GA/10675

Sixty-second General Assembly
Plenary
72nd & 73rd Meetings (AM & PM)

Assembly President: 'Best Advocates for Children are the Children Themselves'; Kenyan Youth Says Meeting 'Our Final Chance to Urge You to Keep Your Promises'

GLIDE no. FL-2007-000220-SRB

The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent response to emergencies. The DREF is a vital part of the International Federation's disaster response system and increases the ability of national societies to respond to disasters.

CHF 62,578 (USD 55,973 or € 37,926) has been allocated from the Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund

SG/SM/11310
L/3120

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon's remarks at the general debate of the Sixth Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, in New York, today, 3 December:

I am pleased to welcome you here at United Nations Headquarters in New York for your Sixth Assembly.

Last July marked the fifth anniversary of the entry into force of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court. Next July, we celebrate the tenth anniversary of the adoption of the Rome Statute.

PODGORICA, Montenegro, October 29 (UNHCR) - When a group of visual arts students in Montenegro met refugees for the first time, it left a deep imprint in their minds.

"It's distressing to witness the conditions they're living in," said one student. "I can't believe these people have no personal documents. That is so horrible," said another.

They were part of a group of 28 students from the Faculty of Visual Arts at Podgorica's Mediterranean University who spent the past month visiting Roma, Ashkalia and Egyptian camps and

Belgrade, 4 October 2007 - Cluster bomb survivors gathered in Serbia this week to ensure their rights were at the heart of international efforts to ban the weapon by 2008.

Twenty-two of the 26 affected states participated in the Belgrade Conference of States Affected by Cluster Munitions, the latest development in the Oslo Process for a new treaty banning these weapons, which has gathered the support of 82 countries in just seven months.

"Just as we were making our way to the conference, six-year old Ali Dakdouk was making his way to school when

The Government decided today to send a maximum of two long-term observers and no more than fifteen short-term observers to the Council of Europe observation mission to supervise the planned parliamentary election in Kosovo on 17 November. The election will be organised by Kosovo's election authority together with the Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE).

Sida is responsible for the recruitment and training of Swedish election observers.

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Dix ans après que la communauté internationale se soit engagée à éliminer le fléau des mines antipersonnel, les Nations Unies peuvent se prévaloir de plusieurs réalisations collectives : les mines et les restes explosifs de guerre font de moins en moins de victimes; plusieurs aspects essentiels d'un cadre juridique international renforcé ont été mis en oeuvre; on a expressément reconnu l'importance de l'égalité des sexes et des droits des personnes handicapées dans l'ensemble du domaine de la lutte antimines; et les nombreux partenaires engagés dans la lutte

A number of glide numbers apply to the heat wave in Central Europe: HT-2007-000105-SRB, HT-2007-000105-ROM, HT-2007-000105-MKD, HT-2007-000105-MDA, HT-2007-000105-HRV

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