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28 August, 2008
SC/9438SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED BY POLITICAL AFFAIRS, PEACEKEEPING ON GEORGIA DEVELOPMENTS, INCLUDING 26 AUGUST RECOGNITION DECREES ON ABKHAZIA, SOUTH OSSETIA

SG/A/1152-BIO/4015-PKO/192SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LEILA ZERROUGUI OF ALGERIA DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

SG/SM/11762SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES CONFIDENCE IN SHANGHAI COOPERATION ORGANIZATION’S ABILITY TO COMBAT EMERGING THREATS WHILE UPHOLDING BASIC FREEDOMS

SG/SM/11763-HR/4962-OBV/715SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE FOR WORLD CONFERENCE ON HUMAN RIGHTS, UNDERSCORES IMPORTANCE OF STRENGTHENING RELEVANT EDUCATION AT ALL LEVELS

27 August, 2008
SC/9435SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF LEBANON FORCE UNTIL 31 AUGUST 2009, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1832 (2008)

SC/9436SECRETARY-GENERAL UNDERSCORES ESSENTIAL IMPORTANCE OF ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL WORKING METHODS AS MEMBER STATES DISCUSS TOPIC FOR FIRST TIME IN 14 YEARS

SG/SM/11761-SC/9437SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES NEED TO KEEP ADDRESSING SECURITY COUNCIL’S WORKING METHODS, CITING INCREASING COMPLEXITY OF ITS RESPONSIBILITIES

26 August, 2008
SC/9433RECENT DEVELOPMENTS IN BURUNDI, INCLUDING CESSATION OF HOSTILITIES, POSITIVE, BUT PEACE PROCESS STILL FACES SIGNIFICANT CHALLENGES, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

SC/9434-AFR/1740SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI

SG/SM/11760SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TODAY’S DEVELOPMENTS IN GEORGIA CRISIS MAY HAVE WIDER IMPLICATIONS FOR SECURITY, STABILITY IN CAUCASUS

25 August, 2008
BIO/4007NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ALGERIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

BIO/4008NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GAMBIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

BIO/4009NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CYPRUS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

BIO/4010NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SRI LANKA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

BIO/4011NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SWAZILAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

BIO/4012NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LUXEMBOURG PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

BIO/4013NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GABON PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

BIO/4014NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ITALY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

DC/3130TWENTIETH UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT ISSUES TO OPEN IN SAITAMA, JAPAN, ON 27 AUGUST

SG/SM/11758CONFIDENCE-BUILDING MEASURES BY ASIAN BODY CAN HELP SAFEGUARD PEACE, PREVENT CONFLICT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE

SG/SM/11759SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES CHINA ON ‘SPECTACULAR OLYMPIAD’

22 August, 2008
PI/1846MULTISTAKEHOLDER ADVISORY GROUP RENEWED TO PREPARE INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM MEETING IN HYDERABAD, INDIA, 3-6 DECEMBER

21 August, 2008
SC/9432SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS IN STRONGEST TERMS TWIN SUICIDE ATTACKS IN PAKISTAN

SG/SM/11757SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS DOUBLE SUICIDE BOMBING IN PAKISTAN

20 August, 2008
SC/9431ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN TALKS CONTINUE, TENUOUS CEASEFIRE HOLDS, BUT RECENT VIOLENCE BETWEEN PALESTINIAN RIVALS COULD UNDERCUT REUNIFICATION, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

SG/SM/11756SECRETARY-GENERAL VERY CONCERNED ABOUT TODAY’S DEADLY CAR BOMBS IN BOUIRA, ALGERIA, FOLLOWING TERRORIST ATTACKS YESTERDAY EAST OF ALGIERS

19 August, 2008
SC/9426SECURITY COUNCIL RENEWS AUTHORIZATION OF AFRICAN UNION MISSION IN SOMALIA

SC/9427SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, REAFFIRMS NEED FOR SUSTAINED INTERNATIONAL PRESENCE IN TIMOR-LESTE, AS SITUATION THERE STILL FRAGILE

SC/9428SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS 6 AUGUST OVERTHROW OF MAURITANIAN GOVERNMENT, DEMANDS IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF PRESIDENT, RESTORATION OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS

SC/9429SECURITY COUNCIL STEPS BACK FROM FRENCH-LED DRAFT RESOLUTION, AS RUSSIAN DELEGATE SAYS IT RE-INTERPRETS ‘MOSCOW PEACE PLAN’ FOR PROPAGANDA PURPOSES

SC/9430SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS SUICIDE BOMBING IN ISSERS, ALGERIA

SG/A/1151-BIO/4006SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS PETER TAKSØE-JENSEN OF DENMARK AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS

SG/SM/11752UNITED NATIONS ATTENDS PACIFIC ISLANDS FORUM SUMMIT FOR FIRST TIME AS OBSERVER; SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE, WELCOMES CHANCE TO BROADEN COOPERATION

SG/SM/11753SAFETY OF UNITED NATIONS STAFF DEPENDS ON MORE THAN BARRICADES, SHATTERPROOF GLASS, BUT ON BETTER EXPLAINING ORGANIZATION’S ROLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

SG/SM/11754-AFR/1739SECRETARY-GENERAL MOURNS DEATH OF ZAMBIAN PRESIDENT, LEVY PATRICK MWANAWASA

SG/SM/11755SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS DEADLY TERRORIST ATTACK IN ALGERIA

18 August, 2008
SC/9423SECURITY COUNCIL’S ‘1540’ COMMITTEE RAISES AWARENESS OF POSSIBLE LINK BETWEEN MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS, NON-STATE ACTORS; SAYS GRAVE THREAT NEEDS URGENT ATTENTION

SC/9424BRIEFING SECURITY COUNCIL, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR SUDAN REJECTS CLAIMS UNITED NATIONS MISSION ‘DID NOTHING’ DURING ABYEI CRISIS IN MAY

SC/9425-DC/3129PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE, BUT MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE TO IMPLEMENT RESOLUTION 1540 IN FULL, UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL 1540 COMMITTEE CONCLUDES

SG/SM/11751-DC/3128SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE, SAYS ACTIVITIES OF UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE, DISARMAMENT IN ASIA, PACIFIC, AS VAST, DIVERSE AS REGION ITSELF

15 August, 2008
DC/3127UNITED NATIONS REGIONAL CENTRE FOR PEACE AND DISARMAMENT IN ASIA AND PACIFIC RELOCATES TO KATHMANDU, NEPAL

SEA/1907COMMISSION ON THE LIMITS OF THE CONTINENTAL SHELF TO HOLD PLENARY OF TWENTY-SECOND SESSION FROM 18 TO 29 AUGUST

SG/SM/11750SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES NEPAL’S NEW PRIME MINISTER ON HISTORIC ELECTION

14 August, 2008
SG/SM/11745-AFR/1737AGREEMENT TRANSFERRING AUTHORITY OVER BAKASSI PENINSULA FROM NIGERIA TO CAMEROON ‘TRIUMPH FOR THE RULE OF LAW’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR CEREMONY

SG/SM/11746-OBV/714ILLITERACY HAS DIRECT IMPACT ON HUMAN HEALTH, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MARK LITERACY DAY AS HE CALLS FOR MORE INVESTMENT TO BOOST READING SKILLS

SG/SM/11747SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES OUTCOME OF SYRIAN-LEBANESE SUMMIT

SG/SM/11748-IHA/1266SECRETARY-GENERAL, EXTREMELY CONCERNED ABOUT IMPACT OF GEORGIAN-RUSSIAN CONFLICT, REMINDS PARTIES THEY HAVE OBLIGATION TO PROTECT CIVILIANS, END LAWLESSNESS

SG/SM/11749-AFR/1738-IHA/1267SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE LIFTING OF RESTRICTIONS ON AID AGENCIES’ HUMANITARIAN OPERATIONS IN ZIMBABWE

13 August, 2008
Note No. 6168FIFTH ANNIVERSARY OF ATTACK AGAINST UNITED NATIONS OFFICE IN BAGHDAD TO BE OBSERVED ON 19 AUGUST

SC/9421SECURITY COUNCIL AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE APPROVES DELETION OF ONE ENTRY ON CONSOLIDATED LIST

SC/9422SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON TERRORIST ATTACK IN LEBANON

SG/A/1149-BIO/4004SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS WARREN SACH OF UNITED KINGDOM AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR CENTRAL SUPPORT SERVICES

SG/A/1150-BIO/4005SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JUN YAMAZAKI OF JAPAN AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONTROLLER

SG/SM/11743SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE FOLLOW-THROUGH IN IMPLEMENTING AGREED PRINCIPLES OF PEACE PROPOSAL ACCEPTED BY GEORGIA, RUSSIAN FEDERATION

SG/SM/11744SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS NORTHERN LEBANON BOMBING

12 August, 2008
SG/SM/11741SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY PROBE OUTCOME INDICATING PEACEKEEPERS PREVIOUSLY IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO MAY HAVE COMMITTED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

SG/SM/11742-IHA/1265SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES RESTRAINT AS FIGHTING DISPLACES THOUSANDS IN PHILIPPINES

11 August, 2008
DSG/SM/410ENSURE JUSTICE IS NOT SIDELINED IN SHORT-TERM INTEREST OF UNSUSTAINABLE PEACE, URGES DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO AMERICAN BAR ASSOCIATION

GA/SPD/393FOURTH COMMITTEE APPROVES TEXT URGING IMPLEMENTATION OF SUBSIDIARY BODY’S PROPOSALS ON REVIEW OF ALL UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPING QUESTIONS

SC/9420SECURITY COUNCIL AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE APPROVES CHANGES TO ONE ENTRY ON CONSOLIDATED LIST

SG/SM/11740-AFR/1736DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT MOUNTING TENSIONS IN GUINEA-BISSAU, SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES SUPPORT FOR CONSTRUCTIVE EFFORTS TO PROMOTE STABILIZATION

10 August, 2008
SC/9419SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS THIRD EMERGENCY MEETING AS SOUTH OSSETIA CONFLICT INTENSIFIES, EXPANDS TO OTHER PARTS OF GEORGIA

SG/SM/11739SECRETARY-GENERAL ALARMED BY ESCALATION IN GEORGIA-SOUTH OSSETIA CRISIS

8 August, 2008
DSG/SM/409-HR/4961-OBV/713DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL’S MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE STRESSES THEIR CRUCIAL IMPORTANCE IN SUSTAINING DEVELOPMENT

Note No. 6167INTERNATIONAL YOUTH ART SHOW OPENS AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS ON 12 AUGUST

SC/9417SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS EMERGENCY MEETING IN RESPONSE TO RUSSIAN FEDERATION’S REQUEST AS CRISIS ESCALATES IN SOUTH OSSETIA, GEORGIA

SC/9418SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS CONFLICTING RUSSIAN, GEORGIAN VIEWS OF WORSENING CRISIS AS MEMBERS SEEK END TO VIOLENCE IN DAY’S SECOND MEETING ON SOUTH OSSETIA

SG/SM/11737SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR PEACEFUL ATMOSPHERE IN BOLIVIAN VOTE

SG/SM/11738SOUTH-SOUTH DIALOGUE, CO-DEVELOPMENT NEEDS RELIABLE, EFFICIENT UNITED NATIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL FESTIVAL OF ASILAH

SG/T/2619ACTIVITIES OF SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MEXICO, 3-5 AUGUST

7 August, 2008
SC/9416SECURITY COUNCIL ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1830 (2008), GRANTING ONE-YEAR MANDATE EXTENSION TO UNITED NATIONS ASSISTANCE MISSION FOR IRAQ

SG/A/1148-BIO/4003SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS JANE HOLL LUTE OF UNITED STATES AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR PEACEBUILDING SUPPORT

SG/SM/11734UNITED NATIONS WILL STAND BEHIND NEPALESE PEOPLE AS THEIR COUNTRY’S TRANSITION UNFOLDS, SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES IN REMARKS AT PHOTO EXHIBIT OPENING

SG/SM/11735CONCERNED BY VIOLENCE IN GEORGIAN REGION, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES RESTRAINT

SG/SM/11736-AFR/1735SECRETARY-GENERAL FOLLOWING PREPARATIONS FOR ‘LANDMARK’ 14 AUGUST TRANSFER OF AUTHORITY IN BAKASSI PENINSULA FROM NIGERIA TO CAMEROON

6 August, 2008
SC/9415UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN BRIEFING ON IRAQ, WARNS SECURITY COUNCIL AGAINST COMPLACENCY, STRESSES NEED FOR TRUST ACROSS COMMUNITY LINES

SG/A/1147-BIO/4002SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS PATRICIA O’BRIEN OF IRELAND AS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR LEGAL AFFAIRS AND UNITED NATIONS LEGAL COUNSEL

SG/SM/11731-AIDS/143SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT AIDS CONFERENCE MEETING WITH CIVIL SOCIETY, STRESSES COMMITMENT TO STIGMA-FREE MODEL WORKPLACE AT UNITED NATIONS

SG/SM/11732-AFR/1734SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY REGRETS OVERTHROW OF MAURITANIA’S GOVERNMENT

SG/SM/11733-DC/3126BROAD-BASED SUPPORT, SPANNING ENTIRE WORLD, EXISTS TO ADVANCE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO HIROSHIMA PEACE MEMORIAL CEREMONY

5 August, 2008
Note No. 6166MULTIMEDIA EXHIBITION AT HEADQUARTERS LOOKS AT UNITED NATIONS SUPPORT TO NEPAL’S PEACE PROCESS

SG/A/1146SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS MICHAEL WILLIAMS OF UNITED KINGDOM AS SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR LEBANON; JOHAN VERBEKE OF BELGIUM AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GEORGIA

SG/SM/11730SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING JOINT SESSION OF MEXICAN CONGRESS, UNDERSCORES PARLIAMENTARIANS’ PIVOTAL ROLE IN BRIDGING LOCAL, GLOBAL ISSUES

4 August, 2008
NGO/647-PI/1845SIXTY-FIRST ANNUAL DPI/NGO CONFERENCE, WITH LEADING ACTIVIST SIMONE VEIL AS KEYNOTE SPEAKER, TO CONVENE IN PARIS ON 3-5 SEPTEMBER

SC/9414SECURITY COUNCIL ASKS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ESTABLISH PEACEBUILDING OFFICE IN SIERRA LEONE AFTER MANDATE OF UNITED NATIONS INTEGRATED OFFICE ENDS

SG/SM/11727-AIDS/142SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN ADDRESS TO INTERNATIONAL AIDS CONFERENCE, URGES ENFORCEMENT OF LEGISLATION OUTLAWING DISCRIMINATION AGAINST PEOPLE LIVING WITH HIV

SG/SM/11728-DC/3125SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES GREATER POLITICAL SUPPORT FOR CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT TO FORESTALL UPGRADING OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS, EXPANSION OF EXISTING ARSENALS

SG/SM/11729-OBV/712INVEST ENERGY, BRIGHT IDEAS IN SHAPING MORE SUSTAINABLE PLANET, SECRETARY-GENERAL ADVISES YOUNG PEOPLE IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL YOUTH DAY

1 August, 2008
SC/9413PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN AUGUST

31 July, 2008
BIO/3997NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MARSHALL ISLANDS PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

BIO/3998NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF URUGUAY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

BIO/3999NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF VENEZUELA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

BIO/4000NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BOTSWANA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

BIO/4001NEW PERMANENT OBSERVER FOR GULF COOPERATION COUNCIL PRESENTS APPOINTMENT LETTER

SC/9411SECURITY COUNCIL AL-QAIDA AND TALIBAN SANCTIONS COMMITTEE APPROVES CHANGES TO ONE ENTRY ON CONSOLIDATED LIST

SC/9412SECURITY COUNCIL DECIDES TO EXTEND MANDATE OF AFRICAN UNION-UNITED NATIONS HYBRID OPERATION IN DARFUR BY 14 VOTES IN FAVOUR, 1 ABSTENTION

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