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UNITED NATIONS FLAG AT HEADQUARTERS FLIES AT HALF-MAST IN MEMORY OF NINE UNITED NATIONS  OFFICIALS KILLED IN ALGERIA  UN Photo# 14316/Mark Garten

••• UN: NINE STAFF MEMBERS KILLED IN ALGIERS, TWO FOUND ALIVE, CONFIRMS UN OFFICIAL: 12/12/2007 ••• UN: ALGIERS ATTACKS WILL NOT DETER UN FROM ITS VITAL WORK, VOWS BAN KI-MOON: 12/12/2007

12 December 2007	Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Italy, Ambassador Marcello Spatafory on the situation in Lebanon. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO- 16 minutes
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United Kingdom, Ambassador Sir John Sawers KCMG, on the situation in Kosovo and other matters. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 7 minutes
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the Russian Federation, Ambassador Vitaly Churkin, on the situation in Kosovo and other matters. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO  - 2 minutes
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States of America, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, on the situation in Lebanon and other matters. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 1 minute
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Permanent Representative of the United States of America, Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, on the situation in Kosovo and other matters. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 20 minutes
Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the President of the Security Council and Permanent Representative of Italy, Ambassador Marcello Spatafory on Guinea-Bissau and other matters. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO  - 15 minutes

UNITED NATIONS - / MaximsNews Network / - Thursday, 13 December  2007:

••• UN: UN REFUGEE AGENCY EXCEEDS 20,000 RESETTLEMENT TARGET FOR IRAQI REFUGEES: 12/12/2007

••• UN: UPSURGE IN VIOLENT CLASHES IN EASTERN DR CONGO ALARMS SECRETARY-GENERAL: 12/12/2007

••• UN: GENERAL WHO LED SIEGE OF SARAJEVO JAILED FOR 33 YEARS BY UN WAR CRIMES TRIBUNAL: 12/12/2007 

••• UN: TIMOR-LESTE WILL NEED UN ASSISTANCE FOR SOME TIME, SAYS SECURITY COUNCIL TEAM: 12/12/2007

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: TOP-DOWN POLITICAL REFORM IN ARAB WORLD PROLONGS STAGNATION: 12/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• INTERNATIONAL RED CROSS - RED CRESCENT: WORLD DISASTERS REPORT: DISCRIMINATION IN DISASTERS: 13/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• CARNEGIE COUNCIL FOR ETHICS IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS: THE ETHICAL BLOGGER PROJECT: 13/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• ONU: TV: POINT DE PRESSE QUOTIDIEN DU BUREAU DE LA PORTE-PAROLE DU SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL DE L’ONU: 12 DÉCEMBRE 2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UN: UNITED NATIONS BRIEFING AND TV: TUESDAY, 12/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• ONU: TV: POINT DE PRESSE QUOTIDIEN DU BUREAU DE LA PORTE-PAROLE DU SECRÉTAIRE GÉNÉRAL DE L’ONU: 11 DÉCEMBRE 2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• UN: UNITED NATIONS BRIEFING AND TV: TUESDAY, 11/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• BIANCA JAGGER FOR WORLD FUTURE COUNCIL: "URGES WORLD LEADERS OF THE WEALTHIEST NATIONS TO  STOP PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH OUR FUTURE": 01/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• MaximsNews World: Wednesday 12 December 2007 (MaximsNews Network)

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••• UNITED NATIONS CORRESPONDENTS ASSOCIATION (UNCA) AWARDS CITIZEN OF THE WORLD AWARD TO RICHARD BRANSON - HONOURS INTERNATIONAL JOURNALISTS: 11/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• SAVE THE CHILDREN TO RECEIVE GATES FOUNDATION $500,000 U.S. TO HELP CYCLONE SURVIVORS IN BANGLADESH: 10/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: FINANCING ENERGY EFFICIENCY IN CHINA by WILLIAM CHANDLER: 10/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• Federación Mundial de Asociaciones de las Naciones Unidas: Declaración con ocasión del Día Internacional de los Derechos Humanos: 10/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• WORLD FEDERATION OF UNITED NATIONS ASSOCIATIONS on HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: 10/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: URBANIZING RURAL INDIA: 04/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• WORLD ECONOMIC FORUM: YOUNG GLOBAL LEADERS’ “TABLE FOR TWO” INITIATIVE LAUNCHES FIRST CHAPTER IN INDIA AT THE INDIA ECONOMIC SUMMIT: 03/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• 48 COMMONWEALTH COUNTRIES MEET IN UGANDA: GOVERNMENT LEADERS AND COMMONWEALTH BUSINESS COUNCIL OUTLINE COMPREHENSIVE AGENDA: 03/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• OPEN SOCIETY INSTITUTE: "MAJOR SHIFT" IN AIDS RESPONSE, COALITION DEMANDS HUMAN RIGHTS PROTECTIONS IN HIV EFFORTS: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• INTERNATIONAL RESCUE COMMITTEE: TO RESTART IRAQI  HUMANITARIAN AID: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP: CRISIS WATCH 52: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• INTERNATIONAL CRISIS GROUP: ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CONFLICT: ANNAPOLIS AND AFTER: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION: ROTARY INTERNATIONAL AND GATES FOUNDATION TOGETHER COMMIT $200 MILLION TO ERADICATE POLIO: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• BILL & MELINDA GATES FOUNDATION: MAJOR COMMITMENT TO EXPAND HIV PREVENTION IN CHINA: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• U.S. COUNCIL ON FOREIGN RELATIONS: COUNCIL REPORT ARGUES FOR NEW POLICIES TO PROTECT NATIONAL SECURITY INTERESTS FROM CONSEQUENCES OF CLIMATE CHANGE: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CLUB OF MADRID CALLS ON A DEEP REFORM OF INTERNATIONAL ENERGY GOVERNANCE: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• CLUB OF MADRID JOINS MINISTERS TO DISCUSS DEMOCRACY AND DEVELOPMENT: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  

••• CHATHAM HOUSE: CHINA FEELS EUROPE NEEDS STRATEGIC VISION AND A UNIFIED VOICE TO PROSPER: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network)

••• CARNEGIE ENDOWMENT FOR INTERNATIONAL PEACE: STRENGTHENING COUNTERTERRORISM IN PAKISTAN: 02/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) 

••• BIANCA JAGGER FOR WORLD FUTURE COUNCIL: "URGES WORLD LEADERS OF THE WEALTHIEST NATIONS TO  STOP PLAYING RUSSIAN ROULETTE WITH OUR FUTURE": 01/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) ••• THORAYA AHMED OBAID: INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS DAY: 10/10/2007 (MaximsNews Network)  ••• THORAYA AHMED OBAID: INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR THE ELIMINATION OF VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN: 25/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)   ••• IAN WILLIAMS: ANARCHY ON THE HIGH SEAS: 10/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) ••• IAN WILLIAMS ON BROWN, BLAIR & CLINTON: 10/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) JOHN BOLTON'S NEW BOOK by IAN WILLIAMS: 25/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network)>>>) ••• STEPHEN SCHLESINGER: HILLARY, NOT BARACK, IS THE ONE: 01/12/2007 (MaximsNews Network) ••• STEPHEN SCHLESINGER: KUDOS FOR THE NEW YORK TIMES:  25/11/2007 (MaximsNews Network) ••• NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY ACQUIRES PAPERS OF HISTORIAN AND KENNEDY PRESIDENTIAL ADVISOR ARTHUR M. 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