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31 December, 2008
SG/SM/12030-AFR/1797SECRETARY-GENERAL CONFIRMS 63 PER CENT DEPLOYMENT OF HYBRID OPERATION IN DARFUR, CALLS FOR FURTHER JOINT ACTION ON OUTSTANDING CAPABILITIES

SG/SM/12031-SC/9561SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL CONDITIONS IN GAZA ‘NOTHING SHORT OF TERRIFYING’; SWIFT, DECISIVE ACTION NEEDED TO END CIVILIAN SUFFERING

GA/PAL/1109STATEMENT BY BUREAU OF COMMITTEE ON PALESTINIAN RIGHTS ON SITUATION IN GAZA STRIP

SC/9560CONFLICT MUST END ONCE AND FOR ALL, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS DURING EMERGENCY SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING ON ESCALATING SITUATION IN GAZA, SOUTHERN ISRAEL

30 December, 2008
SG/SM/12029-AFR/1796SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATROCITIES COMMITTED BY LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, SOUTHERN SUDAN

29 December, 2008
SG/SM/12027DEMANDING IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE IN GAZA, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES AVOIDANCE OF CIVILIAN CASUALTIES, END TO ‘INFLAMMATORY RHETORIC’

SG/SM/12028-AFR/1795SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS DEDICATION, COURAGE OF AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SOMALIA

SG/SM/12024SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES CALL FOR PEACEFUL ELECTORAL PROCESS ON EVE OF PARLIAMENTARY ELECTIONS IN BANGLADESH

SG/SM/12025SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY ALARMED BY BLOODY VIOLENCE IN GAZA, SOUTHERN ISRAEL

SG/SM/12026SECRETARY-GENERAL JOINS SECURITY COUNCIL IN CALLING FOR IMMEDIATE END TO ALL MILITARY ACTIVITY IN GAZA, DEPLORES CONTINUING VIOLENCE

28 December, 2008
SC/9559SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON SITUATION IN GAZA

26 December, 2008
GA/10806AMID MYRIAD GLOBAL CRISES, ‘BUSY, DYNAMIC AND CONSTRUCTIVE’ GENERAL ASSEMBLY UNDERSCORED IMPORTANCE OF GENUINE SOLIDARITY TO ENSURE STABLE, SECURE WORLD

SG/SM/12023SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON ‘PAINFUL ANNIVERSARY' OF BENAZIR BHUTTO’S ASSASSINATION, EXPRESSES HOPE COMMISSION OF INQUIRY CAN BE ESTABLISHED IN NEAR FUTURE

24 December, 2008
SG/SM/12022SECRETARY-GENERAL ACCEPTS FIJI’S REQUEST FOR UNITED NATIONS-COMMONWEALTH MEDIATION OF POLITICAL DIALOGUE ON ELECTIONS AIMED AT RESTORING FULL DEMOCRACY

GA/AB/3888BUDGET RESOLUTIONS ON HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, UNITED NATIONS ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE APPROVED, AS FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SESSION

GA/10804GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDS MAIN PART OF SIXTY-THIRD SESSION, ADOPTING TEXTS ON HUMAN RESOURCES MANAGEMENT, NEW SYSTEM FOR UNITED NATIONS ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE

SG/SM/12019SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON ISRAEL, URGES HUMANITARIAN EASING IN GAZA

SG/SM/12020-IK/597SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PARIS CLUB’S CANCELLATION OF REMAINING IRAQI DEBT

SG/SM/12021-GA/10805SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES APPRECIATION OF BUDGET ACTIONS BY GENERAL ASSEMBLY

23 December, 2008
SG/T/2637ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN SWITZERLAND, 12-13 DECEMBER

SC/9557SECURITY COUNCIL AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE APPROVES CHANGES TO ENTRIES OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS, TWO ENTITIES ON CONSOLIDATED LIST

SC/9558SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA UPDATES INFORMATION ON TRAVEL BAN LIST

SG/SM/12018-AFR/1794SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTENDS CONDOLENCES, RESPECT FOLLOWING DEATH OF GUINEA’S PRESIDENT, STRESSES NEED FOR PEACEFUL, DEMOCRATIC TRANSFER OF POWER

22 December, 2008
SG/SM/12017-AFR/1793SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES MAURITANIAN PRESIDENT’S RELEASE FROM HOUSE ARREST

SC/9553CONDEMNING FLOW OF ILLEGAL WEAPONS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ARMS EMBARGO, RELATED SANCTIONS ON COUNTRY

SC/9554SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF UNITED NATIONS INTEGRATED OFFICE IN BURUNDI

NGO/657-PI/1871RECORD NUMBER OF NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS ENTER INTO PARTNERSHIP WITH UNITED NATIONS DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

GA/10803ADOPTING CONSENSUS TEXT, GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGES MEMBER STATES, UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM TO RAISE AWARENESS OF SICKLE–CELL ANAEMIA ON 19 JUNE EACH YEAR

SC/9555SECURITY COUNCIL STRONGLY CONDEMNS ATTACKS BY LORD’S RESISTANCE ARMY IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, SOUTHERN SUDAN

SC/9552SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO MISSION FOR ONE YEAR, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1856 (2008)

SC/9556SECURITY COUNCIL VOTES TO EXTEND ARRANGEMENTS FOR DEPOSIT OF PROCEEDS FROM IRAQ’S OIL, PETROLEUM PRODUCTS, GAS INTO DEVELOPMENT FUND

GA/AB/3887DRAFT RESOLUTION ON ‘DEVELOPMENT-RELATED ACTIVITIES’ INTRODUCED IN BUDGET COMMITTEE

19 December, 2008
SC/9548AIMING TO EXPEDITE WORK OF RWANDA GENOCIDE TRIBUNAL, SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES SECRETARY-GENERAL TO APPOINT UP TO THREE AD HOC JUDGES

DSG/SM/434-DEV/2723DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HEADQUARTERS EVENT, SAYS SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION CAN PLAY CRUCIAL ROLE IN HELPING LESSEN IMPACT OF FINANCIAL, FOOD, FUEL CRISES

SC/9550PROGRESS IN DARFUR ‘MUCH TOO SLOW’ IN PROVIDING REAL BENEFITS TO ORDINARY CITIZENS, TOP UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING OFFICIAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

SC/9547SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS LIBERIA ARMS EMBARGO, TRAVEL BAN, ALSO APPROVES ONE-YEAR EXTENSION OF EXPERT MONITORING PANEL

SC/9549WITH 2010 COMPLETION TARGET FOR YUGOSLAVIA WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL UNLIKELY TO BE MET, SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR ‘QUICK AND EFFICIENT’ CONDUCT OF TRIALS

GA/AB/3886FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP BUDGET OUTLINE FOR 2010-2011

DEV/2724-REC/226DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL DESCRIBES AFFORDABLE HOUSING AS PRIORITY FOR OVERCOMING FINANCIAL CRISIS, ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM GOALS

ECOSOC/6372ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL ELECTS SEVEN MEMBERS TO PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION

SC/9551SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO UPDATES LIST OF INDIVIDUALS, ENTITIES SUBJECT TO TRAVEL BAN, ASSETS FREEZE

SC/9546SECURITY COUNCIL RE-ESTABLISHES PANEL MONITORING SOMALIA ARMS EMBARGO

GA/10802AMONG 34 DEVELOPMENT-RELATED ACTIONS, GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION REAFFIRMING NEED TO WORK TOWARDS NEW INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC ORDER

18 December, 2008
GA/10801GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 52 RESOLUTIONS, 6 DECISIONS RECOMMENDED BY THIRD COMMITTEE ON WIDE RANGE OF HUMAN RIGHTS, SOCIAL, HUMANITARIAN ISSUES

SG/SM/12016-AFR/1792-L/3134SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES RECENT JUDGEMENTS HANDED DOWN BY INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA

SG/A/1168-BIO/4049-REC/225SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JÁN KUBIŠ OF SLOVAKIA TO HEAD UNITED NATIONS ECONOMIC COMMISSION FOR EUROPE

SC/9544CHALLENGE OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE IS TO BUILD ON PROMISE ESTABLISHED IN 2008, SPECIAL COORDINATOR TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

SC/9545SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA UPDATES INFORMATION ON TRAVEL BAN, ASSETS FREEZE LISTS

17 December, 2008
SG/SM/12013WELCOMING LIFTING OF STATE OF EMERGENCY IN BANGLADESH, SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES ALL PARTIES TO ‘ADDRESS NATION’S CHALLENGES TOGETHER’

GA/AB/3885FIFTH COMMITTEE TAKES UP PROGRESS REPORT ON $1.5 BILLION BUDGET OF AFRICAN UNION-UNITED NATIONS MISSION IN DARFUR FOR 2008/09

SC/9543SECURITY COUNCIL GRANTS TWO-MONTH EXTENSION TO INTERNATIONAL COMMISSION INVESTIGATING FORMER LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER’S ASSASSINATION

SG/SM/12014TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL BAN KI-MOON AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 17 DECEMBER 2008

SG/SM/12015-L/3133FOLLOWING SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES 1 MARCH 2009 START DATE FOR SPECIAL LEBANON TRIBUNAL ON HARIRI ASSASSINATION

SG/SM/12012-AFG/322SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES LAW ALLOWING JAPAN TO CONTINUE SUPPORT IN AFGHANISTAN

SG/A/1167-AIDS/149-BIO/4048SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MICHEL SIDIBE (MALI) EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNAIDS

16 December, 2008
SC/9541SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES STATES TO USE LAND-BASED OPERATIONS IN SOMALIA, AS PART OF FIGHT AGAINST PIRACY OFF COAST, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING 1851 (2008)

SG/SM/12010-SC/9540SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT, CALLS FOR UNITY OF PURPOSE WHILE STRESSING VITAL NEED TO CONCLUDE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE PROCESS

GA/AB/3884BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP PROPOSED $467 MILLION IN FINANCING FOR 27 POLITICAL MISSIONS IN 2009

SC/9539ADOPTING TEXT ON MIDDLE EAST CONFLICT, SECURITY COUNCIL REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR ANNAPOLIS OUTCOMES, DECLARES NEGOTIATIONS ‘IRREVERSIBLE’

SG/SM/12009-DEV/2722PROTECTING EDUCATION GAINS VITAL TO ACHIEVEMENT OF MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO HIGH-LEVEL PANEL ON EDUCATION FOR ALL

SG/SM/12011-SC/9542-AFR/1791GIVE AFRICAN FORCES IN SOMALIA SUBSTANTIAL, CREDIBLE BACKING, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES AS SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS CHALLENGES FACING HORN OF AFRICA COUNTRY

HR/4976STATES PARTIES TO RIGHTS OF CHILD CONVENTION ELECT NINE MEMBERS TO MONITORING BODY

DC/3151UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL SEMINAR ON PROMOTING UNIVERSALITY OF CONVENTION ON CERTAIN CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS, PROTOCOLS, TO OPEN IN KATHMANDU

15 December, 2008
SG/SM/12006SECRETARY-GENERAL CHAIRS SIXTH MEETING OF HIGH-LEVEL TASK FORCE ON GLOBAL FOOD SECURITY CRISIS

SG/SM/12004-OBV/760MULTIPLE ECONOMIC CRISES THREATEN TO REVERSE PROGRESS IN DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, ‘POLICY RESPONSE MUST BE BOLD’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE

SG/2147STATEMENT BY MIDDLE EAST QUARTET

SC/9538SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA REMOVES NAME OF ONE INDIVIDUAL FROM TRAVEL BAN, ASSETS FREEZE LISTS

SG/SM/12007-ECO/144GLOBAL COMPACT, UN VALUES IT PROMOTES CAN HELP RESTORE TRUST IN BUSINESS MARKETS ERODED DURING CURRENT CRISIS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO NEW YORK MEETING

DSG/SM/433DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘TIMELESS AND PASSIONATE VOICE’ OF TOM LANTOS, AT LUNCHEON HONOURING LATE UNITED STATES CONGRESSMAN

SG/SM/12005-ENV/DEV/1019SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘PROSPERITY NEED NOT COME AT THE EXPENSE OF OUR PLANET’, URGES INVESTMENT IN CREATION OF GREEN JOBS, IN MESSAGE TO HAITI SEMINAR

GA/PAL/1108UN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MEETING ON ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE PROCESS CALLS FOR HALTING SETTLEMENT EXPANSION, DISMANTLING OF WALL IN WEST BANK

GA/AB/3883TEXT ENDORSING RECOMMENDATIONS OF PROGRAMME AND COORDINATION COMMITTEE APPROVED BY BUDGET COMMITTEE

SC/9537CHAIRS OF SECURITY COUNCIL SUBSIDIARY BODIES BRIEF MEMBERS AS TWO-YEAR TENURES APPROACH CONCLUSION

DSG/SM/432-GA/10800AS WORLD FACES MULTIPLE CRISES, ‘THIS IS A TIME TO COME TOGETHER’ TO ENSURE DEVELOPMENT GAINS NOT LOST, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

GA/PAL/1107INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO ENSURE ISRAELI COMPLIANCE WITH UN RESOLUTIONS INSUFFICIENT, SAY SPEAKERS AT SANTIAGO MEETING IN SUPPORT OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE

GA/10799CALLING FOR DECISIVE ACTION TO LESSEN IMPACT OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC CRISIS, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS ASSEMBLY: ‘OUR DESTINIES ARE DEEPLY INTERCONNECTED’

PBC/46SIERRA LEONE MAKING ‘STEADY PROGRESS’; FOCUSED ON CONSOLIDATING PEACE, SETTING COUNTRY ON PATH FOR GROWTH, FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS PEACEBUILDING COMMISSION

SG/SM/12008-HR/4975CONCERT WITH MAESTRO BARENBOIM AND WEST-EASTERN DIVAN ORCHESTRA ‘WONDERFUL WAY’ TO CELEBRATE UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

12 December, 2008
SG/SM/12003-OBV/759MIGRANTS MUST BE ACKNOWLEDGED AS HUMAN BEINGS WHOSE RIGHTS, LIKE THOSE OF EVERYONE ELSE, MUST BE PROTECTED, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON INTERNATIONAL DAY

SG/T/2636ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN POLAND, 10-12 DECEMBER

GA/PAL/1106SITUATION IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY DISCUSSED AT UN LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MEETING IN SUPPORT OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE

SC/9533SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS FORCE MONITORING ISRAEL-SYRIA CEASEFIRE UNTIL 30 JUNE 2009, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1848 (2008)

SG/SM/11999-HRC/10SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN GENEVA, SAYS WORK TO ACHIEVE HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION’S PRINCIPLES MUST CONTINUE UNTIL THEY ARE ‘FOUNDATION OF LIFE’ FOR ALL PEOPLE

SG/SM/12000-IK/596SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS ‘HEINOUS’ BOMB ATTACK IN KIRKUK

PBC/45-PI/1870FAR-REACHING ‘FOURTH ESTATE’ MERITS INTERNATIONAL FUNDING, PARTICIPANTS IN MEETING ON ‘MEDIA AND COMMUNICATION IN PEACEBUILDING’ DECIDE AMID CONFLICTING VIEWS

SC/9535IMPUNITY ‘NOT AN OPTION’, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD IN BRIEFING ON COMPLETION STRATEGIES OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNALS FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA, RWANDA

SG/SM/12001SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES STRONG SUPPORT FOR GOAL OF VERIFIABLE DENUCLEARIZATION OF KOREAN PENINSULA, AS LATEST SIX-PARTY TALKS END WITH DIFFERENCES UNRESOLVED

SG/SM/12002-GA/PAL/1105‘URGENT NEED’ FOR CONTINUED SUPPORT TO ISRAEL, PALESTINIANS IN EFFORT TO REACH COMPREHENSIVE AGREEMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO SANTIAGO MEETING

SC/9534SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES TEMPORARY APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL AD LITEM JUDGES TO FORMER YUGOSLAVIA CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL

GA/PAL/1104UNITED NATIONS LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MEETING IN SUPPORT OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE OPENS IN CHILE

SC/9532SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF CYPRUS MISSION UNTIL 15 JUNE 2009, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1847 (2008)

SC/9536SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED ON PREPARATIONS FOR TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY FROM EUROPEAN UNION TO UNITED NATIONS IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, CHAD

11 December, 2008
GA/EF/3235MIXED REACTIONS AS SECOND COMMITTEE CONCLUDES SESSION BY APPROVING TEXT CALLING FOR IN-DEPTH CONSIDERATION OF GLOBAL ECONOMIC SITUATION

Note No. 6186‘THE REAL ESTATE AND FINANCIAL CRISIS: CAUSES, EFFECTS AND IMPACTS ON DEVELOPMENT’ SUBJECT OF SEMINAR AT HEADQUARTERS 16 DECEMBER

SG/SM/11997-ENV/DEV/1018SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO CLIMATE CHANGE CONFERENCE, SPELLS OUT CHALLENGES, LAYS OUT VISION OF PATH FROM PRESENT PARALYSIS TO EQUITABLE FUTURE PROSPERITY

GA/10798ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE, CRIMINAL ACCOUNTABILITY OF UN OFFICIALS ON MISSION AMONG ISSUES, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 18 TEXTS RECOMMENDED BY LEGAL COMMITTEE

SC/9530-AFR/1790SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU

SG/SM/11998ONE YEAR AFTER ALGIERS ATTACK ‘SEARING PAIN AND IRREPLACEABLE LOSS’ STILL FELT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO HEADQUARTERS REMEMBRANCE

SC/9531SOUTH AFRICAN FACILITATOR TELLS OF ‘SIGNIFICANT STEP FORWARD’ AS SECURITY COUNCIL CONSIDERS SITUATION IN BURUNDI

10 December, 2008
GA/10796-PAL/2109SIXTEEN DONORS PLEDGE CONTRIBUTIONS TO 2009 BUDGET OF UNITED NATIONS AGENCY FOR PALESTINE REFUGEES, WITH SEVERAL STATES PROMISING LATER PLEDGES

SG/SM/11995-HR/4973-OBV/758REMEMBRANCE COUNTERS HOLOCAUST DENIAL, PAYS TRIBUTE TO VICTIMS, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR ANNIVERSARY OF HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION

SG/T/2635ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN QATAR, 27 NOVEMBER - 1 DECEMBER

SC/9527SECURITY COUNCIL AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADDS NAMES OF FOUR INDIVIDUALS TO CONSOLIDATED LIST, AMENDS ENTRIES OF THREE ENTITIES

SC/9529-IK/595SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ-KUWAIT

SC/9526SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED BY CHAIRMAN OF 1737 (2006) COMMITTEE ON IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST IRAN

SC/9528SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL CENTRE FOR PREVENTIVE DIPLOMACY FOR CENTRAL ASIA

SG/SM/11996-GA/10797-HR/4974HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION’S TOWERING VISION WILL ONLY BE HONOURED WHEN PRINCIPLES APPLIED ‘EVERYWHERE FOR EVERYONE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN VIDEO MESSAGE

Note No. 6185UNITED NATIONS MESSENGER OF PEACE MAESTRO DANIEL BARENBOIM, WEST-EASTERN DIVAN QUINTET TO PERFORM AT HUMAN RIGHTS DAY CONCERT, 15 DECEMBER

GA/10795GENERAL ASSEMBLY MARKS 60 YEARS OF UNIVERSAL HUMAN RIGHTS DECLARATION BY ADOPTING ITS OWN, PLEDGING TO ENHANCE DIALOGUE AMONG PEOPLES

9 December, 2008
SG/SM/11994IN MESSAGE TO THE B’NAI B’RITH INTERNATIONAL, SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES ‘STRONG COMMITMENT’ TO UNITED NATIONS WORK TO ENSURE HUMAN DIGNITY, END BIGOTRY

SG/A/1166-AFR/1789-BIO/4047SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS OLUSEGUN OBASANJO OF NIGERIA AS SPECIAL ENVOY ON GREAT LAKES REGION

SG/SM/11993-SC/9525STRONG COLLECTIVE RESISTANCE IS BEST RESPONSE TO ‘CORROSIVE, MALEVOLENT IDEOLOGY’ OF TERRORISM, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING

SG/SM/11992-AFR/1788SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC’S INCLUSIVE POLITICAL DIALOGUE, STRESSES NEED FOR COMPROMISE, SACRIFICE BY ALL PARTICIPANTS

SG/SM/11991-AFR/1787SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONVENING OF POLITICAL DIALOGUE IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC

BIO/4045NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PORTUGAL PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

BIO/4046NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTRIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

SC/9524SECURITY COUNCIL, EXPRESSING DEEP CONCERN OVER ‘CONTINUOUS TERRORIST ATTACKS’, CALLS FOR RENEWAL OF GLOBAL SOLIDARITY AGAINST THREAT MANIFESTED AFTER 9/11

5 December, 2008
PI/1869INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM OPENS IN HYDERABAD, INDIA

SG/SM/11990-ECO/142GLOBAL FORUM FOR RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION CAN RAISE BAR FOR BUSINESS EDUCATION, INSPIRE RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS MANAGEMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

SG/SM/11988-AFR/1786SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES DECLARATION OF SUMMIT ON BURUNDI PEACE PROCESS, CALLS ON PARTIES TO IMPLEMENT AGREEMENTS WITH ‘URGENCY AND DETERMINATION’

Note No. 6184UNITED NATIONS TO HOST ‘MEDIA AND COMMUNICATIONS IN PEACEBUILDING’ CONFERENCE, AT HEADQUARTERS, 12 DECEMBER

SC/9523PROGRESS MADE IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, INCLUDING AGREEMENT WITH EUROPEAN UNION, BUT ‘NATIONALIST RHETORIC’ THREATENS TO DAMPEN MOMENTUM, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

ECO/143SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES GLOBAL FORUM FOR RESPONSIBLE MANAGEMENT EDUCATION WILL ADVANCE HUMAN RIGHTS, LABOUR STANDARDS, GOOD CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

GA/PAL/1103LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN MEETING IN SUPPORT OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE TO BE HELD IN SANTIAGO, CHILE, 11 – 12 DECEMBER

GA/10794GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS BROAD RANGE OF TEXTS, 26 IN ALL, ON RECOMMENDATION OF ITS FOURTH COMMITTEE, INCLUDING ON DECOLONIZATION, INFORMATION, PALESTINE REFUGEES

SG/SM/11989ON SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY OF CONVENTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS GENOCIDE NOT CONSIGNED TO HISTORY; VIGILANCE, WILLINGNESS TO ACT AS IMPORTANT TODAY AS EVER

4 December, 2008
SC/9519AFGHANISTAN FACES DIFFICULT SECURITY SITUATION, BUT NOT SECURITY CRISIS; POINTS OF PROGRESS INVITE ‘CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM’, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

SC/9520PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN DECEMBER

SG/SM/11985UN, ORGANIZATION FOR SECURITY AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE ‘GOOD, STRONG PARTNERS’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO HELSINKI MEETING

GA/AB/3882BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP ISSUE OF PENSION BENEFITS FOR INTERNATIONAL JUDGES

SC/9521SECURITY COUNCIL AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE REMOVES NAME OF ONE INDIVIDUAL, AMENDS ENTRIES OF FIVE INDIVIDUALS ON CONSOLIDATED LIST

SG/SM/11987-DC/3150SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS SIGNATORY COUNTRIES TO CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONVENTION, LOOKS FORWARD TO EARLY ENTRY INTO FORCE, AS OSLO CONFERENCE CONCLUDES

ORG/1505UNITED NATIONS INDEPENDENT AUDIT ADVISORY COMMITTEE HOLDS FOURTH SESSION

GA/10793LAW OF SEA CONVENTION, 26 YEARS LATER, STILL GENERATING INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON MARITIME ISSUES, GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEARS, TAKING UP ISSUES IN DAY-LONG DEBATE

SG/SM/11984-IHA/1272SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE, APPEALS FOR GENEROUS CONTRIBUTIONS TO EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND, SAYING ‘THERE ARE MILLIONS OF LIVES AT STAKE’

SG/SM/11983-AFR/1785SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES PARTIES TO BURUNDI CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT TO SUMMON ‘POLITICAL WILL AND COURAGE’ TO OVERCOME OUTSTANDING ISSUES, IN MESSAGE TO REGIONAL SUMMIT

SG/SM/11986-OBV/757SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE, URGES STEPS AGAINST GLOBAL MENACE OF CORRUPTION; ISSUE ‘AFFECTS US ALL’ BY WEAKENING DEMOCRACY, UNDERMINING RULE OF LAW

SC/9522SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA REMOVES NAME OF ONE INDIVIDUAL FROM TRAVEL BAN, ASSETS FREEZE LISTS

3 December, 2008
DC/3147NEW TREATY BANNING CLUSTER MUNITIONS OPENS FOR SIGNATURE IN OSLO

SG/SM/11980-HR/4972-OBV/756SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON INTERNATIONAL DAY, SAYS UN REMAINS COMMITTED TO PROMOTING ACCESSIBILITY -- DIGITAL, POLITICAL, PHYSICAL -- FOR PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES

SG/SM/11981-DC/3148SIGNING OF CLUSTER MUNITIONS CONVENTION MARKS MAJOR STEP FORWARD IN GLOBAL EFFORTS TO CONTROL NOXIOUS SPREAD OF DEADLY, INHUMANE WEAPONS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

PAL/2108-PI/1868UN COMMUNICATIONS HEAD PRAISES ROLE OF ‘VISIONARY AND COURAGEOUS’ CIVIL SOCIETY ACTORS, AS INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SEMINAR ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONCLUDES

SG/SM/11982-DC/3149SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS COURAGEOUS ‘ROOTS OF PEACE’ ORGANIZATION FOR LEADERSHIP IN EFFORTS ‘TO REPLACE THE DETRITUS OF WAR WITH THE FRUITS OF PEACE’

SC/9516INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT PROSECUTOR SAYS SECURITY COUNCIL SHOULD BE PREPARED FOR ‘UNITED ACTION’ TO ENSURE EXECUTION OF SUDANESE PRESIDENT’S ARREST WARRANT

SC/9518SECURITY COUNCIL, MEETING AT LIBYA’S REQUEST, HEARS DIFFERING ACCOUNTS OF VESSEL REFUSED AT GAZA PORT; DELEGATE INVITES VERIFICATION OF ITS HUMANITARIAN AIMS

SC/9517EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON TRIP TO SUDAN, CHAD; SAYS BANDITRY, CRIMINALITY ‘BIGGEST SINGLE CONCERN’ FOR HUMANITARIAN WORKERS

2 December, 2008
DEV/2720ROUND TABLE ON SYSTEMIC ISSUES HEARS CALL FOR GREATER DEVELOPING-WORLD ‘VOICE’ IN BRETTON WOODS SYSTEM

SG/SM/11976SECRETARY-GENERAL SPEAKS WITH INDIA’S PRIME MINISTER ON MUMBAI ATTACKS; COMMENDS COURAGE, RESILIENCE SHOWN BY GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE

DEV/2721FOLLOW-UP INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ENDS WITH ADOPTION OF TEXT CALLING FOR FURTHER MEETING ON WORLD FINANCIAL CRISIS

SG/SM/11978-PAL/2106-PI/1866MIDDLE EAST PEACE CAN, AND MUST, BE PROMOTED NOT ONLY AT POLITICAL LEVEL, BUT AT GRASS ROOTS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO VIENNA SEMINAR

SG/SM/11977‘URGENT CHALLENGE’ FOR ASIA -– TO FOSTER ECONOMIC GROWTH, WHILE MINIMIZING IMPACT ON CLIMATE CHANGE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO HONG KONG MEETING

SC/9515LONG-AWAITED INCLUSIVE POLITICAL DIALOGUE SET TO BEGIN IN CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC, AIMED AT PAVING WAY FOR RECONCILIATION, STABILIZATION, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

GA/10792ON RECOMMENDATION OF FIRST COMMITTEE, GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS 57 TEXTS, INCLUDING TWO NEW ONES ON HALTING ILLICIT ARMS BROKERING, BANNING CLUSTER MUNITIONS USE

PAL/2107-PI/1867INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SEMINAR ON MIDDLE EAST PEACE HOLDS PANELS ON NEW REGIONAL DIMENSIONS, FUTURE FOR PEACE PROCESS

SC/9514SECURITY COUNCIL DECIDES STATES, REGIONAL ORGANIZATIONS MAY USE ‘ALL NECESSARY MEANS’ TO FIGHT PIRACY OFF SOMALIA COAST FOR 12-MONTH PERIOD

PAL/2105-PI/1865‘ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE AND THE ROLE OF THE INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY’ THEME, AS SIXTEENTH ANNUAL MEDIA SEMINAR OPENS IN VIENNA

SG/SM/11979-DC/3146SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS SIGNIFICANT ADVANCES IN IMPLEMENTING CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION, AS SIGNATORIES MEET IN THE HAGUE

1 December, 2008
SG/SM/11963-ECO/141SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UNITED NATIONS ADVISORS’ KEY MESSAGES TO GOVERNMENTS, DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS, PRIVATE SECTOR PROVIDE TANGIBLE FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION

SG/SM/11964SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES TEAMWORK BETWEEN QATAR OLYMPIC COMMITTEE, GLOBAL SPORT FUND ON INITIATIVE TO EMPOWER YOUNG PEOPLE THROUGH SPORT

SG/SM/11965-DEV/2714INNOVATIVE FINANCING WILL FEATURE PROMINENTLY IN FUNDING DEVELOPMENT IN FUTURE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT DOHA CONFERENCE SIDE EVENT

SG/SM/11968-DEV/2716SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HIGH-LEVEL EVENT ON FINANCING EDUCATION, CALLS SCHOOLING LIFEBLOOD OF NATION, BASIS FOR SURE FOOTING TOWARDS STABLE, FULFILLING FUTURE

SG/SM/11972-AIDS/148‘WE ARE NOT POWERLESS IN FACE OF DISEASE’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO SADDLEBACK CIVIL FORUM ON GLOBAL HEALTH, IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

SG/SM/11970-AIDS/147-OBV/754SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON WORLD AIDS DAY, PLEDGES TO DO UTMOST TO REACH GLOBAL TARGETS; APPOINTS MICHEL SIDIBÉ OF MALI EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF UNAIDS

SG/SM/11971-DC/3145SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS CRUCIAL WORK DONE TO STRENGTHEN BARRIERS AGAINST BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS, BIOTERRORISM, IN MESSAGE TO GENEVA MEETING

SG/SM/11973-OBV/755IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL VOLUNTEER DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS VOLUNTEERS’ ALTRUISM IMMENSE; URGES ALL IN GLOBAL COMMUNITY TO TAP ITS GREAT RESERVE

SG/SM/11975-AFR/1784SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY SADDENED BY INTER-COMMUNAL VIOLENCE IN NIGERIA, ENCOURAGED BY EFFORTS TO RESTORE NORMALCY

SG/SM/11974-DEV/2719AS FINANCIAL CRISIS OF ENORMOUS PROPORTIONS UNFOLDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES FOCUS ON POLICY OPTIONS TO HELP HEAVILY INDEBTED POOR COUNTRIES, AT DOHA SIDE EVENT

DEV/2709EXPERTS STRESS NEED TO AVOID PROTECTIONISM, AS ROUND TABLE DISCUSSES TRADE AS ENGINE OF DEVELOPMENT

DEV/2710ROUND TABLE MODERATOR STRESSES NEED TO REITERATE CALLS FOR SCALED-UP AID IN LIGHT OF ‘CHANGED GLOBAL REALITIES’

SG/SM/11966-DEV/2715SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘NEW MULTILATERALISM’ NEEDED TO SET WORLD ON PATH TOWARDS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, GREATER STABILITY, MORE EFFECTIVE DECISION-MAKING

SG/SM/11969-DEV/2717TO RESPOND TO HUNGER, GOVERNMENTS SHOULD GIVE EFFECT TO COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION, STARTING IN COUNTRIES ‘HURTING THE MOST’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

SG/SM/11960-IK/594SECRETARY-GENERAL STRONGLY CONDEMNS ROCKET ATTACK NEAR UN COMPOUND IN BAGHDAD

SG/2146-DEV/2711SUMMARY OF DOHA HIGH-LEVEL INFORMAL DISCUSSION ON IMPLICATIONS OF FINANCIAL CRISIS FOR DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE, MULTILATERALISM

SG/SM/11967SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CHILDREN’S NETWORK TELEVISION IN DOHA ADULTS MUST CREATE WORLD FOR CHILDREN TO FLOURISH, BUT CHILDREN WILL SOMEDAY LEAD US INTO FUTURE

SG/SM/11958/Rev.1-HR/4971/Rev.1-OBV/753/Rev.1SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, SAYS MUCH TO CELEBRATE WITH ENTRY INTO FORCE OF RIGHTS CONVENTION

SG/SM/11962-DEV/2713MEASURES TO EMPOWER WOMEN STRAIGHTEST, SUREST PATH TO MORE PEACEFUL, PROSPEROUS WORLD, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT DOHA EVENT

DEV/2718WEALTHY NATIONS, OTHERS BEHIND FINANCIAL CRISIS MUST TAKE RESPONSIBILITY, ROUND TABLE ON DEBT TOLD

DEV/2706SECRETARY-GENERAL OPENS FOLLOW-UP CONFERENCE IN DOHA WITH CALL FOR BOLDNESS, WILL TO LEAD IN ‘TAMING’ GLOBAL ECONOMIC TURMOIL

DEV/2707TAXES PROVIDE PLATFORM FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, ROUND TABLE ON DOMESTIC RESOURCE MOBILIZATION TOLD

DEV/2708ROUND-TABLE PANELLISTS CALL FOR RESOLUTE ACTION TO SHORE UP CONFIDENCE AMID GLOBAL FINANCIAL, ECONOMIC WOES

SG/SM/11961-DEV/2712TODAY’S FINANCIAL CRISIS, IF NOT HANDLED PROPERLY, WILL BECOME TOMORROW’S HUMAN CRISIS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT OPENING

28 November, 2008
SG/SM/11959-DEV/2705-ECO/140SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO FLAG RAISING CEREMONY AT DEVELOPMENT FINANCING REVIEW IN DOHA, SAYS BIG GLOBAL CHALLENGES REQUIRE BIG, PRACTICAL SOLUTIONS

SC/9513SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON TERRORIST ATTACKS IN MUMBAI

SG/SM/11957-HR/4970-OBV/752SLAVERY PROHIBITED FOR CENTURIES, BUT 27 MILLION VICTIM OF ‘ATROCITY’ TODAY; NEW STRATEGIES NEEDED FOR OLD CURSE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD DAY

SG/SM/11958-HR/4971-OBV/753SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF PERSONS WITH DISABILITIES, SAYS MUCH TO CELEBRATE WITH ENTRY INTO FORCE OF RIGHTS CONVENTION

26 November, 2008
SG/SM/11955-AFR/1783REPORTING CONFIRMATION OF AIR STRIKES LAST WEEK BY SUDANESE GOVERNMENT IN SOUTH DARFUR, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT TO IMMEDIATE CEASEFIRE

SG/SM/11954-WOM/1707SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT ENDING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN CAMPAIGN, SAID ELIMINATING SUCH VIOLENCE FREES UP GREATEST TOOL TO SPUR PROGRESS IN SOCIETY –- WOMEN

GA/AB/3881CONSTRUCTION OF NEW FACILITIES AT NAIROBI OFFICE HAS EXPERIENCED SIGNIFICANT DELAYS, BUT STEPS TAKEN TO PUT PROJECT BACK ON TRACK, BUDGET COMMITTEE TOLD

HR/4969WINNERS OF 2008 UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE ANNOUNCED; AWARDS WILL BE MADE ON HUMAN RIGHTS DAY, 10 DECEMBER, IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

DSG/SM/431-SOC/4746DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECOND FORUM FOR SOCIAL STRATEGIC THINKING IN LATIN AMERICA: INVEST IN PEOPLE TODAY OR SUFFER CONSEQUENCES TOMORROW

GA/EF/3234SECOND COMMITTEE DRAFT EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER OIL SLICK ON LEBANESE COAST, REQUESTS ISRAEL TO COMPENSATE FOR COSTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL REPAIR

SG/SM/11956SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS RASH OF SHOOTINGS, BLASTS IN MUMBAI; SAYS NO GRIEVANCE CAN JUSTIFY INDISCRIMINATE ATTACKS AGAINST CIVILIANS

SC/9511SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL RECENT EVENTS IN KIVUS HAD ‘PROFOUND IMPACT’ ON UNITED NATIONS MISSION

GA/SHC/3943THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES HUMAN RIGHTS PROGRAMME FOR 2010-2011, CONCLUDES 2008 SESSION

GA/10791GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS SIX RESOLUTIONS ON MIDDLE EAST, PALESTINIAN RIGHTS, FOLLOWING TWO-DAY DEBATE ON ISSUES

SC/9512KOSOVO SITUATION CALM, BUT POLITICAL TRANSITION FOLLOWING DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE MORE COMPLEX THAN EXPECTED, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

25 November, 2008
SC/9509POLITICAL PROCESS IN MIDDLE EAST ONGOING, BUT TANGIBLE IMPROVEMENTS IN SECURITY, LIVING CONDITIONS WOULD GIVE CIVILIANS FAITH IN PROCESS, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

SG/SM/11952-AFR/1781-IHA/1271ALARMED BY DESPERATE HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN ZIMBABWE, SECRETARY-GENERAL VOICES REGRET AT DECISION NOT TO COOPERATE WITH ELDERS’ ASSISTANCE INITIATIVE

GA/SHC/3942RIGHTS OF DISABLED, HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL REPORT, ELIMINATING RACISM AMONG ISSUES, AS THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES SIX MORE DRAFT RESOLUTIONS

GA/10790IF UNITED NATIONS SEEKS POSITIVE ROLE IN MIDDLE EAST, IT MUST ESCHEW ‘ONE-SIDED’ RESOLUTIONS, EMBRACE POLITICS OF HOPE, ISRAEL’S REPRESENTATIVE TELLS ASSEMBLY

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