terrorism, Organized Crime and Money-Laundering

04/02/2005

Commission for Social Development Session, 9 - 18 February, to Address Poverty, Employment, Social Integration Ten Years after Social Summit

04/02/2005

Secretary-General Initiates Disciplinary Proceedings against Officials Named in Oil-for-Food Inquiry, Pledges Cooperation with any Criminal Proceedings

04/02/2005

Long-Term Support Needed, Secretary-General Says in Message to Fundraiser Concert in Bangkok

04/02/2005

Joint Inspection Unit Elects Chairman and Vice-Chairman

03/02/2005

UNODC and Kazakhstan Agree on New Anti-Drug Projects

03/02/2005

United States Engagement Crucial for Strong, Successful United Nations, Says Deputy Secretary-General in Address to Women�s Foreign Policy Group

03/02/2005

Secretary-General Offers Former United States President Clinton Position of Tsunami Special Envoy

02/02/2005

2004 Round-up: Terrorism, Iraq, Middle East, Sudan among Critical Issues Before Security Council in 2004

02/02/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Attack on African Union Monitors in South Darfur

02/02/2005

Secretary-General Calls for Immediate Restoration of Democratic Institutions in Nepal, after Consitutional Monarchy Dissolves Government

02/02/2005

Those Responsible for Darfur Crimes Must Be Held Accountable, Secretary-General Says as He Transmits Commission of Inquiry Report to Security Council

02/02/2005

As Special Committee Concludes Debate, Troop Contributors Say Peacekeeping Burden Falls Disproportionately on Developing Countries

02/02/2005

Convention on Biological Diversity to Discuss Island Biodiversity, 2010 Target, Millennium Ecosystem Assessment

01/02/2005

Secretary-General Expresses Gratitude to Nigeria for Making �Magnificent UN House� in Abuja a Reality

01/02/2005

Secretary-General Urges African Leaders to Help Make 2005 Year of Renewal for UN, Hope for Africa, in Address to Abuja Summit

01/02/2005

Secretary-General Praises Courage of Iraqi People on Election, Says Success Augers Well for Transition

01/02/2005

Secretary-General�s Message to Phuket Meeting Offers Close UN Partnership in Effort to Create Tsunami Early Warning System

01/02/2005

Press Statement by Security Council President on Iraq Elections

01/02/2005

President of United Nations Security Council and Chairman of Military Staff Committee in February

01/02/2005

Tentative Schedule of Meetings of United Nations Bodies in February 2005

01/02/2005

UN Needs to Consolidate Peacekeeping Success, Reforms Following 2004 Surge in Operations, Under-Secretary-General Tells Special Committee

01/02/2005

In Address to Canadian Club, Deputy Secretary-General Stresses Need for �Real Progress� on Collective Security, Development, UN Reform

01/02/2005

Women�s Anti-Discrimination Committee Concludes Thirty-Second Session, Having Examined Situation of Women in Eight Countries

01/02/2005

UN Under-Secretary-General Calls for International Commitment to Combat Global Environmental Threats

31/03/2005

On Centennial of Dissolution of Norway, Sweden Union, Secretary-General Says Peaceful Settlement Inspiring Example for World Still Riven by Conflict

31/03/2005

Child, Maternal Mortality �Overlooked and Underreported Health Crisis�, Says Secretary-General in World Health Day Message

31/03/2005

First Global Assessment of Ecosystems �Unprecedented Contribution� to Development, Sustainability, Peace, Says Secretary-General

31/03/2005

President of United Nations Security Council and Chairman of Military Staff Committee in April

31/03/2005

Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

31/03/2005

In Monthly Wrap-up Meeting, Security Council Discusses Strategies to Address African Conflicts

31/03/2005

Security Council Extends Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo until 1 October, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1592 (2005)

31/03/2005

Redeployment of Posts �Experiment�, Development Assistance Discussed in Budget Committee

31/03/2005

Secretary-General Calls for Broad Mobilization of Resources in Fight against TB, in Message on World Day

30/03/2005

Security Council Imposes Travel Ban, Assets Freeze on Those Impeding Peace Process in Darfur, Adopting Resolution 1591 (2005) by 12-0-3

30/03/2005

Human Rights Committee Discusses Possible Reform of Treaty Body Reporting Process

30/03/2005

Greece to Contribute to United Nations Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Fund

30/03/2005

Transcript of Press Conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at United Nations Headquarters, 29 March 2005

30/03/2005

�Inquiry Has Cleared Me of Any Wrongdoing�, Says Secretary-General as Volcker Committee Issues Second Interim Report

30/03/2005

Secretary-General Pledges UN Support, Dispatches Disaster Coordination Teams, Following News of Powerful Earthquake in Indonesia

30/03/2005

UN Teams Arrive in Indonesian Quake Zones

30/03/2005

General Assembly Adopts Text on Peacekeeping, Delegates Sudan Mission Financing to Budget Committee

29/03/2005

Secretary-General Underlines NGOs� Crucial Role in Darfur, Sudan

29/03/2005

Secretary-General, in Message to Pledging Conference Calls for Assistance to Cambodia in Pursuit of Justice, National Reconciliation, Peace and Security

29/03/2005

Accountability for Crimes against UN, Associated Personnel �Woefully Inadequate�, Secretary-General Says in Message on Day of Solidarity with Missing Staff

29/03/2005

No Significant Progress Made Towards Stable Peace in C�te d�Ivoire, Security Council Told

29/03/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Continued Bombings in Lebanon, Urges All Concerned to Do Utmost to Safeguard Lebanon�s Stability, National Unity

29/03/2005

Secretary-General, in Message to UNITAR/IPS Conference on Peacekeeping, Nation-Building, Highlights Reforms in His �in Larger Freedom� Report

29/03/2005

Secretary-General, in Message to Conference, Calls for Paradigm Shift Towards �Green Growth� to Achieve Truly Sustainable Development

29/03/2005

Action Needed on Two Draft Conventions this Year, Ad Hoc Committee on Terrorism Told, as It Begins Current Session

29/03/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Security Council Authorization for Sudan Mission, to Assist Implementation of Peace Agreement

29/03/2005

Sexual Abuse in Peacekeeping Report �Hard and Unvarnished Look� at Serious Problem, Reforms Must Be Quickly Implemented, Says Secretary-General

29/03/2005

Security Council Establishes UN Mission in Sudan for Initial Period of Six Months, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1590 (2005)

29/03/2005

Briefing Security Council on Middle East, Under-Secretary-General Expresses Concern over Israel�s Failure to Freeze Expansion of Settlements

29/03/2005

Security Council Extends UN Mission in Afghanistan for Additional 12 Months, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1589 (2005)

29/03/2005

Budget Committee Takes up Revised Financing for Democratic Republic of Congo Mission

29/03/2005

High Representative for Bosnia and Herzegovina Briefs Security Council, Noting Recent Transfer to Hague of Five Major War Crimes Indictees

24/03/2005

Jordan Pursuing Equitable Society for All � Regardless of Disability Says Secretary-General, in Message to 2005 Award Ceremony

24/03/2005

Secretary-General Urges Arab States to Take Lead in Uniting World against Terrorism, in Address to Algiers Summit

24/03/2005

Day of Solidarity with Detained, Missing Staff to Be Observed at Headquarters on 28 March

24/03/2005

Human Rights Committee Concludes Review of Report by Greece

24/03/2005

Fourth Committee Recommends Endorsement of Proposals by Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations

24/03/2005

Budget Committee Takes Up Additional Financing Requests for Iraq, Bougainville Missions

24/03/2005

Photo Exhibit �Raising the Bar: New Horizons in Disability Sports� Opens at Headquarters 23 March

24/03/2005

Human Rights Committee Concludes Considerations of Uzbekistan�s Report; Questions Pressed on Failure to Heed Requests for Stays of Execution

23/03/2005

Mid-September Earliest Possible Date for Afghanistan Parliamentary Elections, Special Representative Tells Security Council

23/03/2005

New Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe Presents Credentials

22/03/2005

Death Penalty Use, Prison Conditions, Widespread Violence against Women Issues Raised, as Human Rights Committee Takes Up Uzbekistan�s Report

22/03/2005

Secretary-General Saddened by Death of Two Peacekeepers in Haiti, Says UN Remains fully Committed after Cowardly Attacks

22/03/2005

Transcript of Press Conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at United Nations Headquarters, 21 March 2005

22/03/2005

Secretary-General Expresses Concern over Escalation in Southern Kyrgyzstan

22/03/2005

Secretary-General Proposes Strategy for UN Reform to General Assembly, Giving Equal Weight to Development, Security, Human Rights

22/03/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Bomb Attack in Pakistan; Appeals for Calm in Face of �Brazen and Cowardly Act�

22/03/2005

Secretary-General Appeals to All Parties to Safeguard Stability, National Unity Following Beirut Car Bombing

22/03/2005

Secretary-General Calls for Deal by World Leaders on Poverty, Security, Human Rights

22/03/2005

King Abdullah II of Jordan to Accept FDR International Disability Award at United Nations, 23 March

22/03/2005

General Assembly President, in World Water Day Message, Calls Right to Safe Drinking Water Basic to Sustainable Development, Human Dignity

22/03/2005

Secretary-General Presents Report �In Larger Freedom� to General Assembly, Outlining Ambitious Plan for United Nations Reform

22/03/2005

UN Emergency Relief Coordinator Calls on Democratic Republic of Congo Authorities to Assume Their Responsibilities Towards Congolese Population

22/03/2005

Assistance to Third States Affected by Sanctions among Issues Addressed, as Charter Committee Concludes 2005 Session

21/03/2005

In Message for International Day, General Assembly President Urges Governments to Intensify Efforts in Fighting Racial Discriminaiton

21/03/2005

Humanitarian Situation Deteriorating in Ituri District of Democratic Republic of Congo

18/03/2005

Panel Discussion at the United Nations on Countering Terrorism

18/03/2005

Secretary-General Expects Full Withdrawal of All Syrian Troops from Lebanon Before Lebanese Elections

18/03/2005

Security Council Extends UN Advance Mission in Sudan Until 24 March, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1588 (2005)

18/03/2005

Human Rights Committee Takes Up Report of Mauritius

18/03/2005

Budget Committee Briefed on Latest Developments in Plan to Refurbish UN Headquarters

18/03/2005

Budget Committee Considers Additional Financing Requests for Peacekeeping Missions in Cyprus, Kosovo

18/03/2005

United Nations Human Rights Experts Call for Urgent, Effective Action on Darfur, Sudan

17/03/2005

Access to Safe Water a Priority as the UN Marks the Beginning of International Decade

17/03/2005

Major Efforts Needed to Better Manage World�s Water � �Our Lifeline For Survival� in 21st Century, Says Secretary-General in World Day Message

17/03/2005

�No One Can Be Neutral� in Fight against Virus of Racism, Says Secretary-General in Message on International Day

17/03/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Convening of Transitional General Assembly of Iraq

17/03/2005

Much of UN Mission Direct Response to Horrors of Nazism, Holocaust, Says Secretary-General, in Remarks at Jerusalem Dinner

17/03/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Erskine Bowles as Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery

17/03/2005

WFP Hails Donation from Hungary for Sri Lanka Tsunami Survivors

17/03/2005

Changes to Iceland�s Penal Code Aimed at Combating Terrorism Focus of Debate in Human Rights Committee

17/03/2005

New Permanent Representative of Portugal Presents Credentials

16/03/2005

Long-Term, Sustainable Finance Needed for Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, Malaria, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Stockholm Meeting

16/03/2005

Security Council Re-Establishes Group Monitoring Somalia Arms Embargo for Further Six Months, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1587 (2005)

16/03/2005

�Green Growth� Focus of Seoul Ministerial Conference 24-29 March

16/03/2005

Membership of Principal United Nations Organs in 2005

16/03/2005

UN Has �Sacred Responsibility� to Combat Hatred, Intolerance, Says Secretary-General, in Remarks at Jerusalem Holocaust Memorial

16/03/2005

Ten Central and Southeast European States Join Forces in International Cooperation on Counter-Terrorism, Corruption and the Fight against Transnational Organized Crime

15/03/2005

United Nations Convention against Transnational Organized Crime Receives 100th Instrument of Ratification

15/03/2005

Secretary-General Reiterates Determination to Build Global, Inclusive Information Society, in Message to Ceremony Launching Digital Solidarity Fund in Geneva

15/03/2005

Secretary-General Praises Peter Hansen�s �Unflagging Energy, Commitment and Leadership� in Remarks to Staff of Palestine Relief Agency

15/03/2005

Security Council Presidential Statement Welcomes Burundi�s Approval of Post-Transitional Constitution

15/03/2005

Security Council Extends Ethiopia/Eritrea Mission until September, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1586

15/03/2005

Security Council Extends Deadline for Nominations to Former Yugoslavia Tribunal until 31 March

15/03/2005

Opening Current Session, Charter Committee Discusses Questions Related to Imposition of Sanctions Including Impact on Third States, Unintended Consequences

15/03/2005

Country Visits Signal New Phase of Work for United Nations Counter-Terrorism Body

15/03/2005

Secretary-General Pays Respects to Slain Staff of Palestine Relief Agency, Bids Farewell to Peter Hansen

15/03/2005

Commission on Human Rights Opens Sixty-First Session

15/03/2005

Board of Trustees of UN Voluntary Fund on Contemporary Forms of Slavery Concludes Tenth Session

14/03/2005

Commission on Status of Women Adopts 10 Wide-Ranging Resolutions, but Fails to Conclude Current Session

14/03/2005

Women Continue to Face Host of Persistent Obstacles to Advancement, Commission Told, as High-Level Debate Continues

14/03/2005

Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination Concludes Sixty-Sixth Session

14/03/2005

Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to Be Held in Bangkok, 18-25 April 2005

11/03/2005

Gender-Sensitive Macroeconomic Policies, Regional Gender-Equality Promotion Subjects of Women�s Commission Panel Discussions

11/03/2005

Secretary-General Kofi Annan Launches Global Strategy against Terrorism in Madrid

11/03/2005

Human Rights Committee to Hold Eighty-Third Session in New York from 14 March to 1 April 2005

11/03/2005

Commission on Human Rights to Hold Sixty-First Session at Palais des Nations from 14 March to 22 April 2005

11/03/2005

Lieutenant-General Babacar Gaye Appointed New Force Commander of UN Organization Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo

11/03/2005

United Nations Hosts Conference on International Sale of Goods and International Commercial Arbitration

11/03/2005

Security Council Extends Sudan Advance Mission Until 17 March, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1585 (2005)

11/03/2005

Secretary-General Offers Global Strategy for Fighting Terrorism, in Address to Madrid Summit

11/03/2005

United Nations Holds Training Course on Satellite-Aided Search and Rescue

10/03/2005

Secretary-General Kofi Annan Launches Global Strategy against Terrorism in Madrid

10/03/2005

Youth Perspectives on Promotion of Gender Equality Focus of Women�s Commission Panel

10/03/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Voluntary Surrender to International Tribunal by Kosovo�s former Prime Minister

10/03/2005

Secretary-General Pleased Bolivia Agreement Reached through Dialogue, Respect for Constitution.

10/03/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Haiti

10/03/2005

Security Council Presidential Statement Welcomes Conclusions of 1 March London Meeting on Support for Palestinian Authority

10/03/2005

United Nations International Meeting on Question of Palestine Concludes Two-Day Session

10/03/2005

UN Meeting on Palestine Discusses Role of Parliaments, Civil Society in Advocating Adherence to International Law

10/03/2005

UN Meeting on Question of Palestine Discusses Responsibility of Governments in Upholding International Law

10/03/2005

Budget Committee Takes up Administration of Justice within UN System

10/03/2005

Women�s Commission Hears Introduction of Eight Draft Resolutions; Discusses Challenges to Gender-Related Statistics, Indicators

10/03/2005

�Historic Fundamental Progress Possible� in 2005 for Transforming Global Security System, Says Deputy Secretary-General in Berlin Address

09/03/2005

As Result of Beijing Conference, World Has Recognized Critical Importance of Gender Equality to Peace, Development, Secretary-General Tells Observance

09/03/2005

UN Must Live Up to Own Charter Principles on Equal Rights for Men, Women, Says Secretary-General, in Remarks at Headquarters Women�s Day Event

09/03/2005

Business Community Has �Direct Stake� in Helping World Reach Anti-Poverty Goals, Says Secretary-General in Message to South Asia Global Compact Meeting

09/03/2005

�This Is a Moment of Promise� in Search for Middle East Peace Says Secretary-General in Message to Geneva Meeting

09/03/2005

Advancement of Women Deserves �Collective Action�, Says General Assembly President on International Day

09/03/2005

UN International Meeting on Question of Palestine Hears Legal Analysis of Advisory Opinion of ICJ

09/03/2005

United Nations International Meeting on Question of Palestine Starts at Palais des Nations

09/03/2005

UN Strategy for Information, Communication Technologies among Issues Taken Up by Budget Committee

09/03/2005

General Assembly Adopts United Nations Declaration on Human Cloning by Vote of 84-34-37

08/03/2005

United States to Elaborate on National Drug Control Policy at CND

08/03/2005

Outer Space Scientific and Technical Subcommittee Concludes 42nd Session in Vienna

08/03/2005

UN Drug Officials Discuss Issues and Challenges at 48th Session of Commission on Narcotic Drugs

08/03/2005

�We Are Not Moving Fast Enough� to Deal with Appalling Situation in Darfur, Says Secretary-General, After Meeting with Security Council

08/03/2005

Security Council Presidential Statement Welcomes Progress in Somali National Reconciliation, Notes Need for Expanded UN Presence

08/03/2005

Procurement Reform, Outsourcing Practices, Peacekeeping Air Safety Vital to Current, Future UN Operations, Budget Committee Told

08/03/2005

Secretary-General, Noting Syrian President�s Speech, Dispatches Envoy to Beirut, Damascus to Discuss Security Council Resolution 1559

07/03/2005

Sustainable Development Preparatory Meeting Concludes Week-Long Session; Will Forward Policy Options on Water, Sanitation, Housing to Commission

07/03/2005

Effectiveness of Drug Treatment Courts to Be Highlighted at CND

07/03/2005

Full Implementation of 1995 Beijing Action Plan for Women Essential to Achieving Global Anti-Poverty Goals, Women�s Commission Declares

07/03/2005

Thirty-Year UN Effort to Promote Gender Equality Celebrated at International Women�s Day Headquarters Observance

07/03/2005

Secretary-General Meets with His Special Representative to Democratic Republic of Congo

07/03/2005

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty �True Cornerstone� of Global Security, Says Secretary-General on Agreement�s Thirty-Fifth Anniversary

07/03/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Pierre Schori As New Special Representative for C�te d�Ivoire

07/03/2005

OSCE Could Play Key Role in Kosovo�s Standards Review Process, Security Council Told

04/03/2005

United Nations in Vienna Commemorates International Women�s Day

04/03/2005

New Permanent Observer of Palestine Presents Credentials

04/03/2005

Gender Discrimination�s Disastrous Effects Starkly Illustrated by HIV/AIDS Pandemic, Women�s Commission Told

04/03/2005

Security Council Condemns Murder of Nine UN Peacekeepers in Democratic Republic of Congo

04/03/2005

Drug Chiefs from Afghanistan and Colombia Meet with UNODC Executive Director in Vienna

04/03/2005

Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting of Commission on Sustainable Development Considers Ways to Speed Up Access to Safe Water, Sanitation, Housing

04/03/2005

Speakers in Sustainable Development Preparatory Meeting Stress Need for Gender Mainstreaming, Resource Mobilization, Technology Transfer, Capacity-Building

03/03/2005

Commission on Narcotic Drugs Meets in Vienna, 7-14 March 2005

03/03/2005

UNODC and UNIDO Join Forces to Fight Drug Trafficking and Improve Economic Development

03/03/2005

United Nations Counter-Drugs Chief Calls on Private Sector to Rebuild Regions Gutted by Drugs and Crime

03/03/2005

Women�s Efforts to Take Rightful Place in Societies after Tragedy of War Highlighted, as Women�s Commission Concludes High-Level Debate

03/03/2005

Education, Gender Equality Together Must Be Given Priority, Secretary-General Says in Video Message to Conference on Gender Parity

03/03/2005

Secretary-General Calls for Reining in of Militias in C�te d�Ivoire

03/03/2005

In Message for International Women�s Day, Secretary-General Cites Need for Targeted Action to Change Historical Legacy Putting Women at Disadvantage

02/03/2005

Progress in Advancing Women�s Rights, Expanding Economic Opportunities Highlighted, as Women�s Commission Begins High-Level Debate

02/03/2005

Fate of Terrorist Attack Survivors too Often Neglected, Secretary-General Says in Message to Book Launch Meeting

02/03/2005

Citing Potential for Peace, Secretary-General Pledges UN Support For Good Governance, Security, Development at Meeting to Support Palestinian Authority

02/03/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates Burundi for Successful Referendum on Constitution

02/03/2005

Press Statement on Timor-Leste by Security Council President

02/03/2005

ECOSOC Decides to Consider Reports on Burundi, Guinea-Bissau During 2005 Session in July

02/03/2005

Sustainable Development Preparatory Meeting Holds Interactive Discussions on Water, Sanitation, Human Settlements

02/03/2005

Annual Report of the International Narcotics Control Board Focuses on Need to Integrate Drug Demand and Supply Strategies

01/03/2005

No Tool for Development More Powerful than Women�s Empowerment, Says Secretary-General, as Women�s Commission Opens 2005 Session

01/03/2005

Secretary-General Delighted by Willingness of Supachai Panitchpakdi to Serve as Head of UNCTAD

01/03/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Suicide Car Bombing in Iraq �in the Strongest Possible Terms�

01/03/2005

Secretary-General Asks Civil Service Commission to do Utmost to Create Conditions which UN System Staff Need to Succeed

01/03/2005

Empowerment of Women the Most Effective Development Tool, Secretary-General Tells Commission on Status of Women

01/03/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Designation of Interim Head of State of Togo

01/03/2005

Secretary-General Proposes Appointment of Supachai Panitchpakdi, Curently WTO Director-General, as Head of UNCTAD

01/03/2005

Press Statement by Security Council President on Terrorist Attack in Israel

01/03/2005

President of United Nations Security Council and Chairman of Military Staff Committee in March

01/03/2005

Tangible Progress Made Building Timor-Leste�s Democratic Institutions, but Major Challenges Remain, Security Council Told

01/03/2005

Tentative Schedule of Meetings of United Nations Bodies in March 2005

01/03/2005

Peacekeeping Special Committee Concludes 2005 Session, with Report Noting Unprecedented Increase in Operations

01/03/2005

Media Executives Join Forces to Fight AIDS at MIPTV

28/04/2005

New Permanent Representative of Sudan Presents Credentials

28/04/2005

Secretary-General Nominates Kemal Derviş of Turkey as New Administrator of United Nations Development Programme

27/04/2005

Secretary-General Gravely Concerned by Violence Following Togo Elections, Reiterates Urgent Appeal for Calm

27/04/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Democratic Republic of Congo

27/04/2005

On Chernobyl Disaster Anniversary, Secretary-General Urges Dramatic Expansion of Development Assistance to Countries Most Affected

27/04/2005

Latin America�s Treaty Prohibiting Nuclear Weapons �Inspiring Landmark� for Disarmament, Says Secretary-General in Message to Mexico Meeting

27/04/2005

Security Council Committee Reaffirms Support For Expert Group�s Work in Democratic Republic of Congo

27/04/2005

Security Council Briefed on Mediation Effort in C�te d�Ivoire Peace Process; Told UN Mission Needs Strengthened Mandate to Take on Additional Tasks

27/04/2005

New DVD Film on Hubble Space Telescope Is Launched

27/04/2005

UNODC Assists Albania in Fighting Drug Trafficking and Organized Crime

26/04/2005

Workshop on Criminal Justice Reform Highlights Need for Restorative Justice As Alternative to Prison

26/04/2005

Activities of Secretary-General in Indonesia, 19 - 25 April

26/04/2005

Secretary-General Dispatches Team to Verify Syrian Withdrawal from Lebanon

26/04/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Peaceful Election in Togo, Says Should Provide Sound Platform for Transition

26/04/2005

Security Council Briefed by Chairmen of Anti-Terrorism Committees; Calls for Strengthened Cooperation, Enhanced Information Sharing

26/04/2005

Tsunami Relief Effort Must Be Done Right, Used As Model for Future, Says Special Envoy at Headquarters Conference

26/04/2005

Sustainable Development Commission Adopts Policy Options, Practical Measures Aimed at Speeding Implementation of Water, Sanitation, Human Settlement Goals

25/04/2005

11th UN Crime Congress Concludes with Adoption of Bangkok Declaration Calling for Action against Organized Crime, Terrorism

25/04/2005

�Around-the-Clock� Capability Needed to Successfully Fight Cybercrime, Workshop Told

25/04/2005

Proliferation of Small Arms Banned

25/04/2005

International Anti-Corruption Coordination Group Discusses Preventing and Controlling Corruption in Emergency Disaster Relief

25/04/2005

Crime Congress High-Level Segment Opens with Challenge to Meet Growing Threats of Terrorism, Mass Destruction Weapons, Cybercrime

25/04/2005

UN Office on Drugs and Crime Releases CD-Roms on Crime Congress Documentation

25/04/2005

Commission on Human Rights Concludes Sixty-First Session After Adopting, 86 Resolutions, 16 Decisions, 4 Statements by Chairman

25/04/2005

Secretary-General, in Message to Regional Summit, Calls on Burundi�s Leaders to Take Last Step Towards Meeting Aspirations of Their People

25/04/2005

Promoting Social Progress, Better Living Standards As Important Now As Fifty Years Ago, Secretary-General Says in Address to Asian-African Summit

25/04/2005

Security, Development, Human Rights All Essential for Life �In Larger Freedom�, Crime Congress High-Level Meeting Told

22/04/2005

Criminalization of Computer Wrongdoing Prerequisite for Combating Cybercrime, Workshop Told

22/04/2005

General Assembly Adopts Convention on Nuclear Terrorism; Will Open for Signature at Headquarters 14 September

22/04/2005

United Nations Vienna Staff Contribute to Tsunami Relief Aid

22/04/2005

Solving Global Water Crisis �Moral Imperative�, Access to Water Human Right, Mikhail Gorbachev Tells Sustainable Development Commission

22/04/2005

Effective UN Important for All � But Perhaps Most Important for Developing World, Says Secretary-General in Jakarta Remarks

22/04/2005

Secretary-General Reiterates Call for Restraint, Dialogue in Ecuador, As Vice-President Assumes Presidency

22/04/2005

Middle East Events Continue to Confirm Potential for Peace, Though Process Remains Fragile, Under-Secretary-General Tells Security Council

22/04/2005

Under-Secretary-General Responds to �Rich and Intense Debate� on UN Information Activities, As Committee Concludes General Discussion

22/04/2005

Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights to Hold Thirty-Fourth Session from 25 April to 13 May 2005

22/04/2005

General Assembly Authorizes Budget of $595.5 Million for Initial Establishment of United Nations Peacekeeping Mission in Sudan

22/04/2005

Workshop on Measures to Combat Computer-Related Crime

22/04/2005

Crime Congress Committee II Discusses Strengths, Weaknesses of International Legal Regime to Counter Terrorism

21/04/2005

Workshop Identifies Challenges to International Law Enforcement Cooperation in Countering Organized Crime

21/04/2005

From Cows to Kilowatts, Berries into Businesses -- Winners of First Seed Awards Announced

21/04/2005

Deputy Secretary-General Stresses Role of Commission on Sustainable Development As Member States Seek Adjustment to Meet Needs of New Century

21/04/2005

Information Centre Rationalization, Website, Library Modernization Among Issues Addressed in Information Committee Debate

21/04/2005

Secretary-General Calls for Free, Peaceful Vote, As Togo Approaches 24 April Presidential Election

21/04/2005

Secretary-General Proposes Appointment of Inga-Britt Ahlenius of Sweden As Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services

21/04/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Warren Sach of United Kingdom As Assistant Secretary-General, Controller

21/04/2005

Haiti Security Improved, But International Assistance Remains Vital for Social, Political Progress, Security Council Told

21/04/2005

Integrated Management of Water Resources Key to Attaining Millennium Development Goals, Says World Meteorological Organization Chief

21/04/2005

Global Anti-Poverty Fight Can Be Won with Smart Policies, Affordable Technologies, Says Deputy Secretary-General in New York Remarks

21/04/2005

�We Must Be Bold�, Innovative in Attempting to Reach Anti-Poverty Goals, Says Deputy Secretary-General to Sustainable Development Commission

21/04/2005

Third Meeting of Working Group on Internet Governance Focuses on Internet Use, Spam, Other Key Public Policy Issues

21/04/2005

Workshop to Discuss Enhancing International Law Enforcement Cooperation

21/04/2005

Workshop to Explore Strategies and Best Practices for Crime Prevention Related to Urban Crime and Youth at Risk

20/04/2005

UN Standards, Norms Provide States with Valuable Guidelines, Best Practices, Crime Congress Committee I Told

20/04/2005

UN Convention Against Corruption Becoming Global Standard for Strong Anti-Corruption Regime, Crime Congress Committee II Told

20/04/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates Pope Benedict XVI, Wishes Him Strength, Courage in Assuming Responsibilities

20/04/2005

Press Statement on Iraq-Kuwait by Security Council President

20/04/2005

11th UN Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to Discuss Criminal Justice Reform

20/04/2005

11th UN Crime Congress Celebrates 50 Years of Standard-Setting in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

19/04/2005

Consequences of Economic Crimes Affect People''s Sense of Society''s Fairness, Crime Congress'' Committee I Told

19/04/2005

�Pieces in Place� on Global Deal to Promote Development, Security, Human Rights, Says Secretary-General in Remarks to Headquarters Panel

19/04/2005

Expectations of Momentous Decisions High, Secretary-General Says at Opening of High-Level Economic and Social Council Meeting

19/04/2005

Secretary-General Notes Election Outcome in Northern Cyprus, Welcomes Renewed Evidence of Commitment to Peaceful Resolution

19/04/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Joint Statement by Leaders of India, Pakistan

19/04/2005

Secretary-General, in Message to Joint Parliamentary Assembly, Urges Members to Play Their Part Towards Meeting Millennium Goals

19/04/2005

Robust Capacity-Building Vital for Rule-Of-Law Assistance to Post-Conflict Societies, Secretary-General Says in Message to Crime Prevention Congress

19/04/2005

Unique Opportunity to Make World Freer, Fairer, Safer �Must Not Be Missed�, Says Secretary-General in Remarks to Finance Officials in Washington

19/04/2005

Secretary-General Urges Dialogue to Resolve Ecuador�s Constitutional Crisis

19/04/2005

Security Council Widens Arms Embargo on Democratic Republic of Congo to Include Travel Ban, Assets Freeze on Violators

19/04/2005

UN Information Department Takes Action to Improve Public Image of UN Around World, Under-Secretary-General Tells Information Committee

19/04/2005

Secretary-General Asks, �If Not Now, When?� As He Undescores Need to Tackle Poverty, Terrorism, Deadly Weapons, Killer Diseases in High-Level Meeting

18/04/2005

Welcoming Delegates, Crown Prince of Thailand Highlights Need for Effective Cooperation against Transnational Crime

18/04/2005

Antonio Maria Costa, Director-General, United Nations Office at Vienna, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

18/04/2005

United Nations Crime Congress in Thailand Calls for Rapid Response to Crime Threat

18/04/2005

Minister of Justice of Thailand Elected President of Eleventh United Nations Crime Congress

18/04/2005

Eleventh United Nations Crime Congress Opens in Bangkok with Focus on Organized Crime, Terrorism

18/04/2005

United Nations Secretary-General Calls for Universal Ratification of Treaties on Corruption, Terrorism, Organized Crime

18/04/2005

Outer Space Legal Subcommittee Concludes 44th Session in Vienna

18/04/2005

United Nations Provides Additional Search Option for Official Document System

18/04/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Violence Against UN Personnel, Following Killing of Peacekeeper in Haiti

18/04/2005

Security Council Mission in Haiti Condemns Murder of Peacekeeper in Cit� Soleil, Reiterates Full Support for UN Presence, Transitional Government

18/04/2005

UN Dublin Forum Calls for Practical Interventions to Promote Education Through Information Technology

18/04/2005

Focus Will Be UN Information Department�s Completed Reorientation, As Committee on Information Meets at Headquarters 18 - 28 April

18/04/2005

Ad Hoc Committee Charged with Strengthening Legal Protection for International Personnel Concludes One-Week Session

18/04/2005

General Assembly Approves Arrangements for September High-Level Summit

18/04/2005

Sustainable Development Commission Begins Negotiations on Draft Outcome Document

18/04/2005

UN Will Host Finance Ministers, Development Decision Makers, at Headquarters, 18 April

18/04/2005

New UN Report Outlines Indicators for Sustainable Energy Use

15/04/2005

Budget Committee Takes Up Financing for Sudan Mission

15/04/2005

UN Project Finds Thousands of Megawatts of Solar, Wind Energy Potential in 13 Developing Countries

15/04/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes James Wolfensohn�s Appointment by Quartet As Special Envoy for Gaza Disengagement

15/04/2005

Commission on Population and Development Concludes Thirty-Eighth Session, Says Urgent Action Against HIV/Aids Crucial to Meeting Global Anti-Poverty Goals

14/04/2005

INCB Expert Group Calls for Measures to Stop Illicit Drug Trade through the Internet

14/04/2005

Working Group on Internet Governance to Meet in Geneva, 18 - 20 April

14/04/2005

Former United States President Clinton, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Call for Renewed Commitment to Tsunami Region

14/04/2005

Sustainable Development Commission Continues Interactive Panel Discussions, with Focus on Connections among Water, Sanitation, Human Settlements

14/04/2005

General Assembly Unanimously Adopts Resolution Approving Work Plan for Commemoration of Organization�s Sixtieth Anniversary

14/04/2005

Transcript of Press Conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Special Envoy Bill Clinton at United Nations Headquarters, 13 April 2005

14/04/2005

Secretary-General Concerned by Mounting Tensions in Guinea-Bissau in Advance of June Elections

14/04/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates General Assembly on Adoption of International Convention on Nuclear Terrorism

14/04/2005

In Message to ICT Task Force Meeting in Dublin, Secretary-General Stresses Importance of ICT �To Help Unlock the Door to Education�

14/04/2005

Former United States President Clinton, UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan Call for Renewed Commitment to Tsunami Region

14/04/2005

Election of FAO Director-General � Dr. Diouf Sole Candidate

13/04/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Establishment of Human Rights Office in Nepal

13/04/2005

Secretary-General Heartened by European Commission�s Proposal for Ambitious Targets for Official Development Assistance

13/04/2005

In Video Message for Global AIDS Initiative, Secretary-General Says �You Can Save Lives by Attacking Ignorance in Every Corner of the Planet�

13/04/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Latvia�s President as �In Larger Freedom� Envoy

13/04/2005

Media Leaders from Around Globe Expand Response to UN�s Call to Fight AIDS Epidemic

13/04/2005

Greece, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Continue Discussions with Special Representative on �Name� Issue

13/04/2005

Security Council Welcomes Commitment by FDLR to Renounce Use of Force against Rwanda

13/04/2005

Commission on Sustainable Development Holds Six Interactive Discussions on Water, Sanitation, Human Settlements

13/04/2005

Press Statement on Central African Republic by Security Council President

13/04/2005

Committee on Commodity Problems Opens at FAO

13/04/2005

UN ICT Task Force to Meet in Dublin, 13 - 15 April, with Focus on ICT for Education

13/04/2005

Ad Hoc Committee on Safety of UN Personnel Elects Vice-Chair

13/04/2005

With Reform, UN Can Be More Effective Conflict-Prevention Instrument, Deputy Secretary-General Fr�chette Tells Stockholm Seminar

12/04/2005

The Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Bangkok, Thailand, 18-25 April 2005

12/04/2005

Citing �Massive Shortfalls in Funding�, Secretary-General Appeals for $2.6 Billion for South Sudan

12/04/2005

Immense Challenges Remain in Meeting Water, Sanitation, Human Settlement Goals, Sustainable Development Commission Told

12/04/2005

Press Statement on Iraq by Security Council President

12/04/2005

Convening of Transitional Assembly, Election of President, Vice-Presidents Are Evidence of Iraq�s Progress Towards Democratic Future, Security Council Told

12/04/2005

Former President Clinton, Media Leaders to Exchange Ideas on Combating HIV/AIDS on 12 April

12/04/2005

Ad Hoc Committee on Safety of UN Personnel Opens Current Session, Scheduled for Conclusion on 15 April

12/04/2005

UN Chief Executives Meet in Mont P�lerin, Switzerland

11/04/2005

Secretary-General Urges Myanmar to Clarify Position on Road Map, Allow Return of Special Envoy as Soon as Possible

11/04/2005

UN �Group of Friends� Meets in Geneva to Review Georgia-Abkhazia Peace Process

11/04/2005

UN Security Council to Visit Haiti, 13 � 16 April

11/04/2005

Population and Development Commission Suspends Session; Will Act on HIV/AIDS Text Next Week

11/04/2005

September Summit Last Chance to Mobilize Action for Timely Achievement of Millennium Goals, General Assembly Told

11/04/2005

Government Ministers to Decide on Policies to Reach Goals on Water, Sanitation, Human Settlements

11/04/2005

UNODC Assists Central Asian States, Afghanistan, Mongolia and the Russian Federation in Fight against Terrorism

08/04/2005

United Nations Expert Group Meeting to Discuss Challenges in Measuring Violence against Women

08/04/2005

Secretary-General Applauds Inauguration of Bus Service across Line of Control in Jammu and Kashmir

08/04/2005

Secretary-General Outlines Major Proposals to Reform UN Human Rights Machinery, in Address to Geneva Human Rights Commission

08/04/2005

Security Council Establishes Commission to Assist Investigation Into Beirut Bombing that Killed Former Lebanese Prime Minister

08/04/2005

Expected to Reach 7 Billion by 2013, World Population Currently Stands at 6.5 Billion, Commission Told

08/04/2005

Future of Societies Depends on Improving Health of Every Mother and Child, Says General Assembly President, in World Health Day Message

08/04/2005

Speakers Question Possibility of �Package� Adoption of Reform Proposals, as General Assembly Continues Debate on �In Larger Freedom�

07/04/2005

New Permanent Representative of International Centre for Migration Policy Development Presents Credentials

07/04/2005

New Permanent Representative of the People�s Republic of China Presents Credentials

07/04/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Attack in Jammu and Kashmir Aimed at Inaugural Bus Service Across Line of Control

07/04/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates Iraqis on Election of Presidents, Vice-Presidents; Says UN Stands Ready to Support Reconstruction

07/04/2005

Secretary-General Saddened at Death of Prince Rainier III of Monaco

07/04/2005

In Population Commission, Keynote Speaker Calls for �Marshall Plan� by Rich Countries to Counter AIDS Epidemic

07/04/2005

Budget Committee Recommends Increased Financing for Peacekeeping Missions in Democratic Republic of Congo, Cyprus, Kosovo

07/04/2005

Secretary-General�s Reform Recommendations �Did Not Go Far Enough�, General Assembly Told, as Debate Begins on �in Larger Freedom�

07/04/2005

World Bank Official Stresses Need to Capitalize on �Unprecedented Global Solidarity� to Fight HIV/AIDS, as Population Commission Continues

06/04/2005

Luciano Pavarotti to Promote UN Causes During Series of Concerts, 2005 - 2006

06/04/2005

IPCC to Adopt Major New Report on Safeguarding Ozone Layer, Global Climate System

05/04/2005

Secretary-General Notes Zimbabwe Parliamentary Election Conducted Peacefully; Concerned Opposition Still Considers Conditions Unfair

05/04/2005

�Calling Ourselves Colleagues of Dag Hammarskj�ld Is a Badge of Honour We All Wear� Says Secretary-General, Opening Commemorative Lecture Series

05/04/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Agreement on Withdrawal of Syrian Troops

05/04/2005

Secretary-General Appeals to Parliamentarians to Help Advance UN Reform to Meet 21st Century Challenges, in Message to Manila Meeting

05/04/2005

Secretary-General Saddened by Death of Pope John Paul II, Spiritual Guide, Tireless Advocate of Peace

05/04/2005

Special Committee on Peacekeeping Operations Begins Review of Report on Sexual Exploitation

05/04/2005

Security Council Extends UN Operation in C�te d�Ivoire until 4 May, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1594 (2005)

05/04/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Envoys for September Summit

05/04/2005

Maternal Mortality Unacceptably High, Population Commission Told, as It Opens Current Session

05/04/2005

Experts Meet in Geneva on 5 April to Explore Action to Counter Violence against Children

05/04/2005

General Assembly President Offers Condolences on Death of Pope John Paul II

05/04/2005

Bold, Far-Reaching UN Reform Urgent, Necessary, Says Deputy Secretary-General in Ontario Address

05/04/2005

WHO Press Conference: The World Health Report 2005 � Make Every Mother and Child Count

05/04/2005

Child and Maternal Mortality Need more Attention

04/04/2005

Japanese Youth Donations Exceed Four Million Dollars

04/04/2005

New Permanent Representative of Belarus Presents Credentials

04/04/2005

Ad Hoc Committee Adopts Draft Nuclear Terrorism Convention, Culmination of Negotiations Begun In 1998

04/04/2005

Secretary-General Says Nuclear Terrorism Convention Adds Building Block to Global Anti-Terrorism Strategy, in Remarks to Ad Hoc Committee

04/04/2005

Tentative Schedule of Meetings of United Nations Bodies in April 2005

04/04/2005

Monitoring Body for International Civil Political Rights Covenant Concludes Three-Week Headquarters Session

04/04/2005

Economic and Financial Committee Approves Recommendations Aimed at Enhancing, Revitalizing Work

04/04/2005

UN Internal Investigative Capacity, Procurement Reform, Special Political Missions among Issues Addressed in Budget Committee Texts

01/04/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Adoption of Security Council Resolution Referring Situation in Darfur, Sudan, to International Criminal Court Prosecutor

01/04/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates Paul Wolfowitz on Election as World Bank President

01/04/2005

Secretary-General�s Special Envoy Departs for Egypt, Jordan, Syria, Lebanon

01/04/2005

Secretary-General Encouraged by Rwanda Rebel Group�s Pledge to Disarm, Return Peacefully, Collaborate with Justice Mechanisms

01/04/2005

UN Says Charge Letter Issued against Dileep Nair Based on Findings of Volcker Report

01/04/2005

Leadership Commitment Needed to Halt Rapidly Growing HIV/AIDS Epidemic in Eastern Europe, Central Asia, Says Secretary-General in Message to Moscow Meeting

01/04/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Geir O. Pedersen of Norway as Personal Representative for Southern Lebanon

01/04/2005

Security Council Urges Commitment to Peaceful Electoral Process in Guinea-Bissau

01/04/2005

UN Commission on Population and Development to Meet in New York, 4 - 8 April

01/04/2005

Ad Hoc Committee Near Consensus on Draft Nuclear Terrorism Convention, Chairman Says

01/04/2005

Economic and Social Council Holds Organizational Meeting in Preparation for June/July Substantive Session

01/04/2005

Outer Space Legal Subcommittee to Hold 44th Session in Vienna

31/05/2005

Further Progress Depends on Willingness of Majority to Move Towards Multi-Ethnic, Emocratic Kosovo, Security Council Told

30/05/2005

Speakers in Permanent Forum Stress Need to Mainstream Indigenous Concerns into UN Poverty Alleviation Programmes

30/05/2005

Senior United Nations Officials to Participate in European Foundation Centre Conference in Budapest

30/05/2005

Secretary-General Urges Bolivians to Peacefully, Democratically, Resolve Questions Over Resources, Regional Autonomy, Constituent Assembly

30/05/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Islamabad Bombing

30/05/2005

General Assembly Elects António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres of Portugal As New High Commissioner for Refugees

30/05/2005

Review Conference for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Concludes, With Many States Expressing Deep Disappointment at Outcome

30/05/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Active Involvement of Civil Society in Aarhus Convention on Access to Information

30/05/2005

As Review Conference for Non-Proliferation Treaty Closes Without Agreement, Secretary-General Says Vital Opportunity Missed to Strengthen Security

27/05/2005

United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Concludes 14th Session

27/05/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates Pascal Lamy on Selection As Director-General of World Trade Organization

27/05/2005

Secretary-General Says International Community Presents “United Front” in Darfur, after Generous Offers of Support for African Union Mission

27/05/2005

Secretary-General Urges Support for Expansion of African Union’s Mission in Darfur, at Addis Ababa Pledging Conference

27/05/2005

Security Council, in Presidential Statement, Cites Critical Importance of Peacebuilding, Need to Prevent Countries’ ”Relapsing into Conflict”

27/05/2005

World to Review Achievements, Problems in Conquering HIV/AIDS on 2 June, Four Years after UN Special Session

27/05/2005

Stabilization Activities Such as Reintegration, Rehabilitation of Combatants Must Be Adequately Financed, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Security Council

27/05/2005

International Year for Microcredit -- An Opportunity to Explore Impact of Microfinance on Disaster Reduction

27/05/2005

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference Holds Brief Open Meeting; Speakers Say Consensus Still Possible on Outcome Text

27/05/2005

Responses to HIV/AIDS Epidemic Remain Insufficient

27/05/2005

United Nations Commemorates International Day of Peacekeepers

26/05/2005

Critical Shortage of Drugs for Pain Relief, Says INCB

26/05/2005

Security Council Welcomes 14 May Demobilization Agreement for Côte d’Ivoire

26/05/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Joël W. Adechi of Benin as Deputy Special Representative for Eritrea and Ethiopia

26/05/2005

“More Missions Deployed than ever Before”, Secretary-General Says in Message for International Day of UN Peacekeepers

26/05/2005

Secretary-General Applauds European Union Decision to Substantially Increase Development Aid

26/05/2005

Chairman of Security Council Committee Visits Germany, European Union Institutions, Turkey, Syria

26/05/2005

Pavarotti to Promote Millennium Development Goals During Dublin Concerts

26/05/2005

IRIN Documentary Takes Top Honours at Film Festival

26/05/2005

Budget Committee Takes up Reports on Financing for Timor-Leste Support Mission through 31 October Liquidation

26/05/2005

September Summit to Review Anti-Poverty Goals in Vain if Deforestation Continues, UN Forest Forum Told, as High-Level Segment Opens

25/05/2005

United Nations Vienna to hold Symposium on the International Year of Microcredit

25/05/2005

Secretary-General Proposes Appointment of António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres, Former Prime Minister of Portugal, as High Commissioner for Refugees

25/05/2005

Secretary-General Commends People of Central African Republic for Participating Actively in Electoral Process

25/05/2005

Press Statement by Security Council President on Special Court for Sierra Leone

25/05/2005

President of Special Court for Sierra Leone Briefs Security Council; Addresses Funding Shortfall, Security, Status of At-Large Indictees

25/05/2005

Surge in Demand Reflects Confidence of Member States in UN Peacekeeping

25/05/2005

Time Is Right To Include Sport in Work to Reach Millennium Development Goals, Deputy Secreteray-General Tells Meeting on Sport for Development and Peace

25/05/2005

High-Level Meeting on Governance Opens in Seoul with Leaders Committing to Find Innovative Means to Address Globalization, Development Challenges

24/05/2005

Shortfalls in UN Regular, Peacekeeping, Tribunal Budgets Focus of Debate in Fifth Committee

24/05/2005

World Health Assembly’s Revised Regulations “Bold and Necessary Step” to Protect Global Public Health Says, Secretary-General

24/05/2005

Security Council Welcomes 15 May Declaration Signed by Burundi Parties to Cease Hostilities, Agree on Permanent Ceasefire

24/05/2005

UNRWA Protests Armed Violation of Its Premises and Threats to Its Staff

23/05/2005

Mine Plan Agreed to Tackle Europe’s Ticking Pollution Time-Bombs

23/05/2005

NGO Committee Recommends Five Organizations for Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council

23/05/2005

Budget Committee Debates Financing for Capital Master Plan, Measures to Address Sexual Abuse by Peacekeepers

23/05/2005

Ministers, UN Officials, World Class Athletes to Adopt Declaration of Commitment on Sport for Development and Peace, 24 May

23/05/2005

In Africa Day Message, Secretary-General Says September Summit Time for “Bold Action” for Continent’s Special Needs

23/05/2005

Secretary-General Asks Kieran Prendergast to Meet with Political Leaders in Cyprus at End of May

23/05/2005

Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations Concludes Current Session

23/05/2005

Book “Focus 2005: Responding to Global Challenges” to Be Launched 23 May; Preparation for September Headquarters Event

20/05/2005

New Permanent Representative of Ukraine Presents Credentials

20/05/2005

“Historic Fundamental Progress Is Possible” at September UN Summit, Says Secretary-General in Message to Former Civil Servants Meeting

20/05/2005

Focusing on Education, Speakers in Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues Stress Importance of Attention to Language, Culture, Traditional Knowledge

20/05/2005

“We Must Be Pragmatic and Visionary” to Reach Agreement on Major UN Reform at September Summit, Says Deputy Secretary-General in Ottawa Address

20/05/2005

Palestine Relief Agency Shares Hopes, Fears for Gaza Disengagement with Donors, Host Authorities

20/05/2005

United Nations Holds Seminar on the Use of Space Technology for Disaster Management

20/05/2005

Briefing Security Council on Middle East, Under-Secretary-General Highlights Need for Parties to Avoid Action that Could Pre-Judge Final Status Issues

19/05/2005

Review Conference for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Allocates Agenda Items to Three Main Committees

19/05/2005

In Video Message, Secretary-General Offers Tribute to James Wolfensohn, President, World Bank

19/05/2005

Secretary-General Announces Retirement of Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs

19/05/2005

NGO Committee Recommends Six Organizations for Special Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council, Defers Two Applications

19/05/2005

Permanent Forum Considers Links between Indigenous People, Millennium Goals, Forests, Natural Environment

19/05/2005

State of Sustainable Forest Management in Asia-Pacific Addressed by UN Forum Panel Discussion

19/05/2005

Global Leaders to Meet at Sixth Global Forum on Reinventing Government, in Seoul, Republic of Korea, 24 - 27 May

18/05/2005

Review Conference on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Hears Introduction of Working Papers

18/05/2005

2004 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate Wangari Maathai Tells UN Forum “from Smallest to Largest, Forests Must Be Protected”

18/05/2005

NGO Committee Suspends Consultative Status of One Organization, Recommends Consultative Status for Two, Defers One Application

18/05/2005

Non-Self-Governing Peoples Must Know Their Options, Secretary-General Says in Message to Caribbean Decolonization Seminar

18/05/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Christopher Bancroft Burnham of United States as New Under-Secretary-General for Management

18/05/2005

Security Council Committee Adds Three Individuals to Al-Qaida Section of Consolidated List, Makes One Correction to One Entity

18/05/2005

Press Statement on Guinea-Bissau by Security Council President

18/05/2005

UN Forum to Consider Impact on Indigenous Peoples of Millennium Development Goal Implementation, 16 - 27 May

18/05/2005

Senior UN Officials, Pension Fund Heads, CEOs, Wall Street Leaders to Discuss Climate Risks,

18/05/2005

2005 Offers Opportunity to Chart New, Hopeful Course for UN, Secretary-General Says in Message to Council of Europe Summit in Warsaw

18/05/2005

Secretary-General Calls on All Parties in Guinea-Bissau to Refrain from Exacerbating Tensions, Undermining Transitional Process

18/05/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes 14 May Agreement on Côte d’Ivoire Disarmament, Demobilization, Reintegration

17/05/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes 13 May Adoption of Draft Constitution by National Assembly of Democratic Republic of Congo

17/05/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates Kuwait on “Historic Step” of Granting Women Right to Vote, Run for Parliament

17/05/2005

UN Is Work in Progress, Must Move with the Times, Secretary-General Says in University of Pennsylvania Commencement Address

17/05/2005

Secretary-General Highlights Considerable Environmental Consequences of Urban Growth, Urges Creation of “Green Cities”, in World Day Message

17/05/2005

Secretary-General Deplores Outbreak of Violence in Uzbekistan, Calls for Cooperation with Refugee Agency Emergency Team

17/05/2005

Review Conference on Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Briefed by President on Consultations

17/05/2005

“We Must Breach Cycles of Poverty”, Secretary-General Says in Message to ESCAP Session

17/05/2005

Speakers in Security Council Recognize Continuing Need for International Community’s Involvement to Consolidate Gains in Timor-Leste

17/05/2005

Non-Governmental Organization Committee Recommends 20 Organizations for Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council

17/05/2005

Sustainable Development of World’s Forests Should Be at Top of National Agendas, Speakers Stress, as UN Forum on Forests Opens at Headquarters

17/05/2005

In Message to Indigenous Forum, Deputy Secretary-General Stresses Need for Concrete Plan to Improve Living Standard, Respect for Human Rights

17/05/2005

United Nations to Support African Union/NEPAD Platform on Eve of G-8 Meeting

17/05/2005

Secretary-General Urges Full Respect for Blue Line Between Lebanon, Israel Following Exchange of Fire, “Worriesome Escalation”

17/05/2005

Role of Biodiversity Central in Underpinning Sustainable Development, Protecting Society, Says Secretary-General in Message for International Day

17/05/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Detlev Mehlis as Head of UN International Independent Investigation Commission

17/05/2005

Security Council Committee Meets Senior Officials of United Kingdom to Discuss Implementation of Sanctions against Al-Qaida, Taliban

17/05/2005

Holding Free, Fair, Inclusive Elections in 2005 most Pressing, Visible Challenge for Haiti, Security Council Told

17/05/2005

NGO Committee Recommends Four Organizations for Special Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council, Defers Four Applications

15/05/2005

UNODC Executive Director to Visit Nigeria

13/05/2005

Secretary-General, Gravely Concerned over Rocket Attack from Lebanon into Israel, Reiterates Call for End to All Such Attacks

13/05/2005

Secretary-General Warmly Welcomes Canadian Announcement of Substantial Military Support for Darfur

13/05/2005

Security Council Stresses Importance of Increased Coordinated International Assistance for African Union Effort in Sudan

13/05/2005

NGO Committee Recommends Status Reclassification for One Organization, Roster Status for Another; Considers Quadriennal Reports

13/05/2005

Controller Describes Improvements in United Nations Financial Health, but Says Situation “Remains Fragile”, in Budget Committee Briefing

13/05/2005

UN Report Says Deforestation Continuing at Alarming Rate, as Forum on Forests Meets at Headquarters 16 - 27 May

13/05/2005

Afghanistan: 14,000 Grain Silos to Be Distributed to Farmers

13/05/2005

ILO Releases Major New Study on Forced Labour Says More Than 12 Million Are Trapped in Forced Labour Worldwide

13/05/2005

NGO Committee Recommends Five Organizations for Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council, Defers Four Applications

13/05/2005

Palestinian Rights Committee Considers “Critical Issues Requiring Concrete Action” by International Community

13/05/2005

General Assembly Confirms Supachai Panitchpakdi of Thailand as UNCTAD Secretary-General

13/05/2005

Review Conference for Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Adopts Agenda after Intensive Negotiations

12/05/2005

Coping with HIV/AIDS within the Family

12/05/2005

UNODC Supports Pakistan in Campaign against Narcotics and Crime

12/05/2005

Iraq Emerging as a Transit Country for Drugs, INCB President Says

11/05/2005

UN-ESCWA Twenty-Third Ministerial Session Continues, Discusses Impact of Peace, Security on Economic and Social Development

11/05/2005

Global Finance Community Joins with United Nations to Tackle Climate Change, Following Headquarters Investor Summit

11/05/2005

Mayors from Across World to Mark World Environment Day (5 June) – with Urban Accords

11/05/2005

Framework Beyond Kyoto Needed that Embraces All Countries, Secretary-General Says in Video Message to Investors Summit on Climate Risk

11/05/2005

NGO Committee Recommends 15 Organizations for Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council; Defers 30 Applications, Closes One

11/05/2005

Terrorist Acquisition of Nuclear Weapons “Dangerously Close”, Norway’s Foreign Minister Tells Review Conference

10/05/2005

Secretary-General Calls on Israel to End Overflights of Lebanon

10/05/2005

No Tool for Development More Effective than Empowerment of Women, Says Secretary-General in Message to Non-Aligned Ministerial Meeting

10/05/2005

Clean Water, Fertile Soils, Pure Air Necessity for Building World of Peace, Freedom, Dignity for All, Says Secretary-General to Tehran Conference

10/05/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Kabul Bombing

10/05/2005

UNU Panel on “Competition and Complementarity between Global and Regional Public Goods” to Be Held on 13 May

10/05/2005

Budget Committee Takes Up Financing for Haiti, Democratic Republic of Congo Peacekeeping Missions

10/05/2005

As General Assembly Meets to Commemorate End of Second World War, Speakers Reaffirm Commitment to Peace, Strengthening of United Nations

10/05/2005

Bonn Talks to Promote Progress on Climate Change Convention, Kyoto Protocol to Be Held 16 – 27 May

10/05/2005

Commitment to Building “World Fit for Humankind” Is Best Tribute to Millions Who Perished in Second World War, Deputy Secretary-General Tells General Assembly

10/05/2005

No Better Way of Commemorating End of Second World War, UN's Birth than Monumental Music of Shostakovich, Says Deputy Secretary-General at Headquarters Concert

10/05/2005

Secretary-General Meets with Lebanon´s Prime Minister; Elections, Syrian Withdrawal, Hariri Investigation Discussed

10/05/2005

UNODC Executive Director to Visit Pakistan - 10-12 May 2005

10/05/2005

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference Continues General Debate at UN Headquarters

09/05/2005

Strong, Supportive Family First Line of Defence against HIV/AIDS, Says Secretary-General in Message on International Day

09/05/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates United Kingdom Prime Minister on Elections, Looks forward to Collaboration on UN Reform

09/05/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Alvaro de Soto as New Middle East Envoy

09/05/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Michael von der Schulenburg as Deputy Special Representative for Political Affairs in Iraq

09/05/2005

Press Statement by Sudan Sanction Committee Chairman Ambassador Adamantios Th. Vassilakis

09/05/2005

Security Council Committee Adds One Entity to Al-Qaida Section of Its Consolidated List

09/05/2005

NGO Committee Recommends Eight Organizations for Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council, Defers Seven Applications

09/05/2005

In Fifth Committee, African Group Supports Proposed Budgets for UN Operations in Burundi, Cote d''Ivoire

06/05/2005

Secretary-General Saddened by Killing of Teenage Boys in West Bank, Welcomes Israel’s Announcement of Full Investigation

06/05/2005

Secretary-General, Condemning All Violence against Innocent Civilians, Expresses Hope for Quick Release of Romanian Hostages in Iraq

06/05/2005

NGO Committee Recommends 28 Organizations for Consultative Status with Economic and Social Council

06/05/2005

General Assembly Confirms Appointments of UNDP Administrator, Head of Internal Oversight Services

06/05/2005

Non-Proliferation Treaty Challenged by Clandestine Programmes, Withdrawal, but Remains Global Security �Cornerstone�, Review Conference Told

06/05/2005

Austria Joins the United Nations Committee on Information

05/05/2005

Secretary-General Dispatches Electoral Team to Lebanon

05/05/2005

Secretary-General �Gravely Concerned� by Denial of Freedom of Movement of UN Verification Mission in Lebanon

05/05/2005

Security Council, in Presidential Statement, Welcomes �Significant Progress� by Lebanese Parties towards Implementation of Resolution 1559 (2004)

05/05/2005

Press Statement on Georgia by Security Council President

05/05/2005

Security Council Extends UN Operation in C�te d�Ivoire until 4 June, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1600 (2005)

05/05/2005

New Permanent Representative of Azerbaijan Presents Credentials

05/05/2005

New Permanent Representative of Monaco Presents Credentials

05/05/2005

Security Council Committee on Liberia Adds New Identifying Information in Its Travel Ban List

05/05/2005

Security Council Committee on Liberia Adds New Identifying Information in Its Assets Freeze List

05/05/2005

Concluding Current Session, Committee on Information Reaffirms United Nations as �Indispensable Foundation� of Peaceful, Just World

05/05/2005

Environmental, Economic Risks Posed by Shipment of Nuclear Materials among Issues Raised at Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference

04/05/2005

Nuclear Weapon Ban only Guarantee They Will Never again Be Used, Says Secretary-General in Remarks to Mayors for Peace

04/05/2005

In Message for World Telecommunication Day, Secretary-General Calls for �Truly Global Information Society� Benefiting All

04/05/2005

Fran�ois Lonseny Fall Appointed Special Representative of Secretary-General for Somalia

04/05/2005

World Peace Freedom Day Seminar Examines Role of News Media in Promoting Tolerance

04/05/2005

Experts on Freedom of Expression Pay Tribute to Slain, Persecuted Journalists on World Press Freedom Day

04/05/2005

Republic of Korea Says Non-Proliferation Treaty Failed to Contain Nuclear Spectre on Korean Peninsula, as Review Conference Continues Debate

04/05/2005

In Message for World Press Freedom Day, General Assembly President Stresses Need for Renewed Commitment to Freer, more Responsible Journalism

04/05/2005

UN to Release New List of �Ten Stories the World Should Hear more About�

03/05/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes New Level of Understanding among UN, Israel, Jewish Communities Worldwide, in Remarks to International Delegation

03/05/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Lifting of State of Emergency in Nepal, Urges Release of All Detained Under Emergency Provisions

03/05/2005

Secretary-General Appalled by Wave of Bombings, Attacks in Iraq, Hopes Iraqis Will Not Be Deterred from Rebuilding

03/05/2005

Press Freedom Central to Enlarging Freedom for All, Says Secretary-General in Message on World Day

03/05/2005

Five New Members Join International Narcotics Control Board

03/05/2005

Non-Proliferation Treaty �Cornerstone� of Global Security but Conference Must Narrow Gap Between Performance, Promise, Says Secretary-General

03/05/2005

Security Council Committee on Liberia Adds New Identifying Information, Harmonizes Travel Ban, Assets Freeze Lists

03/05/2005

President of United Nations Security Council and Chairman of Military Staff Committee in May

03/05/2005

Tentative Schedule of Meetings of United Nations Bodies in May 2005

03/05/2005

Peacekeeping Finance for 2005/2006 Could Reach $5 Billion, Budget Committee Told, as Resumed Session Begins

03/05/2005

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference Opens at Headquarters; Secretary-General Says Regime Has Worked, but Is Now Under �Great Stress�

03/05/2005

Syria�s Withdrawal from Lebanon �Historic Day� for Middle East, Special Envoy Terje Roed-Larsen Tells Security Council

02/05/2005

Democracy, Development Reinforce Each Other, as Do Democracy, Peace, Says Secretary-General in Message to Santiago Ministerial Meeting

02/05/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Joaquim Alberto Chissano Special Envoy for Guinea-Bissau

02/05/2005

World Press Photo Exhibition Opens at Headquarters 3 May

02/05/2005

Continued Assistance Crucial to Timor-Leste�s Long-Term Security, Stability, Says Secretary-General in Message to Dili Meeting

02/05/2005

Secretary-General, in New Delhi Lecture, Says UN Reform Aims to Enhance Freedom through Pursuit of Development, Security, Human Rights Goals

02/05/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Establishment of Iraq�s Transitional Government

02/05/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes C�te d�Ivoire President�s Announcement on Eligibility of Presidential Candidates

02/05/2005

Security Council Establishes One-Year Political Mission in Timor-Leste, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1599 (2005)

02/05/2005

Security Council Extends Western Sahara Mission until 31 October, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1598 (2005)

02/05/2005

World Press Freedom Day to Be Commemorated at Headquarters 3 May, Seminar on �Fanning the Flame of Tolerance: The Role of the Media�

02/05/2005

General Assembly Appoints Juan Luis Larrabure of Peru to Joint Inspection Unit

02/05/2005

Economic and Social Council Takes Several Decisions Concerning July Substantive Session

02/05/2005

Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference at UN 2-27 May, as Tense Global Events Prompt Warning of Agreement�s Erosion

30/06/2005

New Permanent Representative of Chile Presents Credentials

30/06/2005

Secretary-General Updates Security Council on Oil-for-Food Investigation; Discussion Concerns Timetable, Budget, Document Request

30/06/2005

2005 World Summit Must Take Bold Steps toward Making Poverty History, Says Secretary-General in Address to Economic and Social Council

30/06/2005

“All-Out Global Effort” Needed to Meet Anti-Poverty Goals by 2015, Says Secretary-General in Message to Islamic Conference Session

30/06/2005

Security Council Notes Decision in Democratic Republic of Congo to Extend Transitional Period until End of 2005

30/06/2005

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Tells Security Council Investigation into Darfur Crimes Initiated 1 June

30/06/2005

Economic and Social Council Opens with Secretary-General’s Call for Translating Economic Growth into Development for All

30/06/2005

UN: Sustained Economic Growth in Developing Regions Opens Window of Opportunity for Development Goals

29/06/2005

2005 World Drug Report launched by UNODC in Stockholm

29/06/2005

European Union Has Key Role to Play in Furthering Development Process, Secretary-General Says in Remarks to EU Luncheon

29/06/2005

Secretary-General Delighted at Willingness of Karen Abuzayd to Serve as UNRWA Commissioner-General

29/06/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Karen Abuzayd of United States as UNRWA Commissioner-General

29/06/2005

UNFPA Special Repot Six Months after the Tsunami: Meeting Women’s Needs, Supporting Aceh’s Future

28/06/2005

In Message to Sustainable Cities Meeting, Secretary-General Highlights Importance of Strengthening Good Governance through Participation, Inclusive Management

28/06/2005

“Better Standards of Life in Larger Freedom” now within Reach, Secretary-General Says in Commemoration of 60th Anniversary of UN Charter

28/06/2005

Today, “We Face New Threats and Challenges, but also New Opportunities”, Secretary-General Says in Video Message on UN’s 60th Anniversary

28/06/2005

Secretary-General Asks President of Kyrgyzstan to Ensure that No Further Uzbek Asylum-Seekers Are Forcibly Returned to Uzbekistan

28/06/2005

UN Will Need to Work Closely with Civil Society, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly Hearings with NGOs, Private Sector

28/06/2005

General Assembly Begins Two-Day High-Level Dialogue to Assess Progress Implementing 2002 Monterrey Agreement on Development Finance

28/06/2005

Awards for Radio Programming, Promotion to Be Presented by DPI on 27 June

28/06/2005

Secretary-General Pleased at Joint Commitment by Sri Lanka Government, Liberation Tigers of Tamil Elam to Rebuilding Tsunami-Affected Areas

28/06/2005

Since UN’s Creation, Rotary Has Been “Wonderful Partner”, Secretary-General Says in Video Message to Organization’s Centennial Convention

28/06/2005

Worsening Security Situation in Afghanistan Negatively Affecting Election Preparations, Special Representative Tells Security Council

28/06/2005

Secretary-General Deeply Saddened at Death of Sissel Ekaas, Former Deputy Special Representative

28/06/2005

Security Council Approves Transfer of $200 Million from ESCROW Account to Development Fund for Iraq

28/06/2005

Security Council Extends UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire until 24 January 2006, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1609 (2005)

28/06/2005

“Together, We Can Make Poverty History”, Secretary-General Tells Closing Session of General Assembly Hearings with Civil Society

28/06/2005

General Assembly to Hold High-Level Talks on Financing for Development, 27-28 June

27/06/2005

UNIS Vienna Commemorates 60th Anniversary of Signing of United Nations Charter

27/06/2005

Six Months after the Tsunami: UNFPA Helps Restore Reproductive Health Capacity and Promotes Women’s Rights

27/06/2005

Six Months after Tsunami, UN Agencies Say Hardest Work Lies Ahead

27/06/2005

Secretary General''s Representative Urges Flexible Solutions to Internal Displacement in Serbia and Montenegro

24/06/2005

A Day of Sport – UN Vienna Commemorates International Year of Sport and Physical Education

24/06/2005

“Value Yourself – Make Healthy Choices” Says UNODC Executive Director

24/06/2005

UNODC Executive Director Launches Study on Crime and Development in Africa

24/06/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Guinea-Bissau

24/06/2005

Security Council''s 1518 Committee Updates List of Individuals Whose Financial Assets Should Be Transferred to Iraqi Development Fund

24/06/2005

General Assembly Begins Two-Day Dialogue with Civil Society, with Focus on UN Reform Proposals, 2005 World Summit

24/06/2005

‘Your Voices Must Continue to Be Heard’ in 2005 World Summit Process, Says Deputy Secretary-General, at Hearings with Civil Society

23/06/2005

UNCITRAL Launches New Multilingual Website

23/06/2005

General Assembly Adopts $3.2 Billion 2005-2006 Peacekeeping Budget; Stresses Need for Stronger Management During Surge in Operations

23/06/2005

On 23 – 24 June, Civil Society to Present Views to General Assembly on Poverty, Security, Rights Issues for 2005 World Summit

23/06/2005

Secretary-General Seriously Concerned About Fate of Uzbek Asylum-Seekers in Kyrgyzstan

23/06/2005

Procurement Officer Under Investigation Resigns from United Nations

23/06/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes General Assembly’s Hearings with Civil Society, NGOs, Private Sector

23/06/2005

Secretary-General Urges Government to Expedite Electoral Process in Democratic Republic of Congo

23/06/2005

‘We Are Determined’ Not to Let Iraqi People Down, Says Secretary-General to Brussels Press Conference

23/06/2005

Brussels’ Conference ‘Turning Point’ in Iraq’s Transition, Says Secretary-General in Closing Remarks

23/06/2005

World Community Must Be Dedicated Companion for Iraqis on Tough Road to Peace, Democracy, Says Secretary-General to Brussels Conference

23/06/2005

Security Council Presidential Statement Commends Lebanon on Successful Parliamentary Elections

23/06/2005

Parties In Cyprus Want Resumption of UN Good Offices, Accepted UN Plan As Basis for Negotiations, Security Council Told

23/06/2005

Security Council Extends Haiti Mission Until 15 February 2006, Increases Troop, Police Strength for Election Period

22/06/2005

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to Launch 2005 World Drug Report

22/06/2005

Governance and Administrative Innovations to Be Recognized on Public Service Day, 23 June at the United Nations

22/06/2005

New Executive Secretary Appointed for Convention on Biological Diversity

22/06/2005

Commission on Human Rights Holds Informal Meeting on Secretary-General''s Reform Proposals

22/06/2005

Middle East Situation Remains Critical, Special Committee on Palestinian Rights Told

22/06/2005

Illegal Drugs Sound Colourful, Enticing, But Little More Than ‘Tickets to a Dead End’, Says Secretary-General in International Day Message

22/06/2005

In Address to Councillors of Strategic and International Studies, Secretary-General Outlines Main Issues Before September Summit

22/06/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Murder of George Hawi in Lebanon

22/06/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Meeting Between Israeli Prime Minister, Palestinian Authority President

22/06/2005

‘Let Us Spare No Effort’ to Accelerate Delivery of Life-Saving Programmes to Those Needing Them Most, Secretary-General Tells Meeting of Global Aids Fund

22/06/2005

Security Council Presidential Statement Reaffirms Condemnation of Deliberate Targeting of Civilians in Armed Conflict

22/06/2005

Security Council Extends Liberia Diamond Embargo for Six Months, Renews Expert Panel, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1607 (2005)

21/06/2005

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to Launch 2004 Andean Coca Surveys for Bolivia, Colombia, and Peru

21/06/2005

Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Concludes 48th Session in Vienna

21/06/2005

Secretary-General Appoints UN-Habitat Head As Special Envoy for Human Settlements Issues in Zimbabwe

21/06/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Peaceful Presidential Election in Guinea-Bissau

21/06/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates Lebanon for Successful Parliamentary Elections

21/06/2005

Security Council Requests Secretary-General to Initiate Negotiations on Burundi Truth Commission, Special Chamber

21/06/2005

World Refugee Day: Celebrating 10 Years of Reproductive Health Care for Refugees

20/06/2005

Secretary-General Says United States Engagement in UN Reform Very Important, But Does Not Feel Dues Withholding Would Be Productive

20/06/2005

In Joint Message With IOC President, Secretary-General Calls for Re-Dedication to Goals of Community Service, Human Advancement, Universal Peace

20/06/2005

Serious Efforts Needed to Build Health Systems with Universal Access in Developing Countries, Secretary-General Tells Doctors Awards Dinner

20/06/2005

Breakdown In Middle East Calm Averted Despite Serious Incidents, Security Council Told

20/06/2005

Security Council Renews Mandate of UN Disengagement Observer Force Until 31 December, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1605 (2005)

17/06/2005

Commission Investigating Hariri Killing Fully Operational, Secretary-General Informs Security Council

17/06/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Agreement Bringing More Sunnis Into Committee Drafting Iraq’s Constitution

17/06/2005

Assistant Secretary-General Briefs Security Council on Iraq, Says Many Believe Political Transition at ‘Decisive Phase’

17/06/2005

ITU Launches New Development Initiative to Bridge Digital Divide

16/06/2005

In Third Committee, Human Rights Experts Urge Stronger Action by International Community to Counter Violations

16/06/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes United States Task Force Report on UN Reform; Encouraged by Endorsement of Many Key Initiatives Already Proposed

16/06/2005

Secretary-General Reiterates Importance of Continuing Dialogue Between Democratic People’s Republic of Korea and Republic of Korea

16/06/2005

Secretary-General Applauds People, Leaders of Papua New Guinea for Inauguration of First Autonomous Bougainville Government

16/06/2005

Security Council Briefed on Secretariat Mission to Burundi, Which Proposes Truth Commission, Special Trial Chamber

16/06/2005

Security Council Extends Mandate of UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus Until 15 December, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1604 (2005)

16/06/2005

In Presidential Statement, Security Council Welcomes Elections, Inauguration of Autonomous Bougainville Government

16/06/2005

Development, Security, Human Rights Depend on Each Other, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Group of 77 Summit in Doha

15/06/2005

Working Group on Internet Governance to Meet in Geneva, 14 - 17 June

15/06/2005

Role of Media in Peace, Conflict Between Israel and Palestine Discussed by International Media Seminar

15/06/2005

Secretary-General ‘Seriously Concerned’ by Forcible Return to Rwanda of 5,000 Asylum Seekers

15/06/2005

More Than Ever, Africa Needs International Support to End Vicious Cycle of Underdevelopment, Secretary-General Tells Paris Ministerial Meeting

15/06/2005

‘Together, We Can Create a Freer and Fairer World’, Says Secretary-General in Paris Address to World Business Leaders

15/06/2005

Trade, Investment, Closer Economic Ties Contribute to Peace, Security, Says Secretary-General in Message to St. Petersburg Economic Forum

15/06/2005

Security Council Committee Concerning Côte d’Ivoire Adopts Guidelines for Conduct of Its Work

15/06/2005

International Media Seminar Debates International, Regional Efforts for Constructive Change in Middle East

15/06/2005

International Media Seminar Discusses Security, Palestinian Institutional Reform and Economic Support

15/06/2005

UNCTAD Proposes New ‘Trade Marshall Plan’ for Least Developed Countries

14/06/2005

Security Council Reviews Progress Made by International Tribunals for Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia

14/06/2005

Secretary-General Urges Media to Refrain from Myths, Hate Propaganda at Fragile Moment for Middle East Peace, in Message to Cairo Seminar

14/06/2005

Secretary-General Expresses Great Concern Over Lives Lost in Iran Bombings, Says No Cause Can Justify Targeting Innocent Civilians

14/06/2005

Secretary-General Encouraged by Special Envoy’s Constructive Discussions With Syria’s President

14/06/2005

International Media Seminar on Peace in Middle East Opens in Cairo

14/06/2005

General Assembly Elects Jan Eliasson of Sweden As President of Sixtieth Session, Also Decides on Officers for Main Committees

13/06/2005

Wall Street Women Team Up With United Nations on Microfinance

13/06/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes NATO, EU Airlift of African Union Peacekeepers Into Darfur; Also Welcomes Resumption of Negotiations on Political Settlement

13/06/2005

Secretary-General Urges Respect for Electoral Outcome in Ethiopia

13/06/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Ibrahim A. Gambari of Nigeria As New Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs

10/06/2005

Exhibition on Indian Space Programme Inaugurated at the Vienna International Centre

10/06/2005

Budget Committee Approves $3.2 Billion for 2005-2006 Peacekeeping, As It Concludes Resumed Session

10/06/2005

Wall Street Women Team up with the United Nations on Microfinance

10/06/2005

Economic and Social Council Requests Human Rights Commission Chair to Hold Consultations on ‘In Larger Freedom’ Recommendations

10/06/2005

Millennium Development Goals Status Report Issued, As Poverty Takes Centre Stage in Global Negotiations

10/06/2005

UN Reports Success in Ethiopian Child Survival Programme

10/06/2005

Courage, Perseverance of Refugees in Overcoming Adversity Inspiration, Says Secretary-General in Message on International Day

10/06/2005

At Launch of Progress Report on Millennium Goals, Secretary-General Says 2005 Is ‘Make-or-Break’ Year for World’s Poor

10/06/2005

Secretary-General to Send Personal Envoy to Bolivia, Urges Peaceful, Democratic Resolution to Crisis

10/06/2005

Secretary-General, at Film Screening, Says Sergio Vieira de Mello’s ‘Legacy of Light’ Will Inspire Peacemakers for Generations to Come

10/06/2005

UN Information Department to Host Media Seminar in Cairo on Question of Middle East Peace, 13 - 14 June

09/06/2005

United Nations General Assembly President Addresses Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

09/06/2005

Women in Dry Lands Rank Among ‘Poorest of Poor’, Secretary-General Says in Desertification Day Message

09/06/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Addis Ababa Violence, Calls for Calm While Election Irregularities Are Investigated

09/06/2005

Demographer from Philippines, Guatemala’s Largest Private Family Planning Provider Win 2005 United Nations Population Award

09/06/2005

Decolonization Committee Approves Draft Resolution on Information, Considers Question of Western Sahara

09/06/2005

UNODC Applauds Swift Ratification of UN Convention against Corruption at IVth Global Forum

08/06/2005

UNODC Video Spot Wins Award at Film Festival

08/06/2005

Economic and Social Council Fills Vacancies on Subsidiary Bodies, Including Commissions on Human Rights, Sustainable Development

08/06/2005

General Assembly President Ping Discusses United Nations Reform During Visit to Austria

08/06/2005

INCB: US Supreme Court Decision on Cannabis Upholds International Law

08/06/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes United States, United Kingdom Initiative for Significant Increase in Africa Emergency Funding

08/06/2005

Secretary-General Offers UN Assistance to Lao Government for Recently Returned Group of Hmong

08/06/2005

No Country -- Rich or Poor -- Immune to Corruption, Public Good Always Suffers, Says Secretary-General in Message to Brasilia Forum

08/06/2005

Security Council Presidential Statement Condemns in Strongest Terms 2 June Terrorist Bombing That Killed Lebanese Journalist

08/06/2005

Security Council Extends Deadline for ‘Ad Litem’ Judge Nominations for Former Yugoslavia Tribunal Until 7 July

08/06/2005

Deputy Secretary-General, in Montreal University Address, Urges New Graduates to ‘Think and Act As Citizens of the World’

08/06/2005

Jean Ping (Gabon), President of the Fifty-Ninth Session of the United Nations General Assembly

07/06/2005

UNODC Welcomes Arrest of Afghanistan''s Number One Drug Trafficker

07/06/2005

Vienna International Centre to Host Exhibition on Indian Space Programme

07/06/2005

‘One Planet Many People’ Atlas Launched To Mark World Environment Day 2005

07/06/2005

Secretary-General Dispatches Special Envoy to Meet With Syria’s President

07/06/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Nepal Bus Bombing

07/06/2005

Secretary-General Saddened by Death of Mexico’s Former UN Representative, Adolfo Aguilar Zinser

07/06/2005

General Assembly Appoints Contributions Committee Member

07/06/2005

International Conference on Information and Communication Technologies and Health Care to Be Held at UN Headquarters, 9 June

06/06/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Peaceful Conduct of Elections in Most of Burundi But Condemns Violence in Some Areas

06/06/2005

General Assembly President’s Draft Outcome for 2005 Summit Is Valuable Guidepost for Advancing Development, Security, Human Rights, Secretary-General Says

06/06/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Ambassador Kai Eide of Norway As His Special Envoy to Undertake Compehensive Review of Kosovo

06/06/2005

Sukehiro Hasegawa Appointed As Head of UN Office in Timor-Leste

06/06/2005

Security Council Extends Côte d’Ivoire Mission until 24 June, With Intention to Renew for Further 7 Months

06/06/2005

Committee on Rights of Child Concludes Thirty-Ninth Session

03/06/2005

New Permanent Representative of Iran Presents Credentials

03/06/2005

United Nations Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to Hold 48th Session in Vienna

03/06/2005

Financing for Development: not for the Poor but with the Poor

03/06/2005

‘Let Us Create Green Cities’, Secretary-General Says in Video Message for World Environment Day

03/06/2005

HIV/AIDS Epidemic ‘Great Challenge of Our Age and Our Generation’, Says Secretary-General at UN Press Briefing

03/06/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Planned Opening of UN Human Rights Office in Guatemala

03/06/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Killing of Prominent Lebanese Journalist in Beirut

03/06/2005

Global Response to HIV/AIDS Significant, But Insufficient to Scale of Epidemic, Says Secretary-General to High-Level UN Meeting

03/06/2005

Secretary-General Thanks History Project for Timely Publication of ‘UN Voices’, ‘The Power of UN Ideas’ During Important Year of Organization

03/06/2005

Progress ‘Significant But Insufficient’, General Assembly High-Level Meeting On HIV/AIDS Told

02/06/2005

Secretary-General Outraged by ‘Senseless Attack’ on Mosque in Kandahar, Afghanistan

02/06/2005

Board of Auditors Reports, Financing for Bosnia and Herzegovina Mission Among Issues Addressed by Budget Committee Texts

02/06/2005

UNODC Executive Director Says Rule of Law Prerequisite to Opium Elimination in Afghanistan

01/06/2005

Tentative Schedule of Meetings of United Nations Bodies in June 2005

01/06/2005

ICPDR and Coca-Cola in Partnership to Protect the Danube

01/06/2005

Secretary-General Urges Pursuit of Inclusive, Participatory, Transparent Constitutional Process in Iraq

01/06/2005

Secretary-General ‘Very Encouraged’ by Democratic Conduct of Lebanese Parliamentary Elections

01/06/2005

Only Political Settlement Can Resolve Darfur Conflict, Secretary-General Tells Constitutional Review Commission in Sudan

01/06/2005

Press Statement on Security Council Iraq Consultations

01/06/2005

Security Council Extends UN Operation in Burundi Until 1 December, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1602 (2005)

01/06/2005

Security Council Extends Haiti Mission Until 24 June, With Further Renewals Planned

01/06/2005

Security Council Condemns ‘In the Strongest Terms’ All Acts of Sexual Abuse, Exploitation by UN Peacekeeping Personnel

01/06/2005

Drafting Iraq’s Permanent Constitution by 15 August Most Critical Step in Political Process, Foreign Minister Tells Security Council

01/06/2005

UN Study on ‘Understanding Knowledge Societies’ Released Today in Shanghai

01/06/2005

General Assembly President Highlights Importance, Difficulty of UN’s Mission of Promoting Peace, in Message on International Day

29/07/2005

Secretary-General Appoints John Ruggie of United States Special Representative on Issue of Human Rights, Transnational Corporations, Other Business Enterprises

29/07/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes IRA Decision to End Armed Actions; Says if Fully Implemented, “Watershed” in Northern Ireland History

29/07/2005

Secretary-General Appeals for Calm in Guinea-Bissau, as Counting Continues on Presidential Election

29/07/2005

Security Council’s 1518 Committee Updates List of Individuals Whose Financial Assets Should Be Transferred to Iraqi Development Fund

28/07/2005

Security Council, in Presidential Statement, Strongly Condemns Assassination of Algerian Diplomats in Baghdad

28/07/2005

Security Council Unequivocally Condemns Deadly Sharm El-Sheikh Terrorist Bomb Attacks in Presidential Statement

28/07/2005

Economic and Social Council Adopts 16 Texts on Wide Range of Issues, as It Concludes 2005 Session

27/07/2005

Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee Issues Statement on Women in Iraq

27/07/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Nuclear Non-Proliferation Initiative Announced by Seven Foreign Ministers

27/07/2005

Security Council Establishes First Comprehensive Monitoring, Reporting System to Protect Children Affected by Armed Conflict

27/07/2005

Economic and Social Council Adopts 16 Texts on Coordination, Regional Cooperation, Economic Questions, Human Rights

27/07/2005

Secretary-General Encouraged by Return of Iraq’s Sunnis to Constitutional Drafting Committee

27/07/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Resumption of Six-Party Talks, Hopes for Progress towards Nuclear-Free Korean Peninsula

27/07/2005

Security Council Committee Approves Addition of Information Regarding One Entity in Al-Qaida Section of Consolidated List

27/07/2005

“Uniting for Consensus” Group of States Introduces Text on Security Council Reform to General Assembly

27/07/2005

Security Council Forwards List of Ad Litem Judge Candidates for Former Yugoslavia Tribunal to General Assembly

27/07/2005

Security Council Establishes Monitoring, Reporting Mechanism on Use of Child Soliders, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1612 (2005)

27/07/2005

Disarmament Commission Adopts 2005 Report

27/07/2005

Photographer Alessandro Scotti Appointed as UNODC Goodwill Ambassador

26/07/2005

OPEC Fund Extends Grants Worth US$4.6 Million

26/07/2005

First Children’s World Summit for Environment Convenes in Japan, Will Send Message to September World Summit in New York

26/07/2005

Acute Energy Problems Block Progress on Millennium Goals, with 2.4 Billion People Lacking Fuel, 1.6 Billion without Electricity, Warns New Report

26/07/2005

Seventeen more Non-Governmental Organizations Associated with UN Public Information Department, 46 Disassociated

26/07/2005

Secretary-General, at Headquarters Meeting, Outlines Proposals to Help Make Regional Organizations “True Partners” for UN in Peace, Security

26/07/2005

General Assembly President Salutes Federation of Former Civil Servants for Commitment, Advocacy in Support of UN, at New York Session

26/07/2005

Economic and Social Council Adopts 43 Texts Recommended by 61st Session of Human Rights Commission

26/07/2005

Disarmament Commission Continues Debate on 2005 Report

26/07/2005

No Agreement in Disarmament Commission on Provisional Agenda for 2006 Substantive Session as Delegate Proposes Amendment to Key Item

25/07/2005

Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee Concludes Thirty-Third Session, Stressing Need to Eliminate Stereotypes, Withdraw Convention Reservations

25/07/2005

Secretary-General Calls for Immediate Halt to Evictions, Demolitions in Zimbabwe, Saying Envoy’s Report Confirms “Catastrophic Injustice”

25/07/2005

Secretary-General Appoints William K. Davis of United States as Director of United Nations Office in Washington, D.C.

25/07/2005

Security Council Gratified by Successful Presidential, Legislative Elections in Central African Republic

25/07/2005

Sudan Situation Fragile, but 2005 Could Become Year of “Decisive Change”, Special Representative Jan Pronk Tells Security Council

25/07/2005

ECOSOC Continues General Segment with Action on Texts Related to Refugees, Informatics, Statistics, Population, Crime, Drugs, Indigenous Issues

22/07/2005

Israel’s Gaza Disengagement Plan “a Moment Pregnant with Hope, but also Fraught with Peril”, Middle East Peace Envoy Tells Security Council

22/07/2005

United Nations, Regional Organizations to Agree on Stronger Partnerships in Facing Peace, Security Challenges

22/07/2005

UN Yearbook for 2003, Available Soon, Provides Overview of Organization’s Activities

22/07/2005

ECOSOC Tackles Drug Control, Social Development, Advancement of Women, Human Rights, as It Continues General Segment

22/07/2005

Disarmament Commission Suspends Meeting until Tomorrow, as Members Continue Consultations on Package of Decisions in Draft Report

22/07/2005

Disarmament Commission Reaches Accord on Main Elements of Provisional Agenda for 2006 Substantive Session

22/07/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Alan Doss as Special Representative for Liberia

21/07/2005

Security Council Reaffirms Terrorism One of Most Serious Threats to Peace, “Criminal and Unjustifiable”, Regardless of Motivation

21/07/2005

ECOSOC Session Continues with Focus on Economic, Environmental Questions, Work of Functional Commissions

20/07/2005

New Permanent Representative of the Dominican Republic Presents Credentials

20/07/2005

Foreign Minister of Slovenia Visits the United Nations in Vienna

20/07/2005

Austrian Ministry for Foreign Affairs and United Nations Office at Vienna Launch Joint Initiative

20/07/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Killings in Iraq of Constitutional Drafting Commission Member, Adviser

20/07/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Louis Frederick Reuter, IV, (Fritz) of United States Assistant Secretary-General - Executive Director of Capital Master Plan

20/07/2005

In Interdependent World, Violent Conflicts Demand more Equitable Response, Wherever They Erupt, Says Secretary-General to Civil Society Conference

20/07/2005

Statement by Chairman of Security Council Committee on Sudan

20/07/2005

Security Council Committee on Côte d’Ivoire to Receive Monthly Media Monitoring Reports from Mission There

20/07/2005

Strategies for Least Developed Countries, UNAIDS, Report of UN System Chief Executives Board among Wide Range of Issues Taken up by ECOSOC

20/07/2005

Disarmament Commission Reaches Agreement, in Principle, Regarding Agenda Item on Conventional Weapons, Issue of Revitalization

20/07/2005

Fifth High-level Meeting Between UN and Regional Organizations Concludes Following Two-day Discussion of Main Challenges to International Peace and Security

19/07/2005

Anti-Discrimination Committee Calls on Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to Ensure Sufficient Food for Women, Heed Violence against Them

19/07/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Agreement Reached between Indonesia, Free Aceh Movement

19/07/2005

Reports of Ad Hoc Advisory Groups on Haiti, Burundi, Guinea-Bissau Discussed in Economic and Social Council

19/07/2005

Secretary-General Emphatically Condemns Heinous Suicide Bombings in Iraq

19/07/2005

Secretary-General Will Study Report on Zimbabwe Demolitions to Determine Next Steps for UN

19/07/2005

At 2005 Summit, World Must Commit Decisively to Path of Cooperation, Solidarity, Says Secretary-General, in Message to Tehran Conference

19/07/2005

Secretary-General Alarmed by Renewed Violence between Israel, Palestinians, Urges All to Remain Focused on Goal of Two-State Settlement

19/07/2005

Security Council Committee Adds One Entity to Al-Qaida Section of Consolidated List

19/07/2005

Time Ripe to Redress Historical Injustice by According Africa Permanent Representation on Security Council, General Assembly Told

19/07/2005

Disarmament Commission Holds Organizational Meeting, Reaches Tentative Agreement on Nuclear Disarmament Agenda Item

18/07/2005

Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee Urges Gambia to Revise Discriminatory Laws Based on Religious, Cultural Practices

18/07/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Antonio Monteiro of Portugal as High Representative for Elections in Côte d’Ivoire

18/07/2005

Independent Group Submits Report on Internet Governance in Lead-up to Tunis Summit on Information Society

18/07/2005

Economic and Social Council to Meet in New York, 29 June-27 July, with Focus on Achieving Millennium Development Goals

18/07/2005

Economic and Social Council Calls for Wide-Ranging Steps to Strengthen Coordination of Emergency Humanitarian Assistance

18/07/2005

Former US President Clinton Addresses UN Member States on Tsunami Recovery

18/07/2005

Implementing Existing Commitments Foundation for Combating Illicit Small Arms Trade, Says Chairman, as Meeting on 2001 Action Plan Concludes

18/07/2005

UN Commission on International Trade Law Concludes 38th Session in Vienna

15/07/2005

Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee Takes up Report of Burkina Faso, Acknowledges Country’s Impressive Legislative Advances

15/07/2005

Secretary-General Announces Launch of “Alliance of Civilizations” Aimed at Bridging Divides between Societies Exploited by Extremists

15/07/2005

Security Council Urges Somali Transitional Institutions to Immediately Conclude National Security, Stabilization Plan, Including Ceasefire

15/07/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Sudan

15/07/2005

General Assembly Endorses Mauritius Declaration, Strategy for Small Island Developing States

15/07/2005

Tsunami Special Envoy Bill Clinton Tells ECOSOC most Challenging Days Lay Ahead in Recovery, Disaster Prevention, Applying Lessons Learned

15/07/2005

Global Standard for Tracing Weapons, Tighter Import/Export Controls among Issues Raised, in Day-Long Debate on 2001 Action Plan on Small Arms

15/07/2005

Security Council Committee Meets Senior Officials of Australia to Discuss Implementation of Sanctions against Al-Qaida, Taliban

14/07/2005

New Permanent Representative of the United States Presents Credentials

14/07/2005

Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee Takes up Ireland’s Report; Praises Impressive National Bodies for Gender Equality

14/07/2005

Secretary-General Commends Benin, Niger for Peaceful Settlement of Border Dispute through ICJ

14/07/2005

Secretary-General “Repulsed and Outraged” by Killing of Large Number of Children in Baghdad Suicide Bombing

14/07/2005

Security Council, in Presidential Statement, Condemns Massacre of Women, Children in Democratic Republic of Congo

14/07/2005

United Nations Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace Concludes with Adoption of Action Plan by Civil Society to End Occupation

14/07/2005

“Transition from Relief to Development”, Special Relief Assistance Focus, as ECOSOC Opens Humanitarian Affairs Segment

14/07/2005

Views on Preventing Proliferation of Small Arms, Light Weapons Heard as Meeting to Review 2001 Programme of Action Continues

13/07/2005

Civil Society Support “Indispensable” in Securing Middle East Peace, Secretary-General Tells Palestinian Rights Meeting in Paris

13/07/2005

Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee Takes up Lebanon’s Report, Commends Impressive Steps Taken to Promote Gender Equality

13/07/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Beirut Terrorist Bombing, Calls on All Parties to Work towards United Lebanon

13/07/2005

Secretary-General Thanks Civil Society for Building Bridges of Understanding Between Israelis, Palestinians, in Message to Paris Meeting

13/07/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Suicide Attack in Israel

13/07/2005

If State Unable, Unwilling to Protect Citizens against Extreme Violence, Security Council Must Assume Responsibility, Secretary-General Tells Council

13/07/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Lebanon

13/07/2005

Security Council Presidential Statement Stresses “Moral Imperative” of Preventing Escalation of Armed Conflicts, Humanitarian Crises

13/07/2005

Japan to Donate more than 30,000 Digitized Documents to United Nations for Inclusion in Official Document System

13/07/2005

Twenty-Eight more Speakers State Their Positions in General Assembly Debate on New Draft Proposal for UN Security Council Reform

13/07/2005

Economic and Social Council Ends Debate on Operational Activities for Development after Discussion on Triennial Review Process, South-South Cooperation

13/07/2005

Greater International Cooperation Critical to Fighting Small Arms Trade, Say Speakers, as Meeting to Review 2001 Action Programme Continues

13/07/2005

Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee Voices Concern about Inequalities among Ethnic Groups, as It Takes up Israel’s Report

12/07/2005

New Permanent Observer for the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies Presents Credentials

12/07/2005

Secretary-General Shocked by Brutal Murder of Abdulkadir Yahya Ali in Somalia

12/07/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Kyrgyzstan’s Peaceful, Credible Presidential Elections

12/07/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Agreement of Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, United States to Resume Six-Party Talks

12/07/2005

Secretary-General Pleased by Progress against Small Arms Scourge, but Says Important further Steps now Needed, in Message to New York Meeting

12/07/2005

“May We All Learn and Act on the Lessons of Srebrenica”, Says Secretary-General, in Message to Anniversary Ceremony

12/07/2005

Lasting Peace for Sudan now within Reach, Says Secretary-General, At Inauguration of Sudanese Presidency in Khartoum

12/07/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Ethiopia and Eritrea

12/07/2005

Security Council Committee Meets Senior Officials of Netherlands to Discuss Implementation of Sanctions against Al-Qaida, Taliban

12/07/2005

Third Committee Elects Remaining Members of Bureau for 60th Session

12/07/2005

General Assembly Opens Debate on “Group of Four”-Sponsored Draft Resolution on Security Council Reform

12/07/2005

ECOSOC Holds Panel on Alternative Development Funding Options, Dialogue with Fund, Programme Heads

12/07/2005

New Permanent Observer of the League of Arab States Presents Credentials

12/07/2005

Meeting to Assess 2001 Action Programme Aimed at Combating Illicit Small Arms Trade Opens at Headquarters

11/07/2005

Experts Stress Need for further Action to Eliminate Harmful Traditional Practices, as Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee Considers Benin’s Report

11/07/2005

Women’s Anti-Discrimination Committee Takes up Guyana’s Periodic Report; Strengthening Gender Equality Bodies, Combating Violence among Issues

11/07/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates G-8 for Steps on Africa, Climate Change, Says Progress Should Contribute to Ambitious Outcome at 2005 World Summit

11/07/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates G-8 for Africa Communiqué, Promise to Double Aid by 2010

11/07/2005

Secretary-General Encouraged by Agreements on Bolivia Elections, Says UN Committed to Assisting Process

11/07/2005

Special Adviser Lakhdar Brahimi to Visit Nepal, 10–15 July

11/07/2005

Security Council Condemns Assassination of Egypt’s Ambassador to Iraq, Reaffirms Support for Political Transition, in Presidential Statement

11/07/2005

Reforming UN Activities for more Effective Country-Level Presence, Focus of Day-Long Dialogue in Economic and Social Council

11/07/2005

Defending Reproductive Health Rights Critical to Advancing Global Equality, Development, Says Deputy Secretary-General at Population Award Ceremony

08/07/2005

UNODC Executive Director Says Tracking Terrorist Funding as Important as Chasing Terrorists

08/07/2005

Security Council Press Statement on London Terrorist Attack

08/07/2005

United Nations Marks World Population Day; Focuses on Gender Equality

08/07/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Brutal Murder of Egypt’s Ambassador to Iraq

08/07/2005

Secretary-General Says Vicious London Bombings “an Attack on Humanity Itself”, World Stands Shoulder to Shoulder with British People

08/07/2005

Security Council Condemns “Barbaric” London Terrorist Attacks, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1611 (2005)

08/07/2005

Economic and Social Council Panel Discussions Focus on United Republic of Tanzania, Work of Functional Commissions

07/07/2005

Following 15 June Inauguration of Bougainville’s Autonomous Government, United Nations Mandate Fully Implemented, Security Council Told

07/07/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates Government, People of Burundi on Successful Conduct of Elections

07/07/2005

Millennium Development Goals Have Unprecedented Political Support, Secretary-General Says at London Event

07/07/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes 5 July Declaration Aimed at Ending Darfur Conflict

07/07/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Prisoner Release in Myanmar

07/07/2005

Secretary-General “Delighted” by Choice of London for 2012 Olympics

07/07/2005

In Message to CARICOM Heads of Government Conference, Secretary-General Invites Them to Engage Actively, Constructively, in UN Reform Effort

07/07/2005

Security Council Demands Ivorian Parties Comply Scrupulously with Peace Process Timetable Agreed to in Pretoria 29 June

07/07/2005

Economic and Social Council Decides on Theme for 2006 Coordination Segment, Discusses Need to Ensure UN System ”Fit for the 21st Century”

06/07/2005

United Nations Firearms Protocol Enters into Force

06/07/2005

September Summit a Once-in-a-Generation Chance to Take Action on Grave Global Threats, Secretary-General Tells African Leaders

06/07/2005

Real-Life Benefits Must Be Guiding Principle in Gauging How Women Can Gain from September Summit, Anti-Discrimination Committee Told

06/07/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Attacks on Diplomats in Iraq

06/07/2005

Governments Will Take Important Decisions only with Clear Support from Ordinary Voters, Secretary-General Says in Statement on Live 8 Concert in London

06/07/2005

Regional Assessments of Progress Meeting Anti-Poverty Goals Reveal at Best “Mixed Picture”, Economic and Social Council Told

05/07/2005

United Nations Provides Landsat Data Sets for Supporting Sustainable Development in Africa

05/07/2005

UN Commission on International Trade Law to Hold Thirty-Eighth Session in Vienna, 4-15 July 2005

05/07/2005

General Assembly Decides to Add Agenda Items on Year of Physics, Financing for Peacekeeping in Burundi, International Service Commission

05/07/2005

World Community Must Honour -- Even Go Beyond -- Commitments on Trade, Debt, Finance to Achieve Anti-Poverty Goals, General Assembly Told

05/07/2005

“Let Us Resolve to Empower Women and Girls by Our Commitment tTo Gender Equality”, Secretary-General Says in Message for World Population Day

04/07/2005

Energy Globe Award Helps to Achieve Millennium Development Goals

04/07/2005

Health Threats Respect No Boundaries, Global Cooperation “Imperative”, Says Secretary-General, in Speech to Edinburgh College of Suregeons

04/07/2005

Tentative Schedule of Meetings of United Nations Bodies in July 2005

04/07/2005

More Aid, Greater Market Access Key to Attaining Millennium Goals, Delegates Stress, as Economic and Social Council Concludes High-Level Talks

04/07/2005

Speakers in High-Level Meeting of Economic and Social Council Cite Insufficient Progress towards Achieving Millennium Goals

01/07/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes United States Commitment of $1 Billion to Fight Malaria in Africa

01/07/2005

Cooperatives, Microfinance Can Give Those Most in Need Power to Improve Their Lives, Says Secretary-General in International Day Message

01/07/2005

Secretary-General Urges Ivorian Parties to Faithfully Implement Pretoria Agreement

01/07/2005

President of United Nations Security Council and Chairman of Military Staff Committee in July

01/07/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Blue Line Incidents

01/07/2005

Greatest Humanitarian Crisis Today in Southern Africa, World Food Programme Head Tells Security Council

01/07/2005

Security Council Extends Sierra Leone Mission for Final Six Months, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1610 (2005)

01/07/2005

Intergovernmental Agreement on Asian Highway Network Comes into Force on 4 July

01/07/2005

New Permanent Representative of Estonia Presents Credentials

01/07/2005

Wildlife Treaty Comes of Age -- Cites Celebrates 30 Years of Achievement

31/08/2005

“Literacy Is at the Heart of Sustainable Development”, Secretary-General Says in Literacy Day Message

31/08/2005

Secretary-General Returning to New York to Support Efforts to Ensure Successful Summit

31/08/2005

In Presidential Statement, Security Council Acknowledges Election of President of Burundi , Commends “Spirit of Peace and Dialogue” of Country’s People

31/08/2005

Press Statement on Sudan by Security Council President

31/08/2005

Statement by Bureau of Committee on Palestinian Rights Concerning Removal of Israeli Settlements

31/08/2005

New Permanent Representative of Cyprus Presents Credentials

31/08/2005

High Commissioner for Human Rights Urges Closer Partnerships to Combat Human Trafficking

31/08/2005

Secretary-General Expresses Regret at ''Very Limited Progress'' on Legislative Reforms in Côte d''Ivoire

31/08/2005

"Blue Flag" Flying in Iraq, but Light Footprint Unavoidable in Current Security Situation, Security Council Told

31/08/2005

"Here Today We Are One", a Single Human Family United, Says Secretary-General in Remarks at Annual Interfaith Service

31/08/2005

Round Table Spotlights African Initiative in Fight against Crime and Corruption

30/08/2005

Financing for Sierra Leone Court, Somalia Political Office among Issues Taken Up in Budget Committee

30/08/2005

UNODC Announces Major Reduction in 2005 Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan

30/08/2005

In Message to Conference Anniversary Commemoration, Secretary-General Calls for Redoubling of Efforts to Turn Beijing Commitment into Reality

30/08/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Completion of Iraq’s New Constitution, Urges Parties to Continue Inclusive Process

30/08/2005

Earthquake Engineers’ Knowledge Essential for Establishing Building Standards, Secretary-General Tells Skopje Conference

30/08/2005

Overall Situation in Timor-Leste Calm, but Security of UN Personnel Remains Major Concern, Security Council Told

29/08/2005

2005 Journalism Prizes for UN Coverage and for the UNCA/Ranan Lurie Prizes for Political Cartoons

29/08/2005

Secretary-General Says “Act Ozone Friendly -- Stay Sun Safe” Is Theme for Day to Preserve Ozone Layer

29/08/2005

Security Council Committee Determined to Support Measures to Facilitate Peace Process in Côte d’Ivoire

26/08/2005

UNCTAD Report: Palestinian Preparations for Statehood Should Focus on Pro-Poor Economic Reform

26/08/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Filippo Grandi of Italy as Deputy Commissioner-General of UN Relief Agency for Palestine Refugees

26/08/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Work of Commission Investigating Killing of Former Lebanese Prime Minister

26/08/2005

Press Statement on Iraq-Kuwait by Security Council President

26/08/2005

UN Standing Advisory Committee on Security Questions in Central Africa to Meet in Brazzaville, 29 August - 2 September

26/08/2005

Report on the World Situation 2005: The Inequality Predicament

25/08/2005

Press Statement on Israeli Disengagement by Security Council President

25/08/2005

Israel’s Disengagement from Gaza, Northern West Bank “Watershed”, Under-Secretary-General Tells Security Council

25/08/2005

General Assembly Elects 27 Ad Litem Judges to Tribunal for Former Yugoslavia; Appoints 4 Members of Joint Inspection Unit

24/08/2005

Rapid Biodiversity Losses Put Livelihoods, Health of Future Generations in Jeopardy, Says Secretary-General in Message to Galway Conference

24/08/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Progress on Iraq Constitution

24/08/2005

Secretary-General Calls on Guinea-Bissau Parties to Accept Supreme Court Ruling Confirming Presidential Election Result

24/08/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Beirut Terrorist Bombing

24/08/2005

Security Council Stresses Need for High Level of Commitment by International Community to Address Remaining Challenges in Afghanistan

24/08/2005

UN Information Department, International Public Relations Association to Honour Publicity Campaign “Save the North Sea”

22/08/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates People of Burundi on Election of First Post-Transitional President

22/08/2005

On Second Anniversary of Attack in Baghdad, Secretary-General Offers Renewed Condolences to Families, Loved Ones of Those Killed in Service to UN

22/08/2005

Press Statement by Security Council President on Côte d’Ivoire

22/08/2005

Security Council Commends People of Guinea-Bissau Following Successful Presidential Elections

22/08/2005

Committee on Elimination of Racial Discrimination Concludes Sixty-Seventh Session

19/08/2005

Secretary-General Commends “Courageous Decision” of Israeli Prime Minister Sharon on Disengagement Process; Condemns Terror Attack on Palestinian Civilians

19/08/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Polisario Decision to Release All Remaining 404 Moroccan Prisoners of War

19/08/2005

Security Council Urges International Community to Strengthen Cooperation Against Drug Production, Trafficking in Afghanistan-- in Presidential Statement, Council Also Stresses Need to Improve Security in Provinces, Extend Transitional Administration Auth

19/08/2005

Security Council Extends Observer Mission in Georgia Until 31 July, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1462 (2003)

19/08/2005

Security Council Exends Interim Force in Lebanon Until 31 July, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1461 (2003)

19/08/2005

Security Council Calls for Immediate Halt to Use of Child Soldiers, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1460 (2003)

19/08/2005

"Hiv-aids Epidemic Can Be Prevented and Reversed Among Injecting Drug "Users, Says UNODC Head

19/08/2005

New HIV/AIDS Radio Spots for Ethiopia Released to Mark World AIDS Day 2003

19/08/2005

UNODC Holds Regional Seminar in Mali to Promote Ratification of UN Conventions on Crime and Terrorism

19/08/2005

United Nations Workshop in Vienna on the Use and Applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems

19/08/2005

Afghan Foreign Minister Meets UNOV Director-General; Counter-narcotic Efforts Discussed

19/08/2005

Momentum Builds for Anti-corruption Convention at Merida Signing Conference

19/08/2005

Trillion-dollar Scourge of Corruption Under Attack as UN Conference Closes in Merida

19/08/2005

Top South East European Officials Meet to Discuss Law Enforcement and Anti-trafficking Strategies

19/08/2005

Europe''s Drug Consumption Stimulates Cannabis Cultivation in Morocco

19/08/2005

Italy Supports UN Criminal Justice Reform Programme in Afghanistan

19/08/2005

Investigation Clears United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

19/08/2005

Human Trafficking Issue of Growing Concern in Latin America

19/08/2005

Pivotal Role of Judges in the Protection of Human Rights Discussed at the United Nations

19/08/2005

UN to Hold Meeting of Experts and Key Officials to Discuss Issue of Trafficking in Persons

19/08/2005

United Nations Promotes Action to Prevent and Counter Trafficking in Human Beings from Nigeria Into Italy; UN Assists Nigeria and Italy in Signing "Memorandum of "Cooperation

19/08/2005

Water Scientist Meets Water Artist at the VIC

19/08/2005

Baltic Sea States Seminar on Anti-terrorism Instruments

19/08/2005

Leading United Nations Agencies Renew Partnership; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and United Nations Office for Project Services Sign Memorandum of Understanding

19/08/2005

United Nations Protocol Against the Smuggling of Migrants Enters Into Force

19/08/2005

International Narcotics Control Board Examines Impact of Drugs, Crime and Violence at Community Level

19/08/2005

UNODC Calls for an Independent Investigation Following Inter-Regional Advisor’s Resignation

19/08/2005

Security Council Committee Adds One Entity to Al-Qaida Section of Consolidated List

18/08/2005

Area Under Opium Poppy Cultivation in Afghanistan Has Increased by Eight per Cent, UN Says

18/08/2005

"Aqa - Water with A Human "Face - A Present to the UN

18/08/2005

China’s First Manned Spacecraft Carried United Nations Flag

18/08/2005

Access to Information Essential to the Establishment of Knowledge Societies

18/08/2005

Vienna Alliance of Ngos on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to Hold One-day Meeting; Ngos Expected to Call for Concrete Action Against Human Trafficking

18/08/2005

"Football Without "Borders Camp Opening Next Week

18/08/2005

Space Solutions for the World’s Problems; United Nations Office at Vienna Celebrates World Space Week

18/08/2005

Consensus Reached on UN Convention Against Corruption; High-level Signing Conference Planned for December in Mérida, Mexico

18/08/2005

UNOV Director-General Meets Minister of Justice of the Philippines

18/08/2005

Landmark United Nations Treaty Against Organized Crime Enters Into Force; Corruption Convention Talks to Resume on Monday

18/08/2005

A Decade of Drug Control Cooperation in East Asia; Hanoi Declaration Adopted as Ministers and Senior Officials of Six Countries and UNODC Conclude Meetings on Drug Control

18/08/2005

UNODC Targets HIV/AIDS and Drug Use in Africa with New Public Information Material

18/08/2005

Strengthening Developing ’Countries Capacities in Using Space Technology

18/08/2005

"Situation with Opium Cultivation in Afghanistan Remains "Difficult Says UN Counter-narcotics Chief

18/08/2005

Giant Peace Doves at VIC Plaza;starmania Singer Niddl, Ngos Vier Pfoten and Global 2000 to Celebrate International Peace Day at the United Nations Office at Vienna

18/08/2005

UN Drugs Chief: Drug, Human Traffickingfuel Global Terror;un to Step up Anti Narcotic Efforts in Cis Region

18/08/2005

UN Internal Oversight Opens New Investigations Office in Vienna

18/08/2005

"No Nation Can Stand Alone in Fight Against Terror," Says Director-General of UNOV

18/08/2005

Football Without Borders: Winners All; Qatar to Host UNODC Football Camp for Iraqi and Other Middle Eastern Youth

18/08/2005

UN Drug Chief Urges NATO Forces to Tackle Trafficking; Opium Cultivation in Afghanistan Presents A Serious Security Challenge

18/08/2005

Graz Hosts Symposium on Space Applications for Sustainable Development

18/08/2005

UN, Turkey to Increase Cooperation Against Drugs and Organized Crime

18/08/2005

Workshop on Contribution of Satellite Communications Technology to Bridge the Digital Divide

18/08/2005

Organized Crime to Be A Growing Problem in Iraq UNODC Fact- Finding Mission Reports

18/08/2005

UN, Afghanistan Launch Drugs Interdiction Unit

18/08/2005

UN Vienna Staff Pays Tribute to Victims of Baghdad Attack

18/08/2005

Students Introduced to World of UN Diplomacy; UNOV Hosts Vienna International Model United Nations (vimun) (10 - 14 August 2003)

18/08/2005

New UN Video Spots Encourage Trafficking Victims, General Public to Resist Modern Slavery

18/08/2005

UNODC Strengthens Cooperation Among International Organizations to Fight Corruption

18/08/2005

UN Convention Against Corruption: Final Round of Negotiations Begins in Vienna; Ad Hoc Committee for the Negotiation of A Convention Against Corruption Begins Sixth Session, 21 July-8 August 2003

18/08/2005

United Nations, Regional Group Cooperate Against Drug and Crime Flow from West and Central Asia

18/08/2005

UN Commission on International Trade Law Concludes Thirty-sixth Sessionin Vienna, 30 June-11 July 2003; Adopts New Model Legislation on Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects

18/08/2005

Sri Lankan Foreign Minister Pays Visit to UNOV Director-General

18/08/2005

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Develops Model Laws to Help Combat Terrorism

18/08/2005

UN Convention Against Transnational Organized Crime to Enter Into Force on 29 September 2003

18/08/2005

President of Mongolia Visits UNOV, Signs Cooperation Agreement on Drugs and Crime

18/08/2005

First Biennial Meeting of States on the Implementation of the 2001 Plan of Action on Small Arms and Light Weapons Opens in New York on 7 July

18/08/2005

UNODC Launches Radio Campaign "Let’s Talk About "Drugs

18/08/2005

UNICEF and UNODC Join Forces to Fight Human Trafficking

18/08/2005

UNICRI and the Italian Government in Defence of Children?s Rights in Angola

18/08/2005

Training Course on the United Nations Standards and Norms in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice in Law Enforcement

18/08/2005

United Nations and European Commission Join Forces to Curb Corruption; Hungary Presents UN Anti-corruption Pilot Project to Eu Experts

18/08/2005

-- Background Release UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space to Hold Forty-sixth Session in Vienna, 11-20 June 2003; the Implementation of Unispace Iii Recommendations, A Draft Resolution on the Concept of the "Launching "State and Ot

18/08/2005

New Representative of the UNODC Office in Peru Nominated

18/08/2005

Secretary-General Outraged by Bangladesh Bomb Attacks, Appeals for Calm in Face of “Brazen and Cowardly Acts”

18/08/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Baghdad Bombings as “Violation of All Humanitarian Principles”

18/08/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Luiz Carlos da Costa of Brazil as Deputy Special Representative for Liberia

18/08/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Abou Moussa of Chad as Principal Deputy Special Representative for Côte d’Ivoire

18/08/2005

NGOs Create Interactive Website to Discuss 2005 Summit of World Leaders at United Nations in September

18/08/2005

Decline of Opium Cultivation in the "Golden "Triangle

18/08/2005

UN, Central Asian Governments Launch Projects to Counter Heroin Flow from Afghanistan

18/08/2005

New Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea Presents Credentials

18/08/2005

- UN Committee on the Peaceful Uses of Outer Space Concludes Forty-sixth Session in Vienna; A Report on the Implementation of the Unispace Iii Recommendations Was Prepared, and the Issue of Space Debris, the International Satellite System for Search and

18/08/2005

President of National Assembly of Chile Calls on UNOV Director-General

18/08/2005

World Drug Trends: UN Sees Major Changes

18/08/2005

Message from Mr. Antonio Maria Costa, Executive Director, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on the Occasion of the International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, 26 June 2003 -- "Let’s Talk About "Drugs

18/08/2005

UNODC Launches "Let’s Talk About "Drugs Campaign on 26 June, the International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

18/08/2005

Expert Meeting on the World Crime and Justice Report, 2004-2005

18/08/2005

UN Holds Workshop on Remote Sensing Applications and Education

18/08/2005

UN Commission on International Trade Law to Hold Thirty-sixth Session in Vienna, 30 June-11 July 2003 to Adopt New Model Legislation on Privately Financed Infrastructure Projects

17/08/2005

UNODC Appoints New Chief, Terrorism Branch

17/08/2005

New Permanent Representative of Sudan Presents Credentials

17/08/2005

Human Trafficking, Especially in Women and Children, to Be the Focus of UN Crime Commission Meeting; 40-member Body to Hold Twelfth Session in Vienna from 13 -22 May 2003

17/08/2005

New Permanent Representative of Colombia Presents Credentials

17/08/2005

Minister of Justice of Greece Pays Visit to the Director-General of UNOV

17/08/2005

UNODC Survey Shows No Evidence of Major Shift in Coca Cultivation from Colombia to Peru

17/08/2005

Spain Supports UN Drug Control Projects Through Confiscated Assets

17/08/2005

Thematic Discussion on "Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and "Children Held as Part of the Twelfth Session of the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

17/08/2005

New Permanent Representative of Argentina Presents Credentials

17/08/2005

Workshop on "Trafficking in Human Beings, Especially Women and "Children, Held on 15 May as Part of Twelfth Session of Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

17/08/2005

Penitentiary Reform Project in Afghanistan Launched

17/08/2005

UN, Portugal Cooperate in Promoting Conventions Against Crime, Terrorism and Corruption

17/08/2005

Round-up of Session: United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Concludes Its Twelfth Session in Vienna, 13-22 May 2003

17/08/2005

International Narcotics Control Board Re-Elects Dr. Emafo of Nigeria as President

17/08/2005

UN Study Exposes Origins, Dimensions and Impact of Afghanistan Opium Economy, Points to Alternative

17/08/2005

South-Eastern European States Meet to Coordinate Counter-Narcotics Activities

17/08/2005

Colombian Coca Cultivation Falls by 30 Percent

17/08/2005

Young Japanese Contribute to Counter-Narcotics Efforts

17/08/2005

Japanese Government Supports Opium Eradication, Alternative Development in Myanmar

17/08/2005

UN, Brazil to Address Urban Insecurity

17/08/2005

UN, Asean Forge Partnership against Drugs and Crime

17/08/2005

UN Intensifies Support for African Union’s Drug Control Effort

17/08/2005

UN, Nigeria to Create Regional Drug Law Enforcement Training Centre

17/08/2005

UNODC and Morocco Announce Major Cannabis Survey in 2003

17/08/2005

- Drug Commission Begins Ministerial-level Meeting to Review Efforts to Tackle Global Drug Problem; Ministers Assess Implementation of Action Plans Adopted at 1998 GA Special Session

17/08/2005

UN Publications Identify "Best "Practices in Drug-Abuse Treatment and Rehabilitation

17/08/2005

Teenagers Bring Signatures Representing 1.3 Million People who Support the UN Conventions on Drugs

17/08/2005

Thai Alternative to Drugs on Exhibit in Vienna

17/08/2005

Professional Basketball Player Nene Hilario Featured in Video Spot to Raise Awareness About HIV/AIDS Prevention; UN Office on Drugs and Crime Psa to Be Broadcast Worldwide Through Nba Programming

17/08/2005

UN Commission Presented with "Signs of "Progress in Global Counter-Narcotic Efforts

17/08/2005

UN Anti-drug Office Names New Chief of Operations

17/08/2005

UN to Increase Counter-narcotics Assistance to Cape Verde

17/08/2005

United Nations Receives Space Exhibit from China

17/08/2005

UN Drug Office and South Africa Launch Country Corruption Assessment Report

17/08/2005

Outer Space Legal Subcommittee Concludes Forty-second Session in Vienna; Examines Preliminary Draft Protocol on Matters Specific to Space Assets, Establishes A Work Plan Aimed at Harmonizing Practices of Registering Objects Launched Into Space, and Consi

17/08/2005

At Mini-Forum on "Alternative Methods in the Treatment and Rehabilitation of "Addictions UNODC Executive Director, A.m. Costa, Paid Tribute to Ngos

17/08/2005

H.e. Patricia Olamendi, Undersecretary for Global Affairs, Mexican Ministry of Foreign Affairs

17/08/2005

James Callahan, Director, Division for Treaty Affairs and Support to Drug Control Organs, Office on Drugs and Crime

17/08/2005

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs and Pro Tempore Secretariat of the Fourth Space Conference of the Americas Sign Memorandum of Understanding; An Agreement to Promote and Implement Joint Activities

17/08/2005

Drug Commission Concludes Ministerial Segment with Adoption of Measures to Enhance Drug Control Efforts

17/08/2005

UN Ministerial Meeting Focuses on Links Between Drug Trafficking and Other Forms of Organized Crime

17/08/2005

Drug Commission Continues Ministerial-level Meeting to Review Efforts to Tackle Global Drug Problem

17/08/2005

Outer Space Scientific and Technical Subcommittee Concludes Fortieth Session in Vienna; Stresses Use of Space Technology in Achieving UN Development Goals; Adopts New Work Plan on Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space; and Discusses Space Debris

17/08/2005

New Permanent Representative of Tajikistan Presents Credentials

17/08/2005

New Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka Presents Credentials

17/08/2005

Outer Space Legal Subcommittee to Hold Forty-second Session in Vienna, 24 March - 4 April 2003; to Discuss A Possible Treaty on Property Interests in Spacecraft and Other Matters Relating to Space Law

17/08/2005

New Permanent Representative of Madagascar Presents Credentials

17/08/2005

United Nations Expert Group on the Application of United Nations Standards and Norms in Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

17/08/2005

Outer Space Scientific and Technical Subcommittee to Hold Fortieth Session in Vienna, 17-28 February; to Discuss Use of Nuclear Power Sources in Outer Space, Disaster Management, Space Debris Mitigation and Use of Space Technology for Medical Sciences

17/08/2005

New Permanent Representative of Ecuador Presents Credentials

17/08/2005

New Permanent Representative of Nicaragua Presents Credentials

17/08/2005

Illicit Drug Economy Hinders Sustainable Development Says International Narcotics Control Board in Annual Report

17/08/2005

Corruption Convention Moves Forward

17/08/2005

Secretary-General Saddened by Deaths of 17 Spanish Military in Afghanistan

17/08/2005

Secretary-General, in Video Message, Urges Youth to Hold Leaders to Anti-Poverty Pledges

17/08/2005

Press Statement by Security Council President on Assassination of Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister

17/08/2005

Deputy Secretary-General Introduces New UNDP Administrator at Headquarters Press Conference

17/08/2005

New Permanent Representative of Albania Presents Credentials

17/08/2005

New Permanent Representative of Trinidad and Tobago Presents Credentials

17/08/2005

New Permanent Representative of Paraguay Presents Credentials

17/08/2005

International Narcotics Control Board Session to Focus on Drugs, Crime and Violence

16/08/2005

Secretary-General Applauds Indonesian Government, Free Aceh Movement for Reaching Peaceful Settlement of Dispute

16/08/2005

Secretary-General Believes Israeli Disengagement from Gaza, Northern West Bank Is “Moment of Promise and Hope”

16/08/2005

Role of Civil Society Indispensable at Critical Stage of International Diplomacy, Secretary-General Tells World Korean Forum

15/08/2005

New United Nations Survey Documents Dramatic Decline in Opium Poppy Cultivation in Laos

15/08/2005

Committee Negotiating Convention on Rights of Disabled Persons Concludes Current Session

15/08/2005

Secretary-General Shocked, Saddened by Killing of Sri Lanka’s Foreign Minister

15/08/2005

Secretary-General Calls on All Ivorians to Facilitate Functioning of UN Operation in Côte d’Ivoire

15/08/2005

Group of Governmental Experts of States Parties to Conventional Weapons Convention Concludes Eleventh Session

12/08/2005

Secretary-General Expects IAEA Resolution on Iran to Be Implemented

12/08/2005

Secretary-General Calls on Iraqi Leaders to Exercise Vision, Political Will to Reach Agreement on New Constitution

12/08/2005

Security Council Extends UN Iraq Mission for 12 Months, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1619 (2005)

12/08/2005

International Conference to Focus on Citizens’ Participation in Governance, 14-17 August, in Lead-up to World Summit 2005

12/08/2005

“The United Nations after Six Decades and Renewed Efforts for the Promotion of Disarmament”, Kyoto, Japan, 17-19 August

11/08/2005

Disability Convention Committee Forges Ahead on Articles Affecting Daily Life of People with Disabilities

11/08/2005

International Youth Day 2005: Making Commitments Matter

11/08/2005

United Nations Assists Bulgaria after Heavy Floods

10/08/2005

UN Committed to Helping Landlocked Developing Countries Surmount Development Obstacles, Says Secretary-General, in Message to Trade Ministers Meeting

10/08/2005

Secretary-General Pleased by Results of Six-Party Talks on Korean Peninsula Denuclearization

10/08/2005

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Launches Andean Coca Surveys for Bolivia, Colombia and Peru

10/08/2005

Security Council Presidential Statement Recognizes “Significant Progress” Addressing HIV/AIDS among Peacekeepers, but Says Many Challenges Remain

10/08/2005

Secretary-General, with “Sorrow and Anger”, Condemns Use of Terror, Violence against Civilians, Following Multiple Car Bombs in Sinai

10/08/2005

Secretary-General Concerned by Continuing Violence in Sudan, Appeals for Calm During Time of Mourning for John Garang

10/08/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Coup d’Etat in Mauritania

09/08/2005

Following Death of Former United Kingdom Foreign Secretary Robin Cook, Secretary-General Praises Intellect, Eloquence, Vision, Passion

09/08/2005

Secretary-General Urges Iran’s New President to Exercise Restraint with Nuclear Programme, Continue Negotiations with European Union

09/08/2005

Secretary-General Urges Youth to Make Voices Heard, Hold World Leaders to Anti-Poverty Pledges, in Message on International Day

09/08/2005

Secretary-General Challenges World Leaders to Break Deadlock on Nuclear Non-Proliferation, at 2005 Summit, in Message to Hiroshima Ceremony

08/08/2005

United Nations Humanitarian Assistance: Transition from Relief to Development

08/08/2005

It Takes Courage to Be a Refugee United Nations Commemorates World Refugee Day on 20 June

08/08/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Northern Israel Bus Killings as “Terrorist Act”

08/08/2005

World Must Act to Protect Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, Strengthen Languages, Livelihoods, Cultures, Says Secretary-General on International Day

08/08/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Francesco Bastagli of Italy Special Representative for Western Sahara

08/08/2005

President of United Nations Security Council and Chairman of Military Staff Committee in August

08/08/2005

UN Says $81 Million Needed for Worsening Situation in Niger

05/08/2005

Responsible Use of Natural Resources – Challenge and Opportunity for Businesses

05/08/2005

Security Council Condemns in “Strongest Terms and without Reservation” Terrorist Attacks in Iraq, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1618 (2005)

05/08/2005

UN Experts Mark Anniversary of ICJ “Wall Opinion”, Call on Israel to Halt Construction of Wall

05/08/2005

Secretary-General Heartened by Mayor’s Vision of Global Ban on Nuclear Weapons by 2020

05/08/2005

Security Council Expresses Profound Regret at Death of Sudan’s First Vice-President, John Garang, in 30 July Helicopter Crash

05/08/2005

Outgoing Envoy for Children Exposed to War Says New UN Protection Regime Immense “Turning Point” in Effort to End Crimes against Children

04/08/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Attempt to Change Governments Unconstitutionally, Following Reports of Attempted Overthrow in Mauritania

04/08/2005

UN Establishes Peacekeeping Conduct and Discipline Units

02/08/2005

Secretary-General Names Officer-in-Charge, Programme for Children and Armed Conflict, Pending Appointment of New Special Representative

02/08/2005

Secretary-General, Mourning Sudan’s First Vice-President Garang, Calls for Reaffirmation of Commitment to Build on Peace Process

02/08/2005

Development, Security, Human Rights Reinforce, Depend on Each Other, Secretary-General Says in Video Message to Tällberg Forum

02/08/2005

Secretary-General Saddened by Death of Saudi King Fahd

02/08/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Vote of Confidence in New Lebanese Government

02/08/2005

Statement by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict

01/08/2005

Dag Hammarskjöld, in His Vision and Courage, Took Risks for Humankind, Says Secretary-General to Centenary Celebration in Sweden

01/08/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Azouz Ennifar of Tunisia as Deputy Special Representative for Ethiopia, Eritrea

01/08/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Peter van Walsum of the Netherlands as Personal Envoy for Western Sahara

01/08/2005

Security Council Extends Sanctions against Al-Qaida, Taliban; Reiterates Need for Close Cooperation among Subsidiary Committees

01/08/2005

Security Council Maintains Sanctions on Democratic Republic of Congo in Light of Failure by Parties to Comply with Its Demands

01/08/2005

Security Council Extends Georgia Observer Mission until 31 January 2006, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1615 (2005)

01/08/2005

Security Council Extends Mandate of Lebanon Force until 31 January 2006, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1614 (2005)

01/08/2005

Tentative Schedule of Meetings of United Nations Bodies in August 2005

01/08/2005

Budget Committee Elects Vice-Chairman; Will Take up Capital Master Plan in September

30/09/2005

Language Uniting Francophone Community Instrument of Solidarity, Basis for Alliance Seeking Justice, Peace, Development, Says Secretary-General

30/09/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Dr. David Nabarro as Senior UN System Coordinator for Avian and Human Influenza

30/09/2005

Fourth Committee Approves Work Programme, Establishes Working Group on Outer Space, Considers Requests for Hearing by Petitioners

30/09/2005

Disarmament Committee Holds Organizational Meeting; Debate Will Begin 3 October

30/09/2005

Delegations Stress Need to Harness World Summit’s Momentum to Implement Crucial Decisions, as Assembly Takes Up Report on Organization’s Work

30/09/2005

Yashar Aliyev of Azerbaijan Fourth Committee Chairman

30/09/2005

New Permanent Representative of Myanmar Presents Credentials

30/09/2005

United Nations Marks the International Day of Older Persons

29/09/2005

New Permanent Representative of Luxembourg Presents Credentials

29/09/2005

Secretary-General, in Remarks at Memorial Ceremony, Says Wiesenthal Convinced Him of Need to Keep United Nations at Centre of Struggle for Human Rights, Dignity

29/09/2005

Press Statement by Security Council President on Attempted Assassination of Lebanese Journalist

29/09/2005

Press Statement on Sudan by Security Council President

29/09/2005

UNIS Vienna Holds Charity Soccer Tournament

28/09/2005

New Permanent Representative of Japan Presents Credentials

28/09/2005

UNODC Calls Afghan Heroin a Growing Threat Across Europe

28/09/2005

In Message to Mark World Habitat Day, Secretary-General Stresses Importance of Pro-Poor, Participatory Urban Development in Line with Human Rights

28/09/2005

Secretary-General, in Message to Asian Conference on Disaster Reduction, Underscores Need for Sustained Political, Financial Commitment

28/09/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Announcement on Decommissioning of IRA Weapons

27/09/2005

Secretary-General, in Day of Older Persons Message, Stresses Need to Integrate Gender, Age Perspectives into Poverty Eradication Efforts

27/09/2005

Strong Leadership, Spirit of Cooperation Required to Tackle Global Disarmament, Non-Proliferation Challenges, Secretary-General Tells IAEA Conference

27/09/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Attempted Assassination of Lebanese Journalist, Says Such Callous Acts ‘Pattern of Onslaught’ against Lebanese, Democratic Principles

27/09/2005

Secretary-General Alarmed by Escalation of Violence Between Israel, Armed Palestinian Factions

27/09/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Haile Menkerios of Eritrea as Deputy Special Representative for Democratic Republic of Congo

27/09/2005

New Calendar of Media Events on UN Website

27/09/2005

General Assembly President, at Close of General Debate, Stresses Need for Urgency, Common Purpose in Starting Follow-Up to Summit Outcome, United Nations Reform

27/09/2005

Activities of Secretary-General in Washington, D.C., 23 September

26/09/2005

New Permanent Representative of Sweden Presents Credentials

26/09/2005

UN Charter Provisions on Peaceful Dispute Settlement at Heart of Collective Security System Says Secretary-General

26/09/2005

If Biodiversity Loss Not Stopped, Reaching Millennium Anti-Poverty Goals Might Be Impossible, Says Secretary-General

26/09/2005

Quest for Peace Between Israelis, Palestinians at Historic Juncture, Says Secretary-General in Message to Kyiv Support Meeting

26/09/2005

Secretary-General Praises "Exceptional Contribution" of Republic of Korea to United Nations, in Message to Korea Society Dinner

26/09/2005

Secretary-General Condemns "Heinous Acts of Terrorism" in Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia

26/09/2005

Secretary-General Saddened by Death of Prince Sadruddin Aga Khan, Former Refugee High Commissioner, "Lifelong "Friend of UN

26/09/2005

Is International Community Equipped for Challenges of 21st Century? Asks Deputy Secretary-General in Warsaw Address

26/09/2005

Peacekeeping Support Account, Role of Oversight Services Among Issues Taken up in Budget Committee

26/09/2005

UN Indispensable Foundation for Peace; Must Have Clear, Effective Voice, Reaffirms Information Committee in Comprehensive Draft Text

26/09/2005

Indigenous Peoples Continue to Be Excluded from Power, Denied Identities, Displaced from Lands Says Secretary-General to Permanent Forum

26/09/2005

Secretary-General Asks Security Council to Prevent Further Deterioration of Dire Situation in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo

26/09/2005

Press Statement on Democratic Republic of Congo by Security Council President

26/09/2005

As General Assembly Concludes Annual Debate, Members Urged to Begin Implementation of Agreed Initiatives to Boost Aid, Achieve Development, Reform UN

26/09/2005

New Permanent Representative of Finland Presents Credentials

26/09/2005

Secretary-General Reiterates UN Position on Israeli Troop Withdrawal from Lebanon, Need for All Parties to Respect “Blue Line”

26/09/2005

UN, Congressional Black Caucus Share Commitment to Africa’s Rights, Progress, Says Secretary-General in Washington, D.C., Remarks

26/09/2005

In Presidential Statement, Security Council Calls for Renewed, Parallel Action by Israel, Palestinian Authority on Obligations under Road Map

26/09/2005

Security Council Extends UN Mission in Sudan until 24 March 2006, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1627 (2005)

26/09/2005

Second Committee Approves Programme of Work; Prepares to Take up New Agenda Items, Including Global Partnerships, Best Practices for Poverty Eradication

23/09/2005

Values of Self-Help, Equality Provide Essential Foundation for Participation of Poor People in Development, Secretary-General Tells Cartagena Meeting

23/09/2005

World Must Be Able to Look to United Nations with Hope, Trust, Secretary-General Says in Remarks to Group of 77 Foreign Ministers

23/09/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes New National Unity Government of Sudan, Calls on Parties to Darfur Conflict to Reach Agreement by Year’s End

23/09/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Angela Kane of Germany as Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs

23/09/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Jan Beagle of New Zealand as Assistant Secretary-General for Human Resources

23/09/2005

Press Statement on Afghanistan by Security Council President

23/09/2005

Press Statement on Guinea-Bissau by Security Council President

23/09/2005

As Annual Assembly Debate Continues, Speakers Express Support for Peacebuilding Commission, Highlight Special Needs of Small Islands, among Other Issues

23/09/2005

United Nations Co-Sponsors Workshop on the Use and Applications of Global Navigation Satellite Systems

23/09/2005

New Permanent Representative of France Presents Credentials

22/09/2005

Briefing Fifth Committee on UN Financial Situation, Under-Secretary-General for Management Says 2002 Was Good Year, but Uncertainties Remai

22/09/2005

Road Map Very Clear About Goal, Steps to Reach It, Secretary-General Says in Message to International Alliance for Arab-israeli Peace

22/09/2005

Press Freedom, Pluralism of Content Must Go Together, Secretary-General Says in Message for World Telecommunication Day

22/09/2005

Budget Committee Continues Review of Peacekeeping Financing, Addressing Need for Timely Reimbursement of Troop Contributor

22/09/2005

Secretary-General Condemns "Vicious Killings" by Colombian Rebel Group

22/09/2005

Cost of 11 UN Peacekeeping Missions Extimated at $2.3 Billion for 2003-2004, Fifth Committee Told, as Resumed Session Opens

22/09/2005

Unstable, Insufficient Security in Afghanistan Casts Long Shadow Over Peace Process, Special Representative Tells Security Council

22/09/2005

Security Council Extends Sanctions against Liberia until 7 May 2004, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1478 (2003)

22/09/2005

Press Statement by President of Security Council on Afghanistan

22/09/2005

''We Must Not Fall into Complacency'' in Fight Against Terrorism, Prime Minister of Spain Tells Security Council

22/09/2005

Secretary-General Saddened at Death of Walter Sisulu, Hero of South Africa''s Anti-apartheid Movement

22/09/2005

Secretary-General "Warmly Welcomes" Steps by India, Pakistan to Ease Tensions, Improve Relations

22/09/2005

Press Statement on Democratic Republic of Congo by Security Council President

22/09/2005

Press Statement on Liberia by President of Security Council

22/09/2005

Challenges of Rapid Urbanization at Heart of Millennium Anti-poverty Goals, Says Secretary-General in Message to Un-habitat Session

22/09/2005

Greater Political Commitment Needed to Put Families at Centre of Public Policy, Says Secretary-General in International Day Message

22/09/2005

World Community Not Rising to Challenge of Disarmament, Nuclear Non-Proliferation, Secretary-General Tells

22/09/2005

Secretary-General, Prime Minister Discuss Post-Election Guinea-Bissau

22/09/2005

Secretary-General, in Message Marking International Day of Peace, Urges World Leaders to Set About Implementing Decisions Taken at World Summit

22/09/2005

Recent Designation by Iraq’s Transitional National Assembly of Draft Constitution Marks Important Benchmark, Security Council Told

22/09/2005

Press Statement on Côte d’Ivoire by Security Council President

22/09/2005

In Remarks at World Press Freedom Day Observance, Deputy Secretary-General Calls for Action on "Hate "Media

22/09/2005

Treaty Event During United Nations Summit Receives Record Number of Treaty Actions

22/09/2005

Untv’s Current Affairs Talk-Show "World Chronicle" Marks 900th Recording

22/09/2005

Security Council Congratulates Burundi on 1 May Peaceful Transition of Power, in Presidential Statement

22/09/2005

Independent Press Lifeblood of Strong, Functioning Societies, Says Secretary-General on World Press Freedom Day

22/09/2005

Although World Summit Outcome “Disappointing”, UN Reform Efforts Must Continue, General Assembly Told During Annual High-Level Debate

22/09/2005

Under-Secretary-General Shashi Tharoor Welcomes Information Committee’s Endorsement of Dpi’s Restructuring

22/09/2005

Committee Holds Interactive Dialogue with Information Department Officials

22/09/2005

Speakers in Security Council Say United Nations'' Experience in Conflict Resolution, Peacekeeping Can Prove Useful in Iraq, Other New Situations

22/09/2005

Secretary-General Appeals to Security Council, Wider International Community for Funds to Secure Peace in Côte d''Ivoire

22/09/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates New President and Vice-president of Burundi, Notes Ongoing Violence and Instability Despite Ceasefire

22/09/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Terrorist Attack in Tel Aviv, Says It Must Not Derail Peace Process

22/09/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Release of Middle East "Road Map", Urges Both Israelis and Palestinians to Embrace Plan

22/09/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates New Prime Minister of Palestinian Authority, Calls Swearing-in of Abu Mazen ?notable Step? in Building Democratic Institutions

22/09/2005

Secretary-General Appeals to Security Council to Set Aside Past Differences on Iraq and Find New Unity

22/09/2005

Secretary-General Expresses Deep Sadness Over Lives Lost, Injuries and Destruction in Turkish Earthquake

22/09/2005

Secretary-General Says Israeli Incursions Against Palestinians Contradict International Efforts to Restart Peace Process

21/09/2005

Transcript of Press Conference on Middle East, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, Quartet Foreign Ministers, at United Nations Headquarters, 20 September 2005

21/09/2005

United Nations, Regional Organizations Must Do more to Tap into Civil Society’s Advantages in Conflict Prevention, Secretary-General Tells Security Council

21/09/2005

Secretary-General Saddened by Death of Simon Wiesenthal

21/09/2005

Secretary-General Says United Nations Remains Strongly Committed to Helping Landlocked Countries Overcome Obstacles to Development

21/09/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Welcomes Consensus Reached at Korean Peninsula Talks

21/09/2005

Transcript of Press Conference on Lebanon, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, High-Level Government Officials at United Nations Headquarters, 19 September 2005

21/09/2005

Democratization, Development Go Hand in Hand, Secretary-General Says in Remarks to Summit of French-Speaking Heads of State, Government

21/09/2005

Secretary-General’s Appointment of Special Representative for Cyprus

21/09/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Abdoulie Janneh of Gambia as New Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Africa

21/09/2005

Security Council Committee Adds One Individual to Al-Qaida Section of Consolidated List

21/09/2005

Security Council Committee Approves Editorial Changes to Consolidated List, Corrects Spelling of One Individual, Adds further Information on Another

21/09/2005

Security Council Stresses Need for Broad Conflict Prevention Strategy, Underlines Potential Contribution of Civil Society in Process

21/09/2005

Security Council Extends UN Mission in Liberia Until 31 March 2006, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1626 (2005)

21/09/2005

Security Council Adopts Annual Report to General Assembly

21/09/2005

Final Preparatory Meeting for Upcoming Tunis Phase of World Summit on Information Society Opens in Geneva

21/09/2005

Security Council Forwards ''Ad Litem'' Judge Nominations for Rwanda Tribunal to General Assembly

21/09/2005

United Nations and European Commission Sign Framework Partnership Agreement

21/09/2005

World Looking to United Nations as Source of Reliable, Impartial Information, Committee on Information Told, as General Debate Continues

21/09/2005

Secretary-General Appeals to Security Council for Financial Support to Sustain West African States'' Cote d’Ivoire Peacekeeping Force

21/09/2005

’The United Naitons Matters, and Its Voice Must Be ’Heard, Committee on Information Told, as Its Begins Current Session

21/09/2005

Continued Engagement of International Community Neede in Timor-Leste, Secretary-General’s Special Representative Tells Security Council

21/09/2005

Tragic Legacy of Chernobyl Will Remain for Generations to Come Says Secretary-General on Anniversary of Nuclear Plant Accident

21/09/2005

Despite Achievements in Chemical Disarmament, No Room for Complacency, Secretary-General Tells States Parties to Chemical Weapons Convention

21/09/2005

Correction to Al-qaida and Taliban List for Security Council 1276 Committee

21/09/2005

Representatives of Greece, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Exchange Views Pursuant to Interim Accord

21/09/2005

In Message for World Book and Copyright Day, President of General Assembly Cites Value of Books, Reading

21/09/2005

Secretary-General Calls for Ceasefire, Minute of Silence on International Day of Peace

21/09/2005

Committee on Information to Meet from 28 April to 9 May

21/09/2005

Security Council Extends "Oil-for-Food" Programme Until 3 June

21/09/2005

Press Statement on Iraq/kuwait by Security Council President

21/09/2005

Human Rights -- Whether Civil, Political, Economic, Social or Cultural -- Are Universal, Must Be Upheld in Every Country, Secretary-General Says

21/09/2005

Kosovo Has "Some Way to Go" in Establishing Representative, Functioning Institutions, Security Council Told

21/09/2005

Secretary-General Says Turkey’s Children’s Festival Celebrates Diversity in Spirit of Friendship, Peace, Faithfully Reflecting Un’s Ideas

21/09/2005

Sustainable Development, UN Reform, Enabling Environment for Developing Countries Among Issues Highlighted, as General Assembly Debate Continues

21/09/2005

States Parties to Rome Statute Elect Luis Moreno Ocampo as Prosecutor of International Criminal Court

21/09/2005

Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization Is Valuable Partner of United Nations System, Secretary-General Says

21/09/2005

States Parties to International Criminal Court to Meet at Headquarters, 21 - 23 April

21/09/2005

UN Human Settlements Programme Assists in Providing Shelter for Internally Displaced People in Northern Iraq

21/09/2005

Iraq Farmers Urgently Need Parts, Fuel for Spring Harvest, Says United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

21/09/2005

Assistant Secretary-General Tells Security Council Middle East Process Appears to Be on Verge of Restarting, Using Quartet "Road Map"

21/09/2005

Press Statement on Burundi by Security Council President

21/09/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Beijing Talks Involving United States, Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, China

21/09/2005

Most Developing Countries Unable to Achieve Millennium Goals, Given Current Levels of Economic Growth, International Support, General Assembly Told

21/09/2005

Vital to Heal Divisions Created by Iraq, Reunite Around Basic Principles to Guide Future Actions, Says Secretary-General in Athens Statement

21/09/2005

Right to Live Free from Intimidation, Forced Expulsion Must Be Respected, Says Secretary-General, Following Reports of Violence in Northern Iraq

20/09/2005

Human Trafficking Threatening Global Development and Security

20/09/2005

Investment in Africa Now Can Make Sustainable Difference Deputy Secretary-General Tells Capital Markets Forum

20/09/2005

General Assembly Voices Strong Support for "Kimberley Process" Scheme, Aimed at Stemming Use of Diamonds for Financing Conflict

20/09/2005

Press Statement by Security Council President Following Briefing by Chair of Committee Monitoring Taliban, Al-qaida Sanctions

20/09/2005

Security Couincil 1267 (1999) Committee Adopts Additional Guidelines for Conduct of Work

20/09/2005

Press Statement on Côte d’Ivoire by Security Council President

20/09/2005

Secretary-General Says Catastrophic Losses to Iraq’s Cultural Heritage "A Wound Inflicted on All Humankind"

20/09/2005

General Assembly President Says UN Meeting of Finance, Trade Institutions Offers Hope for More Profound Progress in Achieving Anti-poverty Goals

20/09/2005

Security Council Regrets Failure to Reach Agreement on Settlement Plan for Cyprus, Citing "Negative Approach" of Turkish Cypriot Leaders

20/09/2005

Press Statement on Somalia by Security Council President

20/09/2005

Press Statement by Security Council President on Kosovo

20/09/2005

Secretary-General Says UN Natural Home for Needed Dialogue Among Trade, Development Institutions, in Statement to High-level Ecosoc Meeting

20/09/2005

Exploring Root Causes of Conflict Only Way to Build Enduring Peace, Says Secretary-General in Message to Beirut Meeting

20/09/2005

Secretary-General Concerned Recent Statements Directed at Syria Not Contribute to Wider Destabilization

20/09/2005

General Assembly Text Strongly Supports "Kimberley Process" Certification Scheme, Aimed at Combating Use of Diamonds for Financing Conflict

20/09/2005

Security Council Meets with Regional Organizations to Consider Ways to Strengthen Collective Security

20/09/2005

Amended Al-Qaida and Taliban List Issued by Security Council Committee

20/09/2005

Framework for Peace, Security Must Have Capacity to Respond Swiftly, Effectively, Secretary-General Tells Security Council

20/09/2005

Agenda Item on "Global Road Safety Crisis" Recommended by General Committee

20/09/2005

Emergency Relief Coordinator Voices Sorrow Over Death of ICRC Staff Member in Iraq; Also Expresses Concern for Missing NGO Staff

20/09/2005

Failure of UN Plan to Solve Cyprus Problem "Deeply Disappointing" Special Adviser Alvaro De Soto Tells Security Council

20/09/2005

"To Educate Girls Is to Reduce Poverty" Says Secretary-General in Message to Global Education Campaign Event

20/09/2005

Secretary-General "Deeply Concerned" by Israel’s Air Attack in Gaza, Resulting in Deaths of Seven Palestinians

20/09/2005

Security Council Re-Establishes Panel Investigating Somalia Arms Embargo Violations, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1474 (2003)

20/09/2005

Press Statement on Democratic Republic of Congo by Security Council President

20/09/2005

Dr. Carlo Urbani "A Hero -- in Best and Truest Sense of Word" Says Secretary-General, in Message to Memorial Service

20/09/2005

UNEP Recommends Studies of Depleted Uranium in Iraq

20/09/2005

Impact of Sanctions, Importance of Adhering to UN Principles Debated in Context of Iraq War, as Special Charter Committee Opens Session

20/09/2005

World Food Programme Needs $1.8 Billion to Address African Food Emergency, Security Council Told

20/09/2005

Rafeeuddin Ahmed Named Special Adviser by Secretary-General

20/09/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Côte d’Ivoire Agreement on Government of Reconciliation as "Major Progress towards Peace"

20/09/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Efforts of Inter-Parliamentary Union to Provide Greater Support to United Nations

20/09/2005

Secretary-General "Deeply Disturbed" at Reports of Massacres in Democratic Republic of Congo; Demands Respect for ’Civilians Human Rights

20/09/2005

In Afghanistan, Lower Opium Cultivation and Declining Drug Incomes in 2005 Break Four-Year Trend — First Improvement Since Fall of Taliban

20/09/2005

Rafeeuddin Ahmed Named Special Adviser by Secretary-General; Will Be Focal Point on Un’s Potential Role in Post-war Iraq

20/09/2005

General Assembly President Highlights "Dire" Situation Children Face from Environmental Threats in World Health Day Message

20/09/2005

Enhanced Version of UN Bibliographic Information System Thesaurus Now Available on Interne

20/09/2005

Outgoing Chair of Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee Says United Nations Now Centre of Global Anti-terrorism Network

20/09/2005

Security Council, Responding to Security Challenges in Timor-Leste, Delays Cutbacks in UN Forces

20/09/2005

Non-Governmental Organizations Tell Commission on Human Rights of Further Allegations of Abuses Around Globe

20/09/2005

Commission on Human Rights Hears from NGOs Charging Violations Around World

20/09/2005

Iraq Conflict Could Be Devastating for Rural Economy, Says United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization

20/09/2005

Press Statement on Iraq Humanitarian Situation by Security Council President

20/09/2005

Philippe de Seynes, "Intellectual Giant", Shaper of United Nations Economic, Social Operations, Dies in Paris at Age 93

20/09/2005

Commission on Human Rights Continues Review of Violation of Human Rights in Any Part of World

20/09/2005

General Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Terrorism Recommends Legal Committee Working Group for Two Draft Treaties

20/09/2005

Secretary-General Commends "Breakthrough, as Agreements on Democratic Republic of Congo Are Formally Endorsed at Sun City Meeting

20/09/2005

Commission on Boundary Between Cameroon, Nigeria to Meet in Yaounde 2-3 April

19/09/2005

In Statement to General Assembly, Secretary-General Calls for “Accountability Pact” with UN Member States to Encourage Implementation of Summit Outcome

19/09/2005

In Message for International Day, Secretary-General Says ”Peace Is the Paramount United Nations Mission”

19/09/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates Afghan Voters on Participation in Legislative Polls

19/09/2005

Today’s Threats, Challenges more Interconnected than Ever, Secretary-General Says at Inaugural Meeting of Clinton Global Initiative

19/09/2005

Secretary-General Pleased by $5 Million Nigerian Donation to Tsunami Relief Fund

19/09/2005

Secretary-General, in Remarks to Core Group for Haiti, Stresses Importance of Reconciliation, Stability, Human Rights, Development

19/09/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Liberia’s 103 Treaty Actions at UN Event

19/09/2005

Secretary-General Hopes Sweden’s Leaders’ Network Initiative Will Translate World Summit Commitments into Action

19/09/2005

Secretary-General Stresses Need to Train Teachers, Build Research Capacity at Re-Launch of Partnership for Higher Education in Africa

19/09/2005

At Opening of General Debate, General Assembly President Says Summit Outcome Strong, Substantial Foundation for Work on Development, Security, Human Rights

19/09/2005

UN Must Learn from Mistakes, more Effectivly Implement Decisions, Foreign Minister of Rwanda Tells General Assembly

19/09/2005

Opening Annual General Assembly Debate, Secretary-General Urges Member States to Press in Tackling Poverty, Terrorism, Human Rights Abuses, Conflicts

19/09/2005

World Leaders Pledge Wide-Ranging Steps on Poverty, Terrorism, Human Rights, UN Reform, as 2005 Summit Concludes in New York

19/09/2005

Secretary-General, Prime Ministers of Spain, Turkey Agree on Need to Translate Alliance of Civilizations Initiative into Action

19/09/2005

Children to Mark International Day of Peace at the VIC

19/09/2005

Convention against Corruption Powerful Tool for Countries Victimized by Corrupt Leaders and Officials

16/09/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Decision of Nigeria – “Longstanding African Peacekeeping Partner” – to Recall Police Unit from Congo Mission

16/09/2005

Secretary-General Holds Talks on Way Forward in Côte d’Ivoire

16/09/2005

Steps to Reform UN Should Unite, Not Divide, International Community, General Assembly Summit Told

16/09/2005

“Rehabilitation of Former Uranium Mining and Milling Sites”

16/09/2005

World Order Based on Effective Arms Control, Rejection of Unilateral Use of Force Called for in Disarmament Commission

16/09/2005

Deputy Secretary-General Celebrates "Diversity and Richness" Aboriginal People Give to Human Family, at Ottawa Awards Ceremony

16/09/2005

Commission on Human Rights Continues Debate on Question of Violations Anywhere in World

16/09/2005

Countries Trade Barbs Over "Selectivity" in Human Rights, Debate Justifications of War in Iraq

16/09/2005

Coordinators for Negotiations on Two International Conventions Report on Progress to Terrorism Ad Hoc Committee

16/09/2005

"Creeping Retreat" from Nuclear Disarmament, Increased Proliferation Risk Among Issues Stressed, as Disarmament Commission Opens Session

16/09/2005

General Assembly’s Ad Hoc Committee on Terrorism Opens Seventh Session; Will Continue Negotiatings on Two Draft Treaties

16/09/2005

President of United Nations Security Council and Chairman of Military Staff Committee in April

16/09/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Under-Secretary-General Shashi Tharoor Coordinator for Multilingualism

16/09/2005

Expert Panel on Illegal Exploitation of Resources in Democratic Republic of Congo to Begin Work in Nairobi on 24 March

16/09/2005

General Assembly President Expresses Shock, Sadness on Death of Serbian Prime Minister Zoran Djindjic

16/09/2005

General Assembly Sets Dates for Annual Regular Session, General Debate

16/09/2005

Globalization Today Has ’Winners and Losers’; Challenge for Tomorrow Is to Make It Work for All, Says Secretary-General

16/09/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Statement by President Bush on Presentation of ’Road ’Map to Israelis, Palestinians

16/09/2005

Secretary-General Gravely Concerned at Rising Casualties in Israeli-Palestinian Conflict; Urges Immediate End to Violence

16/09/2005

Forty Years After Sharpeville Massacre, Fight Against Racism Not Yet Won, Says Secretary-General in Message on International Day

16/09/2005

Press Statement by Security Council President on Indictments by Sierra Leone Special Court

16/09/2005

Press Statement on Côte d’Ivoire by Security Council President

16/09/2005

Security Council Extends Ethiopia/eritrea Mission Until 15 September, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1466 (2003)

16/09/2005

French Language Television Channel -- TV5 -- to Be Available to UN Delegates, Media, Staff Under Agreement with International Organisation of La Francophonie

16/09/2005

Secretary-General Authorizes Withdrawal of United Nations Personnel from Iraq

16/09/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Deplores Israel’s Continuing Gaza Strip Raids

16/09/2005

Secretary-General Concerned by Rapidly Deteriorating Situation in Ituri Region of Democratic Republic of Congo

16/09/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Coup d’Etat in Central African Republic

16/09/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Akio Nomura Director of UN Information Centre in Tokyo

16/09/2005

Unless Adequately Addressed, Proliferation of Small Arms, Mercenaries Will Continue to Pose Severe Threat to West Africa, Secretary-General Says

16/09/2005

Security Council Calls for Strengthened Cooperation in West Africa to Counter Small Arms Trafficking

16/09/2005

Secretary-General Expresses Hope That Security Council Unity Can Be Rebuilt Around Task of Relieving Iraqi Suffering

16/09/2005

"Tuberculosis Can Be Controlled, Cured and Prevented" Says Secretary-General in World Day Message

16/09/2005

Middle East Coordinator Tells Security Council "Window of Opportunity" Exists to Get Back to Negotiating Table, Out of Abyss of Suffering

16/09/2005

Importance of Humanitarian Aid for Iraq Stressed, as Security Council Members Voice Different Views on Disarmament Process

16/09/2005

"My Thoughts Today Are with the Iraqi People" Says Secretary-General, Pledging UN Assistance, Support as They Face "Yet Another Ordeal"

16/09/2005

Press Statement on Central African Republic by Security Council President

16/09/2005

Security Council Welcomes Agreement on Transitional Arrangements in Democratic Republic of Congo, Adopting Resolution 1468 (2003)

16/09/2005

General Assembly President Stresses Link Between Racism, Poverty in Message on World Day to Eliminate Racial Discrimination

16/09/2005

Press Statement on Sierra Leone by Security Council President

16/09/2005

Press Statement on Iraq by Security Council President

16/09/2005

General Assembly President Highlights Connection Between Climate Change, Control of Greenhouse Gases, in Message on World Meteorological Day

16/09/2005

Culture of "Caring, Sparing and Sharing" Must Be Promoted to Ensure Clean Water for All, Says General Assembly President on World Water Day

16/09/2005

New United Nations Demographic Yearbook 2000 Issued; Provides Vital Statistics for More than 233 Countries, Areas

16/09/2005

Secretary-General, Condoleezza Rice Discuss Humanitarian Situation in Iraq

16/09/2005

Secretary-General, at Headquarters Ceremony, Accepts Pin Symbolizing "Shared Memory of Lost Friends", Unity in Pursuing Peace

16/09/2005

Security Council Extends Western Sahara Mission Until 31 May, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1469 (2003)

16/09/2005

Press Statement on Western Sahara by Security Council President

16/09/2005

Secretary-General Urges UN Member Countries to Respond "Swiftly and Generously" to Appeal for Humanitarian Aid to Iraqi People

16/09/2005

Security Council Holds First Debate on Iraq Since Start of Military Action; Speakers Call for Halt to Aggression, Immediate Withdrawal

16/09/2005

Lack of Security in Afghanistan Threatens Peace Process at All Levels, Security Council Told

16/09/2005

Security Council Concludes Two-Day Debate on Military Action in Iraq; Need for Immediate Humanitarian Aid, Protection of Civilians Stressed

16/09/2005

Secretary-General Appalled at Killing of Red Cross Worker in Afghanistan

16/09/2005

Secretary-General Deeply Concerned Over Fighting in Liberia

16/09/2005

Security Council Approves Adjustments to Iraq "Oil-for-Food" Programme, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1472 (2003)

16/09/2005

Security Council Extends Deadline for Nomination of "Ad Litem" Judges for Rwanda Tribunal Until 15 April

16/09/2005

Security Council Extends Afghanistan Mission Until 28 March 2004, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1471 (2003)

16/09/2005

Security Council Extends Sierra Leone Mission Until 30 September, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1470 (2003)

16/09/2005

Security Council Told Peace Agreement Between Papua New Guinea, Bougainville Can Be Fully Implemented by Year’s End, Despite Serious Obstacles

16/09/2005

Transcript of Press Conference by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at United Nations Headquarters, 28 March 2003

16/09/2005

Deputy Secretary-General Calls for "Swift and Generous" Response to Appeal for Humanitarian Aid for Iraqi People

16/09/2005

United Nations Holds Workshop on the Use of Space Technology for Human Health

15/09/2005

Secretary-General Applauds New Methods of Raising Development Funds

15/09/2005

Universal Declaration of Human Rights Enshrines Right of All to Choose Their Own Rulers, Secretary-General Tells UN Democracy Fund Event

15/09/2005

Secretary-General Saddened by Deadly Baghdad Attacks

15/09/2005

Terrorism Directly Attacks Values for Which United Nations Stands, Says Secretary-General in Statement to Security Council Summit

15/09/2005

Leadership Needed to Implement Summit Decisions, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly Meeting on Financing for Development

15/09/2005

Secretary-General Urges Reform Process Forward in World Summit Address, Saying “We Stand or Fall Together” in Facing Crucial Challenges

15/09/2005

Security Council Meeting of World Leaders Calls for Legal Prohibition of Terrorist Incitement, Enhanced Steps to Prevent Armed Conflict

15/09/2005

World Summit Examines Progress in Meeting Development Financing Commitments Made Five Years ago in Monterrey

15/09/2005

World Leaders at General Assembly Summit Urged to Persevere, Take Bold Steps to Tackle Urgent Challenges, as Lives of Millions Hang in the Balance

15/09/2005

African Leaders Urged to Tackle Crime, Insecurity and Corruption in Order to Promote Development: A Programme of Action to Be Endorsed at Abuja Meeting

14/09/2005

International Ozone Day to Mark Signing of Montreal Protocol on 16 September

14/09/2005

Transcript of Press Conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at United Nations Headquarters, 13 September 2005

14/09/2005

Secretary-General Praises Close Cooperation Between UN, South-East Asia on Tsunami, HIV/AIDS, Development, in New York Address

14/09/2005

Security Council Extends International Security Force in Afghanistan until Mid-October 2006, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1623 (2005)

14/09/2005

Security Council Extends Mission in Ethiopia-Eritrea until 15 March 2006, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1622 (2005)

14/09/2005

General Committee Recommends Inclusion of More than 150 Items on Agenda of Sixtieth General Assembly Session

14/09/2005

Expectations High for Anticipated Reforms to Organization, General Assembly President Jan Eliasson Says at Opening of Sixtieth Session

14/09/2005

General Assembly, Following Intense, Last-Minute Talks, Concludes 59th Session with Approval of Draft Outcome Document for World Summit

14/09/2005

High-Level Meeting of ECOSOC Bureau to Focus on Pushing UN Development Agenda Forward

14/09/2005

Technological Innovation Should Be at Centre of Accelerated Effort to Meet Millennium Goals, Deputy Secretary-General Says at Round-Table Forum

14/09/2005

UN Global Round Table Recommends Ways to Utilize Science and Technology for Development

13/09/2005

In Presidential Statement, Security Council Condemns Continued Fighting in Somalia, and Calls for End to Violence

13/09/2005

Security Council Hears from 53 Speakers in Two Days on Iraq’s Disarmament; Some Stress Iraq Has Not Cooperated, Most Say Inspectors Need More Time

13/09/2005

Press Statement by Security Council President on Assassination of Serbian Prime Minister

13/09/2005

Progress in Consolidating Africa’s Peace Sets Stage for Hard Work Ahead, Says Secretary-General in Message to Tokyo Conference

13/09/2005

Secretary-General Shocked, Saddened at Assassination of Serbian Premier Djindjic

13/09/2005

Secretary-General Says "End of Road" Reached Concerning Current Cyprus Talks, but "Plan Remains on the Table"

13/09/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Killing of Humanitarian Workers in Liberia

13/09/2005

International Criminal Court Judges Embody "Our Collective "Conscience Says Secretary-General to Inaugural Meeting in the Hague

13/09/2005

At Request of Non-Aligned Countries, Security Council Hears Views of Larger UN Membership on Disarmament of Iraq

13/09/2005

Recent Violence, Rise in Armed Groups Threaten Success in Timor-Leste, Peacekeeping Under-Secretary-General Tells Security Council

13/09/2005

Press Statement on Democratic Republic of Congo by Security Council President

13/09/2005

Women’s Empowerment Key to Achieving Millennium Summit Anti-poverty Goals, Says General Assembly President on International Women’s Day

13/09/2005

Secretary-General Pleased at Agreement by Parties to Inter-Congolese Dialogue but Expresses Deep Concern Over Recent Heavy Fighting Regarding Bunia

13/09/2005

Political Inertia Exacerbates Water Crisis, Says World Water Development Report

13/09/2005

Special Meeting of Security Council’s Counter-terrorism Committee Hears Call for Systematic International, Regional Cooperation

13/09/2005

Reformatted Al Qaeda and Taliban List

13/09/2005

United Nations Weapons Inspectors Report to Security Council on Progress in Disarmament of Iraq

13/09/2005

All Must Work Together to Counter Terrorism, Prevent Spread of Weapons of Mass Destruction, Secretary-General Says

13/09/2005

Secretary-General "Deeply Deplores" Use of Excessive Force by Israel in Gaza Refugee Camp

13/09/2005

Secretary-General Pleased with Security Council Support for His Efforts to Assist Parties in Cyprus

13/09/2005

Secretary-General Gravely Concerned at Escalating Violence Between Israelis, Palestinians

13/09/2005

Secretary-General Tells G-8 Contact Group on Food Security in Africa That Continent Faces Deadly Burdens

13/09/2005

Human Community Should Be Linked in Common Effort to Protect, Share Water Equitably, Sustainably, Peacefully Says Secretary-General on World Day

13/09/2005

Secretary-General, in Remarks to Annual Holy Family Church Service, Cites Need to Strengthen UN, “The Indispensable Common House of Our Human Family”

13/09/2005

Need for Incentives for Timely Payment of Budgetary Contributions Stressed, as Fifth Committee Begins First Resumed Sesssion

13/09/2005

United Nations, OSCE to Hold Conference on Illicit Trade in Small Arms and Light Weapons in South-eastern Europe, 11-12 March, in Slovenia

13/09/2005

Secretary-General Praises Political Courage of Prime Minister Sharon in Israeli Withdrawal from Gaza

13/09/2005

President of United Nations Security Council and Chairman of Military Staff Committee in March

13/09/2005

Secretary-General "Very Satisfied" with Outcome of Mission Relating to Cyprus Settlement; Says Plan for Settlement Is "Fair and "Balanced

13/09/2005

African Cinema Can Help Mobilize Resources, Energy Needed to Reach Millennium Goals, Secretary-General Says

13/09/2005

Secretary-General Announces Composition of High-Level Group for Alliance of Civilizations

13/09/2005

Leaders Invited to Sign, Ratify Key Treaties at 2005 World Summit

13/09/2005

Member States, Gearing up for 60th Anniversary Session, Adopt Measures to Strengthen, Revitalize General Assembly

13/09/2005

Achievement of Millennium Development Goals Requires Conservation, Sustainable Use of Biological Diversity

13/09/2005

Real Test of Usefulness of Conferences Is Whether They Make Difference in People’s Lives, Says Deputy-secretary-General

13/09/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Democratic Republic of Congo

13/09/2005

Secretary-General Urges POLISARIO to Accelerate Release of Remaining Prisoners of War

13/09/2005

Security Council Committee Adds Name of Entity to List

13/09/2005

"Stockholm "Process Findings -- Year-long Study on Targeted Sanctions -- Presented to Security Council

13/09/2005

Press Statement on Sanctions by Security Council President

13/09/2005

Disarming Rival Factions, Creating Strong National Army, Police Crucial for Securing Afghanistan’s Fragile Peace, Security Council Told

13/09/2005

Work for Development Must Focus on Needs, Priorities of Women, Secretary-General Says in Message for International Women’s Day

13/09/2005

Secretary-General Says War Not Inevitable, but Iraq Must Disarm; Inspections Should Be Allowed to Continue

13/09/2005

"Mother Language "Day Should Inspire Respect, Tolerance for Rich Cultural Traditions, Says General Assembly President in Observance Message

13/09/2005

Security Council Committee Adds Name of An Entity and An Individual to Its List

13/09/2005

Security Council Hears Over 60 Speakers in Two-day Debate on Iraq’s Disarmament; Many Say Use of Force Should Be Last Resort, Others Urge Swift Action

13/09/2005

UN Action Against Global Terrorist Threat, Strengthened Future Steps Focus of Security Council Debate; Counter-terrorism Committee Chair Briefs Council

13/09/2005

Iraq Crisis Must Not Affect Determination to Carry Out UN’s Wider Agenda Says Secretary-General in Rome Address

13/09/2005

Violence Will Not Produce Security or Lasting Peace, Says Secretary-General, Following Latest Escalation in Middle East

13/09/2005

Secretary-General Announces Intention to Set up High-level Commission on HIV/AIDS and Governance in Africa in Address to Africa-france Summit

13/09/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes "Quartet" Statement on Middle East Violence

13/09/2005

NGOs, Working with United Nations Everywhere, often far Ahead in Identifying New Threats, Concerns, DPI/NGO Conference Told

13/09/2005

Without Vital Role of NGOs, World Could Hardly Respond to Myriad Crises, UN Secretary-General Annan Tells DPI/NGO Conference

12/09/2005

Iraq Cooperating with Disarmament Procedures, but Many Banned Weapons Remain Unaccounted for, Inspectors Tell Security Council

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Announcement by Palestinian Authority President Arafat to Appoint Prime Minister

12/09/2005

Literacy Is Key to A Future of Freedom and Hope for Mankind Secretary-General Says at Launch of UN Literacy Decade

12/09/2005

Quartet "Road "Map Aims at Israeli and Palestinian States in Mideast, Secretary-General Tells Palestinian Rights Committee

12/09/2005

United Nations Is Valuable Ally, Instrument in Struggle for Peace, Secretary-General Tells Peace Prize Festival and Forum

12/09/2005

Literacy A Prerequisite for A Healthy, Just, Prosperous World, Deputy Secretary-General Says at Launch of UN Literacy Decade

12/09/2005

Best Path towards Middle East Peace Remains Quartet’s Road Map, Under-secretary-General Tells Security Council

12/09/2005

Security Council Briefed on Urgency of Ending Human Rights Violations, Culture of Impunity in Democratic Republic of Congo

12/09/2005

Security Council Condemns 7 February Bomb Attack in Bogota, Says Act of Terrorism Threatens Peace, Security

12/09/2005

Secretary-General, Concerned by Violence in Bolivia, Appeals for Dialogue, Respect Democracy

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Announces Establishment of Panel of Eminent Persons on UN Relations with Civil Society

12/09/2005

Press Statement on Angola by Security Council President

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Concerned by Arrest of Opposition Party Members in Myanmar; Urges Authorities to Release All Political Prisoners and Engage in Dialogue

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Calls on Administering Powers, Special Committee to Reinvigorate Decolonization Process

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Terrorist Attack in Colombia

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Says United Nations Has Duty to Exhaust All Possibilities of Peaceful Settlement Before Resorting to Use of Force

12/09/2005

Enhanced Version of UN Bibliographic Information System Now Available on Internet

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Special Envoy for Côte d’Ivoire

12/09/2005

Security Council, in Presidential Statement, Reaffirms Commitment to Multi-ethnic, Democratic Kosovo; Speakers Focus on Primacy of Standards to Ensure Needs of People Over Determination of Final Status

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Warns of "Disturbing Erosion in International Norms on Weapons of Mass Destruction, in Remarks to Disarmament Board

12/09/2005

Briefing Security Council, US Secretary of State Powell Presents Evidence of Iraq’s Failure to Disarm

12/09/2005

2003 Training Cycle on Information Technology to Begin at Headquarters, 6 February

12/09/2005

Security Council Calls for Full Implementation of Côte D''Ivoire Peace Agreement, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1464 (2003); Welcomes Deployment of West African, French Troops; Authorizes Steps Necessary for Guaranteeing Security, Protecting Civili

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Appoints George Alleyne Special Envoy for HIV/AIDS in Caribbean Region

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Toshiyuki Niwa as Executive Director of UN Capital Master Plan Management Project

12/09/2005

Challenges of Development Require Not Only Leadership, Resources, but A Legal Response, Secretary-General Says

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Deeply Saddened by Space Shuttle Tragedy; Says Loss of Columbia Is Loss to All Humankind

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Violence, Appeals for Calm in Côte D''Ivoire; Says Recent Agreement Should Be ?first Step towards Peace?

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Will Seek Additional Donor Support to Ensure Continued Aid for Democratic People?s Republic of Korea

12/09/2005

Security Council Extends Western Sahara Mission Until 31 March, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1463 (2003)

12/09/2005

Press Statement on Burundi by Security Council President

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates Russian Federation, Ukraine on Boundary Agreement

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Nepal Ceasefire

12/09/2005

General Assembly Elections for Rwanda Tribunal Judges Invalidated After Three Ballots; New Election to Be Held 31 January

12/09/2005

Security Council Expresses Strong Support for "Kimberly "Process, Aimed at Halting Illicit Diamond Trade Used to Fuel Conflicts; Resolution 1459 (2003) Adopted Unanimously

12/09/2005

Kofi Annan Calls for Strengthening of Cooperation Between United Nations and Central Africa in Peacekeeping and Security

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates President Bush on Pledge of Stronger United States Leadership in Fight Against AIDS

12/09/2005

Security Council Re-establishes Panel Investigating Compliance with Liberia Sanctions for Further Three Month; Resolution 1458 (2003) Adopted Unanimously

12/09/2005

Security Council Briefed by Chief UN Weapons Experts on First 60 Days of Inspections in Iraq

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Deplores "Ominous" Escalation of Violence in Gaza Strip

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Urges Thorough Reform of Ivorian Defence, Security Forces

12/09/2005

Ivoirian Leaders of All Parties Must Ensure Respect for Rule of Law, Human Rights, Says Secretary-General

12/09/2005

Deputy Secretary-General, in Address to Montreal Model United Nations, Says "Nations Working Together Can Make A "Difference

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Deeply Saddened by Loss of Life Following Mexican Earthquake; Says United Nations Stands Ready to Assist

12/09/2005

Revitalizing Conference on Disarmament Requires Renewed Political Will, Determination, Says Secretary-General

12/09/2005

Ministerial-level Security Council Meeting Calls for Urgent Action to Prevent, Suppress All Support for Terrorism; Declaration in Resolution 1456 (2003) Adopted Unanimously; Highlights Counter-terrorism Committee’s Role in Implementation

12/09/2005

Menace of Terrorism Requires Global Response, Says Secretary-General, Stressing Importance of Increased United Nations Role

12/09/2005

Security Council Decides to Improve Implementation of Measures Against Taliban, Members of Al Qaeda; Resolution 1455 (2003) Adopted Unanimously

12/09/2005

Press Statement on Liberia by Security Council President

12/09/2005

Joint Inspection Unit Elects Chairman and Vice-chairman

12/09/2005

Clear International Consensus Supports "Road "Map towards Two-state Middle East Settlement, Security Council Told

12/09/2005

Renewed Efforts Needed for Successful Trade Negotiations, Secretary-General Says at Ceremony Marking Morocco’s Chairmanship of Group of 77

12/09/2005

Press Statement on Democratic Republic of Congo by Security Council President

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Says Using Child Soldiers Can No Longer Be Done with Impunity, as Security Council Holds Day-long Debate on Children and Armed Conflict

12/09/2005

Situations in Iraq, Middle East, Afghanistan, Balkans, Africa Among Key Issues Before Security Council in 2002; International Terrorism Also A Major Focus of Council Action

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Provides List to Security Council of Those Using Child Soldiers, Says Exposure Means Violators of Protection Norms Can No Longer Act with Impunity

12/09/2005

Transcript of Press Conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at United Nations Headquarters, 14 January 2003

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Voices Extreme Concern at Level of Violence, Growing Casualties in Israeli-palestinian Conflict

12/09/2005

Membership of Principal United Nations Organs in 2003

12/09/2005

Press Statement by Security Council President on Sierra Leone

12/09/2005

Kiran Bedi of India Appointed Civilian Police Adviser in Department of Peacekeeping Operation

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Urges Democratic People’s Republic of Korea to Reconsider Withdrawal from Nuclear Non-proliferation Treaty

12/09/2005

Chairpersons and Vice-Chairpersons of Security Council Sanctions Committees Elected for 2003

12/09/2005

Press Statement on Iraq by Security Council President

12/09/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Tel Aviv Suicide Bombing, Says Violence Cannot Solve Israeli-palestinian Conflict

12/09/2005

Secretary-General, Saddened by Death of ’Great ’Statesman Lord Jenkins, Praises Vision, Integrity, Commitment to European Cause

12/09/2005

Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Western Sahara to Visit Region, 14-17 January

12/09/2005

In Message to Kinshasa Meeting, Secretary-General Calls for Protecting Forest Habitat to Ensure Great Apes’ Survival

12/09/2005

Fifth Committee Approves Nearly $1 Million in Additional Resources for General Assembly President, Defers Action on Capital Master Plan

12/09/2005

In Remarks to Women Speakers of Parliaments, Deputy Secretary-General Says Promoting Women’s Empowerment Central to Achieving Millennium Goals

12/09/2005

United Nations General Assembly Opens on 13 September 2005

09/09/2005

In Message to Helsinki Conference, Secretary-General Calls for Resolve “to Turn the Promise of Collective Solutions into Reality”

09/09/2005

Addressing Parliamentarians, Secretary-General Annan Says World Summit Is Chance

09/09/2005

In Remarks to “United Cities and Local Governments”, Secretary-General Says Local Action Needed to Achieve Global Goals

09/09/2005

Achieving Population Goals Will Ease Path to Fulfilling Millennium Declaration

09/09/2005

United Nations to Hold High-Level Round-Table Forum on Science and Technology for Development, 13 September

09/09/2005

United Nations to Hold Symposium on Space Systems for Protecting and Restoring Water Resources in Graz

09/09/2005

Media Arrangements for UN High-Level Plenary Meeting, 14-16 September, and General Debate of Sixtieth Session, 17-28 September

09/09/2005

DPI/NGO Conference Focuses on Implementation of Millennium Goal Targets, Need for Collective Security Framework Respecting Human Rights

09/09/2005

Business Making Critical Contributions to Millennium Development Goals

09/09/2005

Significant Increases in Resources Needed, Secretary-General Tells London Replenishment Meeting of Global Fund to Fight AIDS

08/09/2005

UN Consultations in Sri Lanka Meant to Reinforce Norwegian Efforts in Support of Peace Process

08/09/2005

“Dramatic Scaling up of Action” Needed now to Reach Millennium Goals by 2015, Secretary-General Says in Statement on Launch of Human Development Report

08/09/2005

In Statement to Security Council, Secretary-General Stresses ”Vital Importance” of UN Management Reforms, Including Clear Definition of Responsibilities

08/09/2005

In Message to Presidential Inaugural Ceremony, Secretary-General Congratulates People of Burundi for Successful Conclusion of Transitional Process

08/09/2005

Independent Inquiry Finds Maladministration, Evidence of Corruption in UN “Oil-for-Food” Programme, Security Council Told

08/09/2005

UN Youth Forum 2005 Gives Youth a Voice

08/09/2005

NGOs Are “Guardians of the Reform of the International System”, DPI/NGO Conference Told as It Opens Three-Day Session

08/09/2005

Millennium Development Goals in Reach in Asia, Says UN/ADB Report

08/09/2005

Water for Near Half of World''s Population Under Threat at Roof of World

08/09/2005

Global Fund to Fight AIDS Has Vital Role to Play in Struggle for Human Progress, Secretary-General Says

08/09/2005

Secretary-General Voices Hope for Measures to Achieve Peace in Nepal

08/09/2005

United States Accepts United Nations Offer of Help in the Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

08/09/2005

Security Council Authorizes Increased Strength for UN Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1621 (2005)

08/09/2005

Chernobyl: The True Scale of the Accident

08/09/2005

Major Asian Development Report to Be Launched on 7 September ahead of World Summit

07/09/2005

UNIS Vienna and Austrian Development Cooperation Launch UNDP Human Development Report 2005 in Vienna

06/09/2005

African Programme of Action to Counter Crime, Insecurity and Corruption Endorsed at Abuja Meeting

05/09/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Positive Steps by Indonesian Government, Free Aceh Movement

05/09/2005

Secretary-General Saddened at Death of Nobel Peace Laureate Joseph Rotblat

05/09/2005

Secretary-General Offers “Heartfelt Sympathy”, any Assistance UN Can Give to United States in Aftermath of Hurricane Katrina

05/09/2005

Press Statement by President of Security Council on 14 September Meeting

02/09/2005

Poverty Will Make Great Apes History -- World’s First Atlas of Great Apes Reveals Human Struggle behind Apes’ Plight

02/09/2005

Supachai Panitchpakdi Takes Office as Head of UNCTAD

02/09/2005

President of United Nations Security Council and Chairman of Military Staff Committee in September

02/09/2005

Tentative Schedule of Meetings of United Nations Bodies in September 2005

02/09/2005

Paintings by Belarusian Children on Exhibit at VIC

01/09/2005

Imbalances Pose Risk for Global Economy, Says UNCTAD Trade and Development Report

01/09/2005

Successful Outcome at September Summit Will Be Success for All, Secretary-General Says in Statement to Core Group

01/09/2005

Secretary-General Greatly Saddened at Pilgrims’ Deaths in Baghdad

01/09/2005

Secretary-General Extends “Sincere Condolences” to Victims of Hurricane Katrina

01/09/2005

Press Statement on Côte d’Ivoire by Security Council President

01/09/2005

Security Council Establishes UN Integrated Office in Sierra Leone to Further Address Root Causes of Conflict

01/09/2005

High Commissioner for Human Rights Urges Closer Partnerships to Combat Human Trafficking

01/09/2005

Positive Momentum from Israeli Withdrawal of Settlements Will Hopefully Lead to Just Solution, Palestinian Rights Committee Told

01/09/2005

Major Report Stresses Natural Resources as Path out of Poverty

31/10/2005

Secretary-General Deeply Concerned by Escalating Middle East Violence

31/10/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Iran

31/10/2005

Security Council Extends United Nations Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo until 30 September 2006, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1635 (2005)

31/10/2005

Security Council, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1634 (2005), Extends Western Sahara Mission until 30 April 2006

31/10/2005

Fourth Committee Hails Work of UN Scientific Committee on Effects of Atomic Radiation, Calls for Adequate Resources to Fund Its Work

31/10/2005

Protection of Migrants’ Rights, Role of Remittances in Development Underlined as Second Committee Concludes Debate on Globalization, Interdependence

31/10/2005

Budget Committee Recommends Additional Financing for Missions in Côte d’Ivoire, Haiti

31/10/2005

Chief Justices, at UNODC Gathering, Urge United Nations to Adopt Standards on Ethical Conduct by Judges

28/10/2005

UN, Pacific Islands Forum Should Exploit Comparative Strengths, Secretary-General Says in Message to Papua New Guinea Meeting

28/10/2005

Secretary-General Endorses Principles for Election Observation, Calls on International Community to Make Full Use of Guidelines

28/10/2005

Secretary-General, Reacting to Final Volcker Report, Urges National Authorities to Take Action

28/10/2005

Secretary-General Dismayed at Iranian President’s Remarks on Israel

28/10/2005

Secretary-General Urges Ivorian Parties to Facilitate Appointment of New Prime Minister, Preparations for 2006 Elections

28/10/2005

UNODC Joins Republic of Moldova in Renewed Campaign against Human Trafficking

28/10/2005

Security Council Stresses Urgency of Full, Effective Implementation of “Landmark” Resolution 1325 (2000) on Women, Peace and Security

28/10/2005

Head of Oil-for-Food Inquiry Calls for Wide-Ranging Reform within United Nations

28/10/2005

Remaining Landmines Said to Be Obstacle in Many Countries to Humanitarian Aid, Refugee Return, Economic Progress

28/10/2005

Third Committee Hears Call for Sudan to Implement Peace Agreement, New Constitution without Delay, as It Continues Human Rights Discussion

28/10/2005

Legal Committee Seeks Assembly Adoption of Convention on Use of Electronic Communications in Trade Contracts

28/10/2005

Israel’s Land Confiscations, Home Demolitions, Exploitation of Natural Resources Main Causes of Crisis in Occupied Arab Territories, Second Committee Told

28/10/2005

Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Tracing Small Arms among Issues Addressed as Disarmament Committee Adopts 10 Draft Texts

28/10/2005

Consultative Mechanism Proposed for UN Policy-Making Consistency, as Fifth Committee Continues Debate on 2006-2007 Budget

28/10/2005

Continued Support of General Assembly Vital for International Court of Justice to Meet Growing Demands Improve Efficiency, Delegations Told

28/10/2005

General Committee Recommends Inclusion of Item on Observer Status for Ibero-American Conference in Assembly’s Current Agenda

28/10/2005

UN Must Appoint more Women to Senior Levels in UN Peace Operations, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Council Anniversary Debate

28/10/2005

“Special Event” of UN Economic and Social Council Is Told Hunger Transcends All Main Causes of Loss of Lives in Africa

28/10/2005

UNODC Urges NGOs to Get more Involved in Fight against Corruption

27/10/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Terror Bombing in Israeli Market

27/10/2005

Secretary-General, Addressing Meeting on Aid to Quake-Affected Communities, Calls for Dramatic Escalation in Funding, Logistics, Manpower

27/10/2005

Women’s Participation Vital to Peace Processes, Security Council to Be Told

27/10/2005

Security Council Briefed by Chairmen of Three Anti-Terrorism Committees; Status of Reporting, Technical Assistance, among Issues Addressed

27/10/2005

United Nations Increases Pakistan Appeal by $238 Million

27/10/2005

Explosive Remnants of War Hinder Development, Assistant Secretary-General Says as Fourth Committee Begins Debate on Assistance in Mine Action

27/10/2005

Managing Inequalities of Globalization a Core Concern in Meeting Challenges of Development, Second Committee Told

27/10/2005

General Assembly Designates Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims, Invites States to Implement Measures to Improve Global Road Safety

27/10/2005

Heads of Principal UN Organs Hold Seventh Meeting

27/10/2005

Secretary-General Presents Budget Proposals to Fifth Committee; Stresses Its Pivotal Role in Transforming Organization, Enabling Flexible Management

27/10/2005

Secretary-General Commends Iraqis on Approval of Constitution, Hopes Historic Event Will Mark Milestone on Iraq’s Path to Democracy

27/10/2005

Impact of HIV/AIDS on Children “One of the Cruellest Tragedies of Our Time”, Secretary-General Says at Launch of New UN Campaign

27/10/2005

Secretary-General, in Message to Bonn Ceremony, Pays Tribute to Remarkable Intellect, Energy, Passion of Joke Waller-Hunter

27/10/2005

Head Investigator into Killing of Former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri Briefs Security Council, Describes “Converging Evidence” of Syrian Involvement

27/10/2005

Security Council Committee Removes One Individual from Consolidated List

27/10/2005

UN Reports Relief Agencies Race to Reach Survivors in Pakistan before Winter Arrives

27/10/2005

Fourth Committee in Consensus Approval of Draft Resolutions on “Question of Tokelau”, Peaceful Uses of Outer Space

27/10/2005

UNIS Vienna Discusses United Nations Role in Meeting Global Security Challenges at Conference in Bratislava

27/10/2005

High Commissioner Louise Arbour Briefs Third Committee on Efforts to Better Assist States to Respond to Human Rights Challenges

27/10/2005

Right of State to Expel Aliens Must Be Reviewed in Context of Other Factors, Assembly’s Legal Committee Is Told

27/10/2005

Private-Public Partnerships Could Help Reduce 90 Per Cent of World Poverty, World Economic Forum Official Says in Second Committee Presentation

27/10/2005

Prevention of Outer Space Arms Race, Mediterranean Security among Issues, as Disarmament Committee Approves Seven more Texts

27/10/2005

Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones, Bolstering Global Non-Proliferation Regime, among Issues Addressed, as First Committee Approves 21 Draft Texts

27/10/2005

Secretary-General Will Present 2006-2007 Budget Proposal to Fifth Committee 25 October

27/10/2005

General Assembly Takes up Annual Report of ECOSOC, Implementation of Outcomes of UN Conferences, Special Session on Children

27/10/2005

Secretary-General, at Launch of UNICEF’s Global Anti-Aids Campaign, Laments Lack of Basic Safety Information that Could Spare Millions of Children

27/10/2005

Fortieth Session of the Subcommission on Illicit Drug Traffic and Related Matters in the Near and Middle East Concludes its Deliberations

25/10/2005

New Permanent Representative of Canada Presents Credentials

25/10/2005

UNODC Executive Director Hails Extradition of Afghan Trafficker to United States

25/10/2005

Secretary-General’s Remarks at United Nations Day Concert

25/10/2005

Celebrating UN Day “Energizes Us”, Strengthens Bonds, Secretary-General Says at Headquarters Ceremony Marking 60th Anniversary

25/10/2005

Secretary-General, in UN Day Video Message, Says Organization Must Reflect New Age, Respond to Challenges, to Better Serve World’s Peoples

25/10/2005

Greater Sense of Urgency Needed to Tackle Drought, Desertification Issues, Secretary-General Tells States Parties at Nairobi Meeting

25/10/2005

China’s Ongoing Transformation, Leadership, Engagement with UN Give Real Cause for Optimism, Secretary-General Says in Message to Beijing Symposium

25/10/2005

Secretary-General Names Team of Experts to Study Best Ways to Ensure Accountability of United Nations Peacekeepers

25/10/2005

Security Council Presidential Statement Offers Full Support for Start of Political Process to Determine Kosovo’s Future Status

25/10/2005

Huge Challenges Remain as Post-Earthquake Relief Operations in Pakistan Enters Second Week

25/10/2005

Peacekeeping Problems Arise from Unrepresentative Security Council Lacking Will to Act, Delegate Tells Fourth Committee as It Continues Review

25/10/2005

Eradicating Sexual Abuse by Peacekeeping Personnel among Main Concerns Expressed in Fourth Committee Debate on UN Peace Operations

25/10/2005

Speakers in Third Committee Stress Need to Reform National Reporting Process, Working Methods of Human Rights Treaty Bodies

25/10/2005

Lives of Many Poor People Worldwide Determined by Circumstances beyond Their Control, World Back Official Tells Second-Third Committee Panel Discussion

25/10/2005

Fifth Committee Takes up Revised Budget for UN Côte d’Ivoire Operation

25/10/2005

Restoration of Chagall Peace Window Marks 60th Anniversary of United Nations, Centenary of Birth of Dag Hammarskjöld

24/10/2005

60th Anniversary of the United Nations and UN Day Commemorated in Vienna

24/10/2005

Secretary-General Underscores Independence of Hariri Investigation

24/10/2005

Security Council Demands that All Ivorian Signatories, Concerned Parties Comply Immediately with Terms of Peace Agreements Already Signed

24/10/2005

Third Committee Approves Six Draft Resolutions on Disabled Persons, Ageing, Violence against Women, Crime Prevention, Drug Control

24/10/2005

As Efforts to Resolve Causes of Delay Continue, Adoption of Overall Anti-Terrorism Text Is Said to Be Attainable Goal

24/10/2005

UN Pay and Benefits Review, New Contract Framework among Issues, as Budget Committee Debates Civil Service Commission Report

24/10/2005

Economic and Social Council Decides on Theme for 2006 High-Level Segment

21/10/2005

Criticism by Arab League Chief Surprises Secretary-General

21/10/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Afsane Bassir-Pour Lavollay Director of Regional UN Information Centre in Brussels

21/10/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Inga Björk-Klevby of Sweden as Deputy Executive Director Of Un-Habitat

21/10/2005

Under-Secretary-General, in Briefing to Security Council, Stresses Need for Energetic Coordination to Translate Gaza Disengagement into Peace

21/10/2005

Current Peacekeeping Operations Affect Lives of 200 Million People Worldwide, Under-Secretry-General Says in Address to Fourth Committee

21/10/2005

Global Action, Collective Efforts Now Needed More than Ever, Says General Assembly President in Message for UN Day

21/10/2005

Speakers Cite Need to Adopt Declaration on Indigenous Peoples’ Rights, as Third Committee Concludes Discussion of Issue

21/10/2005

Legal Committee Speakers Identify Issues Involved in Effort to Enlarge Protections for United Nations Personnel

21/10/2005

Security for Non-Nuclear-Weapon States, Ballistic Missile Proliferation Addressed in Disarmament Committee Draft Texts

21/10/2005

Member States Tout UN Reform, but Fail to Address Perennial Problem of Delayed Budget Contributions, Fifth Committee Told

21/10/2005

General Assembly Calls for Greater Efforts to Promote Culture of Peace, Foster Dialogue among Civilizations

21/10/2005

General Committee Recommends Inclusion of Item on Observer Status for Hague Conference on Private International Law in Assembly’s Agenda

21/10/2005

Deputy Secretary-General, in Address to Occidental College Symposium, Stresses Need to Keep Working on Outstanding World Summit Issues

21/10/2005

In Message to Mark United Nations Day, Secretary-General Says Organization Must Reflect New Age, Respond to Its Challenges

20/10/2005

Transcript of Press Conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at United Nations Headquarters, 19 October 2005

20/10/2005

Remarks by Secretary-General at Anti-Malaria Concert

20/10/2005

Lack of Adequate Shelter, Inaccessible Communities, Plight of Children among Continuing Concerns in Pakistan Relief Effort

20/10/2005

Respect for Sustainable Development, Human Rights Essential to Eliminating Poverty of Indigenous People, Third Committee Told

20/10/2005

Legal Committee Reviews Efforts to Widen Scope of Convention on Security of United Nations and Associated Personnel

20/10/2005

Information, Communication Technologies Marginalize Poor Countries Instead of Integrating Them into World Economy, Group of 77 Tells Fourth Committee

20/10/2005

Disarmament Committee Text Calls for Early Entry into Force of Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty

20/10/2005

Regional Commissions’ Implementation of Oversight Recommendations Taken up by Budget Committee

20/10/2005

Bratislava to Host International Security Conference

20/10/2005

NGOs from Central and South-Eastern Europe to Discuss Fight Against Human Trafficking, Urban Crime and Corruption

19/10/2005

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to Open Office in Beijing

19/10/2005

Security Council Urges Haiti to Take Necessary Steps to Ensure Holding of 2005 Elections, Following Address by Prime Minister

19/10/2005

Security Council, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1632 (2005), Extends Mandate of Côte d’Ivoire Expert Group until 15 December

19/10/2005

Earthquake Survivors Traumatized as Aftershocks Trigger Further Landslides in Remote, High-Altutude Areas of Northern Pakistan

19/10/2005

Delegates Express Concern over Ever-Expanding Military Use, Weaponization of Outer Space as Fourth Committee Continues General Debate

19/10/2005

Third Committee Concludes Discussion of Promotion, Protection of Children’s Rights

19/10/2005

Fifth Committee Takes Up Scale Setting Member State Contributions to UN Budget

19/10/2005

Fifth Committee Continues Debate on Scale for UN Budget Contributions; Ceiling, Easing Excessive Increases in Assessments among Issues Raised

19/10/2005

United Nations in Focus at Open House Day at the Slovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs

19/10/2005

United Nations Vienna on one Track with Vienna-Budapest Supermarathon Organizers

18/10/2005

World Summit Outcome Represents “A Particular Success for Africa”, Secretary-General Tells African Editors’ Forum

18/10/2005

United States Adopts UNCITRAL Model Law on Cross-Border Insolvency

18/10/2005

Secretary-General Describes Steps under Way on Proposals for Reform of United Nations; Areas of Progress Noted

18/10/2005

Secretary-General’s Statement to Security Council on Cooperation Between United Nations, Regional Organizations

18/10/2005

Secretary-General Pays Tribute to Courage of Iraqi People Who Voted in Referendum, Notes Opportunity to Move away from Violence

18/10/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Arrest Warrants, First from International Criminal Court, as “Powerful Signal around World”

18/10/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Iraq

18/10/2005

Security Council Highlights Need to further Strengthen Cooperation Between UN, Regional Organizations in Maintenance of International Peace, Security

18/10/2005

UN Administrative Tribunal Launches Website

18/10/2005

Using Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes Can Good Contribute to Implementation of Millennium Declaration, Chairman Says, as Fourth Committee Begins Debate

18/10/2005

Fourth Committee, Acting by Consensus, Approves Two Draft Resolutions, Draft Decision as It Concludes Debate on Information Questions

18/10/2005

UN Must Never Lose Sight of Poorest, most Vulnerable, General Assembly President Says in Message in Day for Poverty Eradication

18/10/2005

In Message for World Food Day, General Assembly President Appeals for Support fo Achieve Millennium Goal to Reduce Poverty by Half

18/10/2005

UN Should Step up Efforts to Take Children off Battlefield, Promote “Zero Tolerance” Policy on Violations of Children’s Rights, Third Committee Told

18/10/2005

Legal Committee Speakers Urge Review of Harmful Consequences of UN Sanctions against Countries Not Main Target

18/10/2005

Vienna-Budapest Supermarathon to be Flagged off on 19 October

18/10/2005

World Community Has “Blind Spot” on Grave Threat from Global Trade in Conventional Weapons, Disarmament Committee Told

18/10/2005

UN Financial Situation Shows “Encouraging Signs of Improvement”, but Continued Fragility, Controller Tells Budget Committee

18/10/2005

General Assembly Elects 18 Members to Economic and Social Council for Three-Year Terms Beginning 1 January 2006

17/10/2005

Secretary-General Deeply Saddened at Death of Joke Waller-Hunter, Executive Secretary of UN Climate Change Convention

17/10/2005

Secretary-General, in Remarks to Ibero-American Business, Civic Meeting, Lauds “Great Strides” in Recognizing Market-State Complementarity

17/10/2005

Secretary-General, Addressing Ibero-American Summit, Notes “Delicate Balance” of Tremendous Promise, Urgent Perils in Today’s World

17/10/2005

Press Statement on Liberian Elections by Security Council President

17/10/2005

Security Council Presidential Statement Promises Support Organizing Côte d’Ivoire Elections, to Be Held Not Later than 30 October 2006

17/10/2005

Security Council Condemns Increase in Flow of Weapons to Somalia, Re-Establishes Group Monitoring Arms Embargo for Six Months

17/10/2005

Effects of Poverty, Conflict, Domestic Violence among main Topics of Discussion, as Third Committee Takes up Children’s Rights Issues

17/10/2005

General Assembly Concludes Debate on New Partnership for Africa’s Development, Decade to Roll Back Malaria

17/10/2005

Commitments Made at World Summit Represent Breakthrough in Fight against Poverty, Secretary-General Says in International Day Message

17/10/2005

At Critical Moment in Iraq’s History, Every Vote Counts, Secretary-General Tells Iraqis on National Constitution Day

17/10/2005

Deadline for Côte d’Ivoire Elections Unattainable, African Union Presidency Tells Security Council, as Regional Body Proposes 12-Month Postponement

17/10/2005

Security Council Strongly Condemns Deadly Rebel Attack on African Union Personnel, Expresses Concern over Rising Violence in Darfur

17/10/2005

Need to Bridge “Digital Divide”, Reducing Disadvantage of Developing Countries, Stressed in Assembly’s Fourth Committee

17/10/2005

Social Committee Approves Draft Resolutions on Cooperatives, Volunteers; Concludes Discussion of Women’s Issues

17/10/2005

Panel Calls for Overhaul of International Financial Infrastructure, Better Debt Restructuring in Presentation before Second Committee

17/10/2005

Legally Binding Instrument Needed to Combat Illicit Small-Arms Trade, which Fuels Conflict, Undermines Development, First Committee Told

17/10/2005

Generous International Assistance Required for Africa to Beat “Poverty Trap”, Achieve Development Goals, General Assembly Told

17/10/2005

World Summit Outcome “Real Step Forward” for UN, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Australian Institute for International Affairs

15/10/2005

UNODC Head appoints Olympic Gold Medal Winner Goodwill Ambassador for UN Office on Drugs and Crime

14/10/2005

Soccer Goalpost to Raise Awareness of Millennium Development Goals Among Young Visitors to VIC

14/10/2005

Germany Wins International Danube Art Master Competition

13/10/2005

New Permanent Representative of Georgia Presents Credentials

13/10/2005

World Summit Achieved Concrete, Significant Gains in Human Rights, Rule of Law, Secretary-General Says in Address to Universidade Nova de Lisboa

13/10/2005

Secretary-General Delighted with Conduct of Liberian Elections

13/10/2005

Secretary-General, in Message to Field Staff Union’s Annual Conference, Asks for Cooperation in Implementing World Summit Decisions

13/10/2005

Struggle against Violence Committed in Name of Religion, Secretary-General Urges Orthodox Christians Associated with United Nations

13/10/2005

New Millennium Development Goals Website for Youth to Be Launched on 17 October

13/10/2005

United Nations Agencies Rushing Relief to Pakistan

13/10/2005

Promotion of 2005 World Summit Example of How Changes in Public Information Department Were Paying off, Under-Secretary-General Tells Fourth Committee

13/10/2005

Assembly President, Noting International Day, Calls for Earliest Action on Plan for Natural Disaster Mitigation

13/10/2005

Political Will, Stronger Laws Needed to Tackle Problem of Violence against Women, Assembly’s Social Committee Is Told

13/10/2005

International Trade, Investment, Aid Must Complement Developing-Financing Efforts by Poor Countries, Second Committee Meeting Told

13/10/2005

Outer Space Arms Race now Credible Threat, new Legal Agreement Needed to Block any Possible Weapon Deployment, First Committee Told

12/10/2005

United Nations to Hold Workshop on Space Education and Capacity Building for Sustainable Development

12/10/2005

UN-Portuguese Relations Marked by Close, Fruitful Cooperation on many Fronts, Secretary-General Says on Receiving Freedom Award in Lisbon

12/10/2005

Secretary-General Calls for Partnerships to Build “World without Hunger” in World Food Day Message

12/10/2005

Secretary-General Urges Liberians to Make Full Use of “Precious Right” to Freely Choose Their Leaders

12/10/2005

Transcript of Press Conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at Palais des Nations, Geneva, 10 October 2005

12/10/2005

Security Council Committee Approves Addition of Information Regarding Two Individuals in Al-Qaida Section of Consolidated List

12/10/2005

Fourth Committee Concludes Debate on Decolonization Issues, Approving 10 Draft Texts

12/10/2005

Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment Essential to Vision of World Free from Want, Fear, Third Committee Told, as Discussion of Women’s Issues Begins

12/10/2005

Legal Committee Ends Discussion of Counter-Terrorism Measures; To Receive Group Report on Comprehensive Convention

12/10/2005

Delegates in Second Committee Stress Importance of Developing National, Regional Disaster-Response Capabilities; Creating Conditions for Long-Term Development

12/10/2005

NPT Disarmament Obligations, Nuclear-Weapon Convention, Reducing Nuclear Danger among Issues Addressed in First Committee Texts

12/10/2005

Full Implementation of Chemical Weapons Convention Best Way to Address Risk of Proliferation, Terrorist Acquisition, First Committee Told

12/10/2005

Work of Joint Inspection Unit, Board of Auditors Focus, as Budget Committee Opens Current Session

12/10/2005

Fifth Committee Takes up Revised Budget for UN Haiti Mission

12/10/2005

Innovative UN Partnerships Critical for Achieving Millennium Development Goals, Deputy Secretary-General Tells Philanthropy Conference in Melbourne

11/10/2005

Secretary-General Calls for Full, Peaceful Participation in Liberian Elections

11/10/2005

Deeply Concerned about Upsurge of Violence in Darfur, Sudan, Secretary-General “Strongly Condemns” Killing of African Union Personnel

11/10/2005

Microfinance, Now Important Factor in Poverty Eradication, Should Be Expanded, Secretary-General Tells Geneva Symposium

11/10/2005

Secretary-General, Noting Activation of UN Agencies, Seeks Coordinated, International Response to South Asia Earthquake Disaster

11/10/2005

Secretary-General, Deeply Saddened by South-Asia Earthquake, Says UN Relief Agency in Contact with Concerned Governments on Assistance Plans

11/10/2005

United Nations Emergency Team Assisting Government of Pakistan Following Earthquake

11/10/2005

Morocco, Algeria Face Accusations as Polisario Representative, Ex-Officials Address Fourth Committee Hearing of Petitioners in Decolonization Debate

11/10/2005

New Permanent Representative of Bosnia and Herzegovina Presents Credentials

11/10/2005

Speakers Stress Threats Posed by Transnational Crime, Illicit Drug Trade to International Peace, Development, as Third Committee Concludes Debate

11/10/2005

Speakers Stress Need to Increase Capital Flows to Developing Countries, Reverse Debt Cycle as Second Committee Takes up Macroeconomic Policy Questions

11/10/2005

Failure to Bring Remaining Indictees to Justice Could Cast Dark Shadow over Historic Achievements of Yugoslav Tribunal, General Assembly Told

11/10/2005

General Assembly Elects Congo, Ghana, Peru, Qatar, Slovakia to Two-Year Terms on Security Council, Beginning 1 January 2006

11/10/2005

United Nations Office for Outer Space Affairs Emphasizes Role of Satellite Technology in Disaster Reduction

11/10/2005

Crime Is both Cause, Consequence of Poverty, Third Committee Told as It Begins Discussion of Crime Prevention, International Drug Control

10/10/2005

Secretary-General Expresses Deep Concern at Situation of Refugees Trying to Cross from Morocco into Spain

10/10/2005

Failures in Multilateral Security Mechanisms Raise Nuclear Proliferation Risks, Diminish Prospects for Nuclear Disarmament, First Committee Told

10/10/2005

Petitioners in Fourth Committee Commend United Nations Actions on Western Sahara, but Say It Has Failed to Deliver on Referendum

10/10/2005

Delighted Secretary-General Congratulates Nobel Prize-Winning UN Tandem

10/10/2005

Agreed Definition of Term “Terrorism” Said to Be Needed for Consensus on Completing Comprehensive Convention against It

10/10/2005

Successful National Growth Strategies Require Experimentation, Unconventional Solutions, Keynote Speaker Says in Address to Second Committee

07/10/2005

Secretary-General to UNHCR Executive Committee: World Summit Made Remarkable Commitment to Humanitarian Community

07/10/2005

Secretary-General Saddened by Deadly Impact of Floods in Mexico, Central America

07/10/2005

Secretary-General Calls on Eritrea to Reverse Flight Restrictions on UN Mission

07/10/2005

New WHO Report Urges Global Effort against Chronic Diseases

07/10/2005

Easing Plight of Elderly Poor Should Be Part of Millennium Goals, DPI/NGO Briefing Is Told

07/10/2005

Representatives of Member States, Non-Self-Governing Territories, Petitioners Address Fourth Committee, as It Continues General Debate on Decolonization

07/10/2005

Legal Committee, Reviewing Issues on Completion of Overall Anti-Terrorism Treaty, Notes Outstanding Differences

07/10/2005

Growth of Global Military Spending, Relationship between Disarmament, Development Focus of Debate in Disarmament Committee

07/10/2005

General Assembly Reviews Global Action Plan on Youth, Urges Governments to Boost Opportunities for Young People, more Effectively Address Their Concerns

07/10/2005

Challenges Facing Young People Underline Need to Achieve Millennium Goals, Deputy Secretary-General Says at General Assembly Commemoration Meeting

06/10/2005

Secretary-General Saddened by Brutal Murder of UN Security Officer in Somalia, Calls on Somali Authorities to Bring Perpetrators to Justice

06/10/2005

Security Council Extends Mission in Democratic Republic of Congo for One Month, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1628 (2005)

06/10/2005

States Committed to Copenhagen Goals, but Many Far from Being Realized, Third Committee Told as Discussion of Social Development Continues

06/10/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Incursion by Armed Elements into Democratic Republic of Congo

06/10/2005

Migrant Labour Key to Economic Success in Both Developed, Developing Worlds, Secretary-General Says as Global Commission Launches Report

06/10/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Klaus M. Leisinger of Germany as Special Advisor on Global Compact

06/10/2005

Security Council Expresses Grave Concern at Decision of Eritrea to Restrict Flights of UN Mission Helicopters

06/10/2005

Fourth Committee Speakers, Opening General Debate on Decolonization, Welcome Progress on Issue of Tokelau, Note Imminent Referendum

06/10/2005

Delegates Stress Need for Greater Focus on Concerns of Disabled Persons, Youth, Elderly, as Third Committee Concludes Debate on Social Issues

06/10/2005

Palestinian Rights Committee Approves Annual Report, Forwards Recommendations on Middle East Peace Process to General Assembly

06/10/2005

Unstable Commodity Prices, Limited Markets, Subsidies among Impediments Blocking Poor Countries’ Access to Vital Trade, Second Committee Told

06/10/2005

World Community Unable to Grasp Gravity of Existing, Emerging Disarmament, Non-Proliferation Threats, First Committee Told

06/10/2005

Global Community Could Not Gloss over Breakdown in Disarmament, Non-Proliferation Negotiations at World Summit, Pakistan Tells First Committee

06/10/2005

In Round-Table Discussion, Youth from around World Consider Roles in Global Economy, Civil Society

05/10/2005

New Permanent Representative of Kyrgyzstan Presents Credentials

05/10/2005

Secretary-General Reiterates UN Commitment to Strengthening Cooperation with Central African States

05/10/2005

Health Systems Need Holistic Approach Addressing both Physical, Mental Dimensions, Secretary-General Says in Message for World Mental Health Day

05/10/2005

Secretary-General to Receive Report of Special Envoy on Comprehensive Review of Kosovo Today

05/10/2005

Security Council Deplores Failure of Foreign Armed Group to Disarm, Repatriate Combatants from Democratic Republic of Congo

05/10/2005

Security Council Condemns “Heinous Act of Terrorism” in Bali, Underlines Need to Bring Those Responsible to Justice

05/10/2005

Legal Committee Members Stress Need to Upgrade Commercial Laws for Cross-Border Transactions

05/10/2005

Speakers in Second Committee Highlight Hazards of Climate Change, Natural Disasters, High Oil Prices for Countries with Special Needs

05/10/2005

General Assembly Authorizes Judge to Participate in Yugoslav Tribunal Case, before Elected Term of Office Begins

04/10/2005

UNODC Teams with Government of Cape Verde and European Commission to Combat Crime and Narco-Trafficking

04/10/2005

New Permanent Representative of Hungary Presents Credentials

04/10/2005

Equality Should Be at Forefront of Socio-Economic Policymaking, Third Committee Told at Beginning of Debate on Social Issues

04/10/2005

Deputy Secretary-General, at Headquarters Pledging Conference, Urges States to Give Generously to Sierra Leone Special Court

04/10/2005

Secretary-General, in International Day Message, Calls for Investment in Poverty Reduction, Disaster Prevention, after Year of Profound Lessons

04/10/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Attacks in Bali

04/10/2005

Security Council Committee Adds Seven Individuals to Al-Qaida Section of Consolidated List

04/10/2005

Tunis “Summit of Solutions” Now in Sight

04/10/2005

New Permanent Representative of Denmark Presents Credentials

04/10/2005

Assembly’s Legal Committee, Beginning Substantive Work, Takes Up Report of UN International Trade Law Commission

04/10/2005

Global Economy Declined in 2005 Compared to Last Year, Under-Secretary-General Says in Statement to Second Committee as It Begins General Debate

04/10/2005

World Community “Stumbling” in Facing Disarmament, Non-Proliferation Challenges, Under-Secretary-General Tells First Committee

03/10/2005

Youth Issues in Spotlight at United Nations 3-7 October

03/10/2005

Yashar Aliyev of Azerbaijan Fourth Committee Chairman

03/10/2005

Jan Eliasson of Sweden President of Sixtieth UN General Assembly

03/10/2005

Juan Antonio Yanez-Barñuevo Chairman of Sixth Committee

03/10/2005

John William Ashe of Antigua and Barbuda Fifth Committee Chairman

03/10/2005

Francis Butagira of Uganda Third Committee Chairman

03/10/2005

Aminu Bashir Wali of Nigeria Second Committee Chairman

03/10/2005

Y.J Choi of Republic of Korea First Committee Chairman

03/10/2005

Secretary-General Appalled by Series of Baghdad Bombings, Urges Iraqis Not to Be Deterred by Violence

03/10/2005

Secretary-General Alarmed by Escalating Darfur Violence

03/10/2005

President of United Nations Security Council and Chairman of Military Staff Committee in October

03/10/2005

Security Council Decides Judge Can Participate in Case Due to Commence 3 October before Former Yugoslavia Tribunal

03/10/2005

Tentative Schedule of Meetings of United Nations Bodies in October 2005

03/10/2005

Discovery and Imagination: United Nations to Celebrate World Space Week 2005

30/11/2005

Rebuilding War-Torn Afghanistan, Achieving Peaceful Settlement of Palestinian Question Focus of General Assembly Debates

30/11/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Start of New Darfur Peace Talks

30/11/2005

Opening of Rafah Crossing a New Opportunity, Secretary-General Says in Remarks Marking International Day of Solidarity with Palestinian People

30/11/2005

Recent Agreement on Rafah Crossing “New Opportunity” for Cooperation Says Secretary-General, at Palestinian Solidarity Day Observance

30/11/2005

Secretary-General, in World AIDS Day Message, Describes Halting Pandemic as Prerequisite for Reaching other Millennium Development Goals

30/11/2005

Ad Hoc Body Elaborating Comprehensive Convention on Terrorism to Reconvene Early Next Year, Sixth Committee Decides

30/11/2005

Secretary-General Seeks $4.7 Billion for Twenty-Six Humanitarian Crises in 2006

29/11/2005

Secretary-General, in Message to Mark Day of Solidarity with Palestinians, Reiterates Call for Renewed Action on Road Map Obligations

29/11/2005

Secretary-General Urges Destruction of Mine Stockpiles, in Message to Sixth Meeting of States Parties to Anti-Landmine Convention

29/11/2005

Tourism Can Help Poorest, but Careful Management Needed to Prevent Harmful Effects, Says Secretary-General, in Message to Dakar Meeting

29/11/2005

“Our Common Humanity Must Triumph over Perceived Differences”, Says Secretary-General, in Message to Alliance of Civilizations Meeting

29/11/2005

Secretary-General Deeply Disappointed by Myanmar’s Extension of Detention for Daw Aung San Suu Kyi

29/11/2005

Secretary-General Pleased by Opening of Gaza-Egypt Border Crossing, Hopes Cooperation Will Mark other Disengagement Issues

29/11/2005

General Assembly Hears Calls for Improved Understanding, Protection of World’s Marine Environment, Sustainable Fishing Practices

29/11/2005

Montreal Conference on Climate Change Begins with Strong Calls for Action

29/11/2005

Fourth United Nations-Republic of Korea Joint Conference on Disarmament, Non-Proliferation Issues Set for 1-3 December

29/11/2005

Palestinian Rights Committee to Meet 29 November to Mark International Day of Solidarity

28/11/2005

Disarmament and Arms Control Processes Can Impact Human Security Positively, Secretary-General Tells Parties to Certain Conventional Weapons Convention

28/11/2005

156 States Parties to Kyoto Protocol to Hold First ever Historic Meeting at UN Climate Change Conference in Montreal, 28 November – 9 December

24/11/2005

Second Committee Approves Draft Proposal Asking General Assembly to Take Note of Report on Efforts to Develop Comprehensive ICT Strategy

24/11/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Nepal Understanding Aimed at Restoring Multiparty Democracy, Ready to Assist in Resolving Conflict

24/11/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates Liberia’s Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf as Africa’s First Woman Head of State, Following Elections Commission Announcement

24/11/2005

Secretary-General Calls for Closer Cooperation in Message to Conference on Amended Protocol II to Convention on Certain Conventional Weapons

24/11/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Incidents along Blue Line Separating Israel, Lebanon

24/11/2005

Security Council Presidential Statement Congratulates Afghanistan on Confirmation of Parliamentary, Provincial Council Election Results

24/11/2005

UNODC Executive Director Reveals Cannabis Cultivation in Afghanistan

24/11/2005

Security Council Demands Eritrea End Restriction on Mission, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1640 (2005)

24/11/2005

Human Rights in Democratic Republic of Congo, Elimination of Racism, Globalization Addressed in Third Committee Texts

24/11/2005

General Assembly Adopts New Convention on Use of Electronic Communications in International Contracting

24/11/2005

General Assembly Adopts Resolution Appropriating Funds to Boost Financing of Peace Operations in Côte d’Ivoire, Haiti

23/11/2005

General Assembly Presidents Council Meets with Association of Permanent Representatives in New York to Discuss UN Reform, 2005 Summit Outcome

23/11/2005

Secretary-General Deplores Exchange of Fire across “Blue Line” Separating Israel-Lebanon, Appeals for Calm

23/11/2005

Secretary-General, in Message on International Day, Says Violence against Women Atrocious Manifestation of Continued Systematic Discrimination, Inequality

23/11/2005

Third Committee, Taking Action on 3 Draft Resolutions, Approves Text Expressing Deep Concern over Human Rights Situation in Uzbekistan

23/11/2005

Risk Assessment, Host Country Relations, Recruitment among Issues Addressed, as Budget Committee Concludes Discussion on UN Security Management

22/11/2005

School Children Design a Mars Base for the United Nations

22/11/2005

Make Jobs, Education, Services Available to Those with Disabilities, Says Secretary-General in Message for International Day of Disabled Persons

22/11/2005

Secretary-General Lauds Arab League on Holding of Iraq Talks

22/11/2005

Relief, Recovery, Reconstruction Efforts Must Be Carried out in Parallel, Secretary-General Tells Donor Conference on Post-Quake Rehabilitation

22/11/2005

Security Council Authorizes European Union Force in Bosnia and Herzegovina for further 12 Months, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1639 (2005)

22/11/2005

Security Council Working Group to End Grave Violations of Children in Armed Conflict Holds Landmark First Meeting

22/11/2005

World Summit Hailed as Resounding Success; Consensus, Commitment Pave Way to more Equitable Information Society

22/11/2005

Human Rights in Turkmenistan, Defamation of Religion Addressed in Texts Approved by Third Committee

22/11/2005

General Assembly’s Social Committee, after Detailed Debate, Approves Range of Texts Related to Human Rights

22/11/2005

Budget Committee Approves Financing for Sudan Mission, Begins Consideration of UN Security System

22/11/2005

Council of General Assembly Presidents Welcome 2005 World Summit’s Agreement on UN Reform Package

21/11/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Brutal Iraq Terrorist Attacks

21/11/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Dirk J. Bruinsma of Netherlands as Deputy Secretary-General of UNCTAD

21/11/2005

Budget Committee Takes up $1.2 Billion Financing Proposal for Democratic Republic of Congo Mission

18/11/2005

Third Committee Approves Six Draft Resolutions on Social Development, Women’s Issues, Disabled Persons, Indigenous People, Crime Prevention

18/11/2005

Palestinian Refugee Agency Still Faces Major Challenges as Situation in Occupied Territories Worsens, Commissioner-General Tells Fourth Committee; Presenting Annual Report, He Cites Israeli Military Operations, Funding Shortfalls

18/11/2005

Secretary-General Calls for Enhanced Regional Integration in Message to Mark African Industrialization Day

18/11/2005

Palestinian Self-Determination, Human Rights in Democratic People’s Republic of Korea Addressed in Texts Approved by Third Committee

18/11/2005

Private Sector Willing to Contribute towards Millennium Goals, but Business Still Its Primary Role, Second Committee Panel Discussion Hears

18/11/2005

United Nations Holds Space Law Workshop in Nigeria

17/11/2005

Worldwide Access to Uncensored Objective Information

17/11/2005

“One Laptop per Child” Initiative Moving Expression of Global Solidarity, Corporate Citizenship, Secretary-General Says at Tunis Media Event

17/11/2005

“Summit of Solutions” Must Push forward Outcome of September World Summit, Says Secretary-General in Remarks to Tunis Information Society Opening Plenary

17/11/2005

Secretary-General Deeply Concerned by Reported Abuse of Iraqi Detainees

17/11/2005

Afghan President Meets with INCB President to Assess Progress against Drugs

17/11/2005

Secretary-General Calls on Donors Gathered in Jordan to Increase Support to UN Agency Aiding Palestine Refugees

17/11/2005

Secretary-General Highlights Immense Stature, Influence of Electronic Media in Remarks to Tunis Forum

17/11/2005

UN Launches Global Initiative for ICT in Parliament at Information Society Summit

17/11/2005

Role of Partnerships Remains Key to Success of World Summit on Information Society

17/11/2005

Legal Committee, Recommending New Protocol, Seeks Broader Protection for United Nations, Associated Personnel Serving on Peace Missions

17/11/2005

Delegates Stress Importance of National Ownership, Strategies as Second Committee Considers Role of Global Partnerships as Catalysts for Development

17/11/2005

United Nations Organizes Workshop on the International Heliophysical Year 2007

16/11/2005

Secretary-General, in Message to Vienna Meeting, Urges Dialogue among Great Religions, Saying Diversity “Is a Precious Gift, Not a Threat”

16/11/2005

UN Vienna Civil Society Award Winners to Receive Prizes on 21 November

16/11/2005

Afghan President Meets with UNODC Executive Director to Assess Progress against Drugs

16/11/2005

Students to Discuss the Future of the United Nations after the 2005 World Summit

16/11/2005

Principles on Right to Reparations for Victims of Gross Human Rights Violations Approved by Third Committee

16/11/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Albert Rohan of Austria as Deputy to Special Envoy for Future Status Process for Kosovo

16/11/2005

Text Approved by Assembly’s Social Committee Would Enhance Human Rights, Fundamental Freedoms for Girls

16/11/2005

Secretary-General Provides Clarifications on Case of Joseph Stephanides

16/11/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Agreement on Gaza-Egypt Border Crossing

16/11/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Former President Martti Ahtisaari of Finland as Special Envoy for Future Status Process for Kosovo

16/11/2005

Bosnia and Herzegovina Ready to Enter “Post Dayton” Era Just 10 Years after Brutal War, High Representative Tells Security Council

16/11/2005

Security Council Briefed on 4-11 November Mission to Central Africa

15/11/2005

Governments, Private Sector, Civil Society to Gather in Tunis, 16-18 November, for Summit on Information Technology and Society

15/11/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Continuous Kabul Suicide Bombings

15/11/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Shamil Idriss Deputy Director of Office of Alliance of Civilizations

15/11/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Tomas Mastnak Director of Office of Alliance of Civilizations

15/11/2005

Concluding Session, Fourth Committee Takes Action on Situation of Palestinians, Israeli Practices in Occupied Territories

15/11/2005

Speakers Stress Need to Help Developing Countries Build Human Resources, Jobs, Business Skills for Women as Second Committee Takes up Poverty Eradication

15/11/2005

Budget Estimates for ECOSOC Decisions, Administrative Expenses for Pension Fund among Issues Taken up in Fifth Committee

15/11/2005

General Assembly Calls for further Strengthening United Nations Humanitarian Capacity to Assist Millions of Disaster Victims Worldwide

14/11/2005

Islam in a Pluralistic World: United Nations Secretary-General Calls for Unity in Addressing Extremism in All Faiths

14/11/2005

Qatar Partners with United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

14/11/2005

UNODC Head Urges World’s Top Law Officers to Take Lead in Securing Rule of Law

14/11/2005

Secretary-General Calls for Active Effort to Learn about Each Other, In Message to Mark International Day of Tolerance

14/11/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Ethiopia and Eritrea

14/11/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Liberia

14/11/2005

Security Council Includes Former President’s Apprehension, Transfer to Special Court in Mandate of United Nations Mission in Liberia

14/11/2005

Second Committee Approves Text Urging Reconstruction, Rehabilitation Aid to Help Somalia Overcome Effects of Civil War, Drought, Tsunami

14/11/2005

Speakers Call for More Representative, Democratic, Accountable Security Council, as General Assembly Concludes Two-Day Debate

14/11/2005

Contributions Promised by 21 Member States at 2005 Pledging Conference for United Nations Development Activities

11/11/2005

New Permanent Representative of Guinea Presents Credentials

11/11/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Baghdad Suicide Bombing, Appalled by Continued Indiscriminate Killing of Innocent Civilians

11/11/2005

Security Council Presidential Statement Condemns in Strongest Terms 9 November Terrorist Bombings in Amman, Jordan

11/11/2005

Assembly’s Special Political Committee Receives Series of Draft Texts on Situation of Palestinians in Occupied Territories

11/11/2005

Palestinian Rights Committee Marks Its Thirtieth Anniversary; Delegates Commend Work, Regret Lack of Progress

11/11/2005

Statement on 30th Anniversary of Inalienable Rights Committee Notes “Decades of Failed Efforts to Resolve Question of Palestine”

11/11/2005

Implementing Brussels Plan on Least Developed Countries Worries Delegates in Second Committee as It Considers States in Special Situations

11/11/2005

General Assembly Resumes Decade-Old Debate on Crafting Security Council more Reflective of Modern Geopolitical Realities

11/11/2005

Though Imperfect, United Nations Has Unique Worldwide Legitimacy, Capacity to Deliver, Deputy Secretary-General Says in Davey Lecture on Reform

11/11/2005

A Globalizing World: International Photography Exhibition to Be Held at Vienna International Centre

11/11/2005

Turkey a Major Donor to United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime

11/11/2005

United Nations Co-organizes Workshop on Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems

10/11/2005

Secretary-General, Presenting 2006-2007 Budget, Says “Business As Usual” No Longer an Option for UN, in Current Environment

10/11/2005

In War on Terror, many Countries Violating Human Rights Standards, Third Committee Told

10/11/2005

Secretary-General Warns of Massive Second Wave of Death without Stepped up Efforts to Assist South Asia Earthquake Victims

10/11/2005

Concern Expressed over Increasing Extrabudgetary Funding of UN Activities, as Fifth Committee Continues Debate on 2006-2007 Budget Proposal

10/11/2005

Security Council Condemns Assassination Attempt against Somali Prime Minister, Says any Use of Force During Transition Unacceptable

10/11/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Terrorist Bombings in Amman, Jordan, Underscoring Need for Collective Action against “Scourge”

10/11/2005

Secretary-General, in Video Message to Bilbao Meeting on Information Society, Stresses Key Role of Local Authorities in Addressing Digital Divide

10/11/2005

Security Council Approves Transfer of Funds from Monitoring Body Escrow Account to Settle Iraqi Arrears with Atomic Energy Agency

10/11/2005

UN Says more Resources Needed to Support Government of Pakistan Acute Diarrhoea Outbreaks Reported in Spontaneous Camps

10/11/2005

Rise of Intolerance Clear Danger for Peace, Social Cohesion Refugee High Commissioner Tells Third Committee

10/11/2005

General Assembly Asked to Seek Enhanced Efforts by United States, as Host Country, on Issue of Entry Visas for UN Diplomats

10/11/2005

As Second Committee Considers Operational Activities for Development, Delegates Voice Concern over Growing Reliance of UN Agencies on Supplementary Funding

10/11/2005

Budget Committee Concludes Discussion on Role of Committee for Programme and Coordination

10/11/2005

Deputy Secretary-General Congratulates Member States on Milestone of 100th Ratification of Rome Statute of International Criminal Court

09/11/2005

Despite International Commitment in Durban Declaration, Denial of Rights Still Widespread, Assembly’s Social Committee Told

09/11/2005

Secretary-General, in Cairo Lecture, Describes “Burning Sense of Justice” of Nadia Younes, Egyptian UN Official Killed in 2003 Baghdad Bombing

09/11/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Brutal Attacks on Three Defence Counsels to Iraqi Criminal Tribunal

09/11/2005

Security Council Extends Mandate of Iraq Multinational Force until End of 2006, Unanimouisly Adopting Resolution 1637 (2005)

09/11/2005

Providing Alternative Livelihoods Focus of 84th Session of the International Narcotics Control Board

09/11/2005

Fourth Committee Approves Text Urging Assistance for Mine-Affected Countries; Recommending 4 April as International Day of Mine Awareness

09/11/2005

Simplifying, Harmonizing UN System Travel Practices Subject of Debate in Budget Committee

09/11/2005

General Assembly, for Fourteenth Straight Year, Adopts Text on Ending Decades-Old United States Embargo against Cuba

09/11/2005

Importance of Inclusive Financial Sector for Poverty Reduction Underlined, as Chair of Advisors to International Year of Microcredit Closes Forum

08/11/2005

General Assembly Reaffirms Strong Support for Nobel Prize-Winning International Atomic Energy Agency, Director General ElBaradei

08/11/2005

General Assembly, Concurrently with Security Council, Elects Five Members to International Court of Justice

08/11/2005

Despite Some Positive Changes, Human Rights Situation of Palestinians Still “Dire”, Assembly’s Special Political Committee Told

08/11/2005

Sustainable Peace Best Defence against Degradation, Secretary-General Says in Message to Mark Day for Preventing Wartime Exploitation of Environment

08/11/2005

Secretary-General Pleased with Arrangements for Liberian Run-Off Election

08/11/2005

Security Council, Acting Concurrently with General Assembly, Elects Five Members to International Court of Justice

08/11/2005

Princess, at Opening of Two-Day Forum, Lauds International Year of Microcredit as Huge Step in Providing Vital Financial Services to Poor

08/11/2005

Acceptance of Multiculturalism at Heart of Global Fight against Discrimination, Third Committee Told

08/11/2005

Poland Commemorates 25 Years of the Solidarność Movement at the United Nations, Vienna

07/11/2005

Largest Optical Telescope in Southern Hemisphere to Be Inaugurated in South Africa

04/11/2005

Stockpiling Antiviral Medicines Not a Strategy to Fight Avian Flu, Secretary-General Says in Address to Time Global Health Summit

04/11/2005

Impetus for Change in Arab World Must Come Primarily from Within, Secretary-General Says at King Hussein Foundation Dinner

04/11/2005

Security Council Committee Approves Addition of Information Regarding One Entity in Al-Qaida Section of Consolidated List

04/11/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Ethiopia and Eritrea

04/11/2005

UN International Law Appreciation Programme for Young Lawyers Said to Have Positive Impact for Goals of World Body

04/11/2005

Speakers Underscore Link between Climate Change, Growing Number of Natural Disasters as Second Committee Concludes Sustainable Development Debate

04/11/2005

Budget Committee Recommends Appointments to Five Subsidiary Bodies

04/11/2005

General Assembly Urges States to Observe Olympic Truce during Upcoming Winter Games in Italy, Use Sport as Tool for Development

04/11/2005

Preparedness Plans, Vaccine Development, Farmer Compensation Called for, as ECOSOC Holds Special Event on “Urgent, Global” Threat from Avian Flu

04/11/2005

UN Forum Aims to Increase Global Financial Access, Honours Nine Microentrepreneurs at Headquarters 7–9 November

04/11/2005

Secretary-General Concerned by Ethiopia, Eritrea Troop Movements, Urges Restraint, Steps to Defuse Escalating Tension

04/11/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Rajat Gupta as Special Adviser for Management Reform

04/11/2005

New Leadership of UNRWA Has Led to Better Working Relationship, Delegate of Israel Tells Special Political Committee

04/11/2005

Third Committee Approves Texts on Social Development, Advancement of Women, Crime Prevention, Drug Control

04/11/2005

Reservations to Treaties Said to Be Useful Expression of Will in World of Growing Interdependence, but Still Diverse

04/11/2005

Budget Committee Debates Role of Committee for Programme and Coordination

04/11/2005

Geographic Distribution of UN Staff, Transparency of Hiring Practices among Issues in Budget Committee Human Resources Management Debate

04/11/2005

Need for Increased Funding, Greater International Cooperation Emphasized, as Second Committee Begins Discussion of Sustainable Development

02/11/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Designation of International Day for Holocaust Commemoration

02/11/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Yash Ghai of Kenya as Special Representative for Human Rights in Cambodia

02/11/2005

Security Council Committee Issues List of Individuals and Entities Subject to Measures Imposed by Resolution 1596 (2005)

02/11/2005

President of United Nations Security Council and Chairman of Military Staff Committee in November

02/11/2005

Tentative Schedule of Meetings of United Nations Bodies in November 2005

02/11/2005

General Assembly Decides to Designate 27 January as Annual International Day of Commemoration to Honour Holocaust Victims

02/11/2005

Fourth Committee Concludes General Debate on Effects of Atomic Radiation, Adopts Related Draft Resolution without Vote

02/11/2005

Move to Accord Diplomatic Protection to Stateless Persons, Refugees Is Commended by Speakers in Assembly’s Legal Committee

02/11/2005

Work of International Law Body Is Praised as Legal Committee Begins Debate on Annual Report; Nine Major Topics for Review

02/11/2005

Establishment of “Final Authority” Suggested for Treaty Drafters to Decide Validity of Reservations by States

02/11/2005

Second Committee Unanimously Approves Texts on Humanitarian Aid for Ethiopia; Rehabilitation, Economic Development of Kazakhstan’s Semipalatinsk Region

02/11/2005

Transparency in Arms, Preserving Antarctica, Disarmament Commission Work Programme Addressed in First Committee Texts, as Session Concludes

02/11/2005

Compliance with Disarmament Agreements, Follow-up to NPT Review Conference Obligations Addressed in First Committee Texts

02/11/2005

Fifth Committee Takes up Budget Implications of Proposed Holocaust Remembrance

02/11/2005

Opium Cultivation in Myanmar Falls again in 2005 but UNODC Executive Director Concerned about Poverty among Farmers

01/11/2005

New Permanent Representative of Cuba Presents Credentials

01/11/2005

Secretary-General Urges Bolivians to Find Solution to Political Impasse on Elections

01/11/2005

Secretary-General Remains Deeply Concerned about Humanitarian Situation in Zimbabwe

01/11/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Terrorist Bombings in New Delhi

01/11/2005

Secretary-General Calls on All Ivorians to Continue Working for Peace

01/11/2005

Security Council Condemns Bombings in New Delhi, in Presidential Statement

01/11/2005

Security Council Unanimously Endorses Findings of Investigation Into Murder of Rafik Hariri, Calls for Syria’s full, Unconditional Cooperation

01/11/2005

Proposed Human Rights Council Must Be Broadly Based, Avoiding Politicization of Past, Assembly’s Social Committee Told

01/11/2005

Third Committee Approves Two Draft Resolutions on Advancement Of Women, Continues Dialogue with Human Rights Experts

01/11/2005

Assembly’s Legal Committee Commends International Court of Justice for Continued Role in Determining Rule of Global Law

01/11/2005

Second Committee Delegates Stress Need for Hong Kong Trade Talks to Focus on Eliminating Barriers, Ending Subsidies, Levelling Playing Field

01/11/2005

Strengthened Steps to Address Threat from “Radiological Terrorism” Called for in Disarmament Committee Draft Resolution

30/12/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Jordan Ryan of United States as Deputy Special Representative for Liberia

30/12/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Victor da Silva Angelo of Portugal as Executive Representative for UN Integrated Office for Sierra Leone

30/12/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Establishment of Independent Team to Evaluate Iraq Election Complaints

30/12/2005

Secretary-General Reaffirms UN Determination to Restore Peace in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo

29/12/2005

Secretary-General Deplores Rocket Attack from Lebanon into Israel

28/12/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes France’s Levy on Airline Tickets to Benefit Health Sector of Developing Countries

28/12/2005

One Year after Tsunami, Secretary-General Urges World Community to Keep Working together on Recovery “For as Long as It Takes”

28/12/2005

Seceretary-General Welcomes Adoption of 2006-2007 Budget

28/12/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Tom Koenigs of Germany as Special Representative for Afghanistan

28/12/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Marek Belka of Poland as Executive Secretary of Economic Commission for Europe

28/12/2005

Security Council Committee Revised Its Guidelines

28/12/2005

Timely, Effective Implementation of World Summit Outcome Will Be Most Valuable Contribution to Revitalizing General Assembly, Says Assembly President

28/12/2005

Creation of Peacebuilding Commission, Emergency Response Fund Highlights, as 60th General Assembly Takes First Steps towards Major UN Reform

28/12/2005

General Assembly Adopts 2006-2007 Budget of $3.79 Billion, as Main Part of Sixtieth Session Concludes

28/12/2005

Secretary-General Congratulates Democratic Republic of Congo for Successful Constitutional Referendum

28/12/2005

Fifth Committee Recommends $3.79 Billion 2006-2007 Budget; Provision Places Limit on First-Year Spending Authority

28/12/2005

General Assembly Calls for Timely Conclusion to Negotiations on Doha Agenda, as It Adopts 38 Texts Recommended by Its Second Committee

22/12/2005

Security Council Unanimously Adopts Text Renewing Mandate of United Nations Disengagement Observer Force

22/12/2005

Security Council Text Demands that Foreign Fighters in Democratic Republic of Congo Disarm by 15 January or Face Sanctions

22/12/2005

Transcript of Press Conference by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at United Nations Headquarters, 21 December 2005

22/12/2005

Security Council Extends Mandate of UN Operation in Burundi until 1 July 2006, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1650 (2005)

22/12/2005

In Presidential Statement, Security Council Reviews Counter-Terrorism Mechanisms

22/12/2005

Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1651 (2005), Security Council Extends Mandate of Expert Monitoring Panel Concerning Violations in Darfur

22/12/2005

Symbolic Unity of “Spirit of the East” Exhibit Heartens Secretary-General

22/12/2005

Fifth Committee Takes up Budget Implications of 2006 Meeting to Assess Process of Global Response to HIV/AIDS

22/12/2005

Fifth Committee Informs General Assembly Creation of Peacebuilding Commission Will Not Entail Additional Expenditures Under 2006-2007 Budget

22/12/2005

New Fund Enables United Nations to Offer Rapid Assistance in Crisis Situations

21/12/2005

In Presidential Statement, Security Council Reaffirms "Vital Importance" of United Nations'' Role in Post-Conflict Reconciliation; Over 40 Speakers Share Views during Day-Long Debate

21/12/2005

Concerned by "Difficult Situation" in Sri Lanka, Secretary-General Hopes Peace Talk Can Resume in Near Future

21/12/2005

Secretary General Praises Ghana''s "Steadfast", 40-Year Commitment to UN Peacekeeping, in Message to Inauguration of Accra Centre

21/12/2005

Secretary-General Strongly Condemns Murderous Attack in Darfur

21/12/2005

Secretary-General Calls Endorsement of Peacebuilding Commission a Turning Point in Remarks Following Historic Event

21/12/2005

Secretary-General Accepts, “With Great Regret”, Decision of Special Adviser Brahimi to Retire

21/12/2005

Secretary-General Pleased at Peaceful Climate of Bolivia’s General Elections

21/12/2005

In Delicate Period Prior to Israeli, Palestinian Elections Violence Must Be Met with Concrete Political, Economic Actions, Security Council Told

21/12/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Afghanistan

21/12/2005

Budget Committee Approves Financing for Timor-Leste Office, Takes up Latest Report on Capital Master Plan

21/12/2005

Security Council, in Unanimous Chapter VII Action on Liberia, Renews Bans on Sale of Arms, Diamonds, Timber

21/12/2005

Security Council, Acting Concurrently with General Assembly, Establishes Peacebuilding Commission to Advise on Post-Conflict Situations

21/12/2005

Security Council Commends Peacekeeping Mission’s Contribution to Sierra Leone’s Recovery as It Approaches 31 December Exit

21/12/2005

General Assembly, Acting Concurrently with Security Council Makes Peacebuilding Commission Operational

21/12/2005

Budget Implications of Proposed Peacebuilding Commission, Financing for Women’s Institute among Issues Discussed in Fifth Committee

20/12/2005

Secretary-General Relieved at Result of Hong Kong Trade Talks

20/12/2005

Security Council Hears Reports by Chairs of Eight Subsidiary Bodies

20/12/2005

Security Council Sanctions Committee Updates List of Individuals, Entities Subject to Measures Imposed by Security Council Resolution 1596 (2005)

20/12/2005

Determined, Energetic, Sustained Efforts Needed to End Conflict in Africa, Security Council Told

20/12/2005

Donors Must Meet International Responsibilities to Survivors of South Asia Tsunami, UN Experts Warn

20/12/2005

Special Rapporteur Calls on Germany to Put Uzbekistan’s Interior Minister on Trial for Crimes of Torture

20/12/2005

Second Committee Approves Draft Resolution Underlining Need to Implement Commitments of Monterrey Consensus

20/12/2005

International Jury Awards Secretary-General Top Zayed Prize for Global Environmental Leadership

20/12/2005

Creation of Decent Jobs Holds Key to Reducing Poverty in Africa, Says Regional Commission’s Latest Annual Report

19/12/2005

New Books Promoting a Just and Equal World to Be Launched

19/12/2005

Secretary-General Calls on Bolivians to Maintain Peaceful, Constructive Attitude during Upcoming General Elections

19/12/2005

Secretary-General Calls on Citizens of Democratic Republic of Congo to Turn out in Large Numbers for 18 December Constitutional Referendum

19/12/2005

Deputy Secretary-General to Leave UN in Early 2006, Take up Post at Canada’s International Governance Innovation Centre

19/12/2005

Secretary-General, Paying Tribute to Courage of Iraqis, Welcomes “Healthy” Voter Turnout in Historic 15 December Election

19/12/2005

Security Council Committee Adds One Individual to Al-Qaida Section of Consolidated List

19/12/2005

Second Committee Approves Text Recommending Holding of High-Level Dialogue on International Migration, Development in New York Next September

19/12/2005

Creation of Ethics Office, External Evaluation of Oversight among Issues Raised, as Budget Committee Continues Debate of 2005 Summit Implementation

19/12/2005

General Assembly Provides Budget Committee with Conference Services for Night, Weekend Consultations

19/12/2005

General Assembly Addresses Human Rights Situations in Five Countries, as It Adopts 60 Draft Texts Recommended by Its Third Committee

16/12/2005

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime Holds Panel Discussion on Entry into Force of Convention against Corruption

16/12/2005

Developing Countries Should Involve Skills of “Global Diasporas” in Development Process, Says Secretary-General in Message on Day for South-South Cooperation

16/12/2005

Transcript of Joint Press Conference by Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Former US President George H.W. Bush at UN Headquarters, 15 December 2005

16/12/2005

Secretary-General Describes Approval of Central Emergency Response Fund as Critical Part of Broad Humanitarian Reform

16/12/2005

Security Council Demands Syria’s Unambiguous, Immediate Response to Commission Investigating Assassination of Former Lebanese Prime Minister Hariri

16/12/2005

Presidents, Prosecutors of Rwanda, Former Yugoslavia Tribunals Brief Security Council on Progress in Implementing Completion Strategies

16/12/2005

Security Council Renews Côte d’Ivoire Arms Embargo, Travel Restrictions until 15 December 2006, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1643 (2005)

16/12/2005

Latin American and Caribbean Meeting Concludes with Caracas Declaration

16/12/2005

Caracas Meeting Examines International Efforts to Achieve Settlement of Palestine Question

16/12/2005

Second Committee Approves Draft Resolution Stressing Need for Development Strategies to Maximize Globalization’s Positive Social Impacts

16/12/2005

Under-Secretary-General Welcomes General Assembly’s Adoption of New Central Emergency Response Fund

16/12/2005

General Assembly Establishes New Emergency Response Fund to Provide Instant Cash for Humanitarian Crises

15/12/2005

On Eve National Elections, Secretary-General Urges All Iraqis to Vote as “First Step” towards Building Stable, United, Prosperous Country

15/12/2005

Confront Stigma, Denial that Fuel HIV Spread, Secretary-General Urges Health Ministers at High-Level Session of Global Fund

15/12/2005

Concerned by Tension, Secretary-General Urges Respect for Liberia Poll Result

15/12/2005

Secretary-General Announces Complete Composition of High-Level Group for Alliance of Civilizations, Naming Two more Members

15/12/2005

Security Council, in Presidential Statement, Agrees to Relocate Staff of UN Mission in Ethiopia, Eritrea

15/12/2005

Tomorrow’s Vote, in Face of Formidable Challenges, to Provide Measure of Iraqi Confidence in Future, Security Council Told

15/12/2005

Security Council, Expressing Full Support, Extends UN Peacekeeping Force in Cyprus until 15 June 2006

15/12/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Guinea-Bissau

15/12/2005

Press Statement on Iraq-Kuwait by Security Council President

15/12/2005

UNESCO, Instraw Sign Agreement for Increased Cooperation to Promote Gender Equality, Women’s Empowerment

15/12/2005

Speakers at Caracas Meeting Explore Situation in Occupied Palestinian Territory

15/12/2005

United Nations Latin American, Caribbean Meeting on Question of Palestine Opens in Caracas

15/12/2005

Budget Committee Takes up Financing Estimates for Implementing 2005 World Summit Reforms

14/12/2005

In Migrants Day Message, Secretary-General Calls for Safeguarding Human Rights of All Who Cross Borders “In Search for a Better Life”

14/12/2005

Secretary-General, in Message to Conference on Question of Palestine, Calls for Redoubling of Efforts to Meet Road Map Obligations

14/12/2005

Development Is Standard against Which World Trade Talks Will Be Held, Secretary-General Says in Statement to World Trade Conference

14/12/2005

Head of Investigation into Assassination of Former Lebanese Prime Minister Briefs Security Council

14/12/2005

International Criminal Court Prosecutor Briefs Security Council, Describes Significant Progress in Darfur Investigation

14/12/2005

Twenty Five Non-Governmental Organizations Newly Associated with UN Public Information Department, 48 Disassociated

14/12/2005

Second Committee Approves Draft Resolution Condemning All Forms of Corruption

14/12/2005

General Committee Recommends Additional Agenda Item on Oil-for-Food Inquiry Recommendations

13/12/2005

United Nations Convention against Corruption Enters into Force on 14 December

13/12/2005

Secretary-General Commends Call by Association of South-East Asian Nations for Expedited Political Reform, Release of Political Detainees in Myanmar

13/12/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Assassination of Gibran Tueni, Advocate of Sovereign Lebanon, Free Press

13/12/2005

Major-General Repinc Appointed Chief Military Observer in UN Military Observer Group in India and Pakistan

13/12/2005

Security Council Presidential Statement Condemns Beirut Terrorist Bombing that Killed Lebanese Member of Parliament Gibran Tueni

13/12/2005

United Nations Climate Change Conference Agrees on Future Critical Steps to Tackle Climate Change

13/12/2005

Disarmament Commission Agrees on Agenda for 2006 Session

12/12/2005

Security Council Hears Report on 4-11 November Mission to Central Africa

12/12/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Maher Nasser as Director of United Nations Information Centre in Cairo

12/12/2005

Security Council Press Statement on Remarks by Iran’s President

12/12/2005

Effective Protection of Civilians in Armed Conflict Require Stronger Partnerships, Security Council Told

12/12/2005

Security Council Presidential Statement Welcomes Appointment of Charles Konan Banny as Côte d’Ivoire Prime Minister

12/12/2005

Women Threatened in All Stages of Life, Under-Secretary-General Says while Launching Two Publications on Gender-Based Violence

12/12/2005

In Message for Human Rights Day, General Assembly President Calls for Prompt Establishment of Human Rights Council

09/12/2005

Absolute Ban on Torture – Cornerstone of International Human Rights

09/12/2005

Torture, Instrument of Terror, Can Never Be Used to Fight Terror, Secretary-General Says in Message for Human Rights Day

09/12/2005

New Protocol Expands Protection of Humanitarian Workers in Areas Other Than Peacekeeping

09/12/2005

General Assembly Adopts Protocol Expanding Legal Protection for Workers Providing Emergency Humanitarian Aid, Development Assistance

09/12/2005

Award to NGO ‘Global Call to Action against Poverty’ Is Welcome Recognition of Important Role of Civil Society, Says Deputy Secretary-General

09/12/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Alicia Bárcena Ibarra of Mexico as Assistant Secretary-General to Post of Deputy Chef de Cabinet

09/12/2005

Secretary-General Shocked at Remarks on Israel Attributed to President of Iran

09/12/2005

Optional Protocol Corrects Flaw in Convention on Safety of United Nations, Associated Personnel, Secretary-General Tells General Assembly Meeting

09/12/2005

Secretary-General Stresses Need to Address Economic Stability, Integration in Message to Donors’ Conference on Comoros

09/12/2005

Secretary-General Delighted by Adoption of Red Crystal Emblem

09/12/2005

Secretary-General Gravely Concerned by Worsening Darfur Situation

09/12/2005

Secretary-General Concerned about Wave of Kidnappings in Iraq

09/12/2005

Secretary-General Hails Prime Minister Blair on ‘Statesman of Decade’ Award

09/12/2005

50th Anniversary of Austria in the UN: Vienna International Centre Celebrates with Free Guided Tours

08/12/2005

International Day against Corruption

08/12/2005

United Nations Commemorates International Day of Peacekeepers: Austria, Hungary, Slovakia and Slovenia Valuable Contributors to UN Peacekeeping

08/12/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Eritrea’s Decision to Expel Peacekeepers

08/12/2005

Security Council Committee Adds Eleven Individuals to Al-Qaida Section of Consolidated List

08/12/2005

Security Council Presidential Statement Condemns Eritrea’s Expulsion of United Nations Peacekeepers, Demands Government Reverse Decision

08/12/2005

Second Committee Approves Draft Resolution Recommending Effective, Comprehensive Solution to Debt Problems of Developing Countries

08/12/2005

Climate Change Science Solid, Threat Clear, Yet Global Community Failing to Meet Challenge, Says Deputy Secretary-General to Montreal Meeting

07/12/2005

Secretary-General Condemns Sri Lanka Violence, Appeals to All to Uphold 2003 Ceasefire

07/12/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Appointment of Charles Konan Banny As Prime Minister of Côte d’Ivoire

06/12/2005

Security Council Authorizes Emergency Force in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo to Assist UN Mission During Reinforecement, Transition

06/12/2005

Security Council Discusses Ways to Improve Support for United Nations Peacekeeping Operations

06/12/2005

Security Council Extends Mandate of Western Sahara Mission, Calls on Parties to Work towards Acceptance of Special Envoy’s Peace Plan

06/12/2005

Security Council Authorizes Multinational Force to Support Ceasefire in Liberia

06/12/2005

United Nations Cannot Condone Persecution, Discrimination "On Any Grounds", Says Secretary-General, Following Headquarters Event on Rights of Lesbians, Gays

06/12/2005

Speakers in Security Council Condemn Recent Violence in Kosovo, Insist Extremists Must Not Be Allowed to Undermine Future; Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister Warns Last Week’s Crimes Not Unique

06/12/2005

Israelis, Palestinians Need Courage, Determination to "Stay the Cours"e on Middle East Road Map, Security Council Told

06/12/2005

DPI/NGO Conference "Human Security and Dignity: Fulfilling the Promise of the United "Nations to Be Held from 8 to 10 September

06/12/2005

Secretary-General Welcomes Six-party Talks in Beijing, Hopes Process Strengthens Peace on Korean Peninsula

06/12/2005

Security Council Welcomes 18 August Liberia Peace Agreement, Reaffirms Readiness to Deploy UN Force by 1 October

06/12/2005

Representatives of Greece, Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia Meet Under Auspices of Secretary-General

06/12/2005

Secretary-General Praises Global Union Federation for Promoting Principles of Global Compact, in Message to Norway Congress

06/12/2005

UN Committed to Helping Landlocked Developing Countries Overcome Obstacles to Development Says Secretary-General to Almaty Conference

06/12/2005

Free, Peaceful Iraq Will in Time Be Fitting Memorial to Lost Colleagues Says Secretary-General in Message to Oslo Service

06/12/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Jan Egeland of Norway New Under-secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs

06/12/2005

Security Council Splits Prosecutorial Duties for Rwanda, Yugoslavia Tribunals, Unanimously Adopting Resolution 1503 (2003)

06/12/2005

Following Guinea-Bissau Coup d''

06/12/2005

Third Committee Elects Vice-chairs; Will Begin Substantive Work on 6 October

06/12/2005

Bolstering Biological Security Regime of Tremendous Importance for Global Health, Peace, Says Secretary-General to Geneva Meeting

06/12/2005

Mainstream Sport in Development Agenda, Secretary-General Urges Conference

06/12/2005

Secretary-General, in Message to Africa-France Summit, Stresses Importance of Investing in Education, Jobs for Continent’s Young People

06/12/2005

Secretary-General Appoints Lieutenant General Chikadibia Isaac Obiakor of Nigeria Force Commander of Liberia Mission

06/12/2005

Middle East Quartet Condemns Netanya Terrorist Attack, Demands Syria Close Offices of Palestinian Islamic Jihad

06/12/2005

UN ICT Task Force Events in Tunis Help to Further Summit Agenda

06/12/2005

Fifth Committee Speakers Stress Need to Reach Agreement on 2006-2007 Budget by End of Year

06/12/2005

Twenty Countries Pledge Contributions Amounting to more than $73 Million for 2006 Budget of United Nations Palestine Refugee Agency

05/12/2005

Colombian Vice-President Warns of Growing Cocaine Threat in Europe

05/12/2005

Past Year’s Natural Disasters Have Highlighted Invaluable Contributions of Volunteers,