"JARGALSAIKHANY ENKHSAIKHAN"

The General Assembly hears a report of the Secretary-General and discusses the implementation of the outcome of the World Summit for Social Development at the 33rd plenary meeting of the 52nd session.

Mongolia's Government will immediately expand the country's environmentally protected area from 10 per cent to 15 per cent of its territory, with 30 per cent of the country ultimately being turned into national parks and other protected areas, the State's Minister for the Environment, Adyasuren Tsohio, told reporters at a Headquarters press conference this morning.

The General Assembly appoints Kofi Annan as the Secretary-General of the United Nations at the 88th plenary meeting of the 51st session.

Concrete measures and ‘renewed sense of outrage’ needed to end trafficking in women and children, Secretary-General tells Assembly at 75th plenary meeting of the 51st session.

The General Committee of the General Assembly discusses the adoption of the agenda and organization of work including the reports of the General Committee at the 1st meeting of the 51st session.