CRISIS IN THE MIDDLE-EAST ••• UN ENVOY CALLS MIDDLE EAST "HIGHLY VOLATILE": 21/6/2007 Michael C. Williams, Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process and Personal Representative of the Secretary-General to the Palestine Liberation Organization and the Palestinian Authority, briefs the Security Council on the situation in the Middle-East, including the question of Palestine, at UN Headquarters in New York | 20 June 2007 | UN Photo# 148045/Evan Schneider 20 June 2007 Security Council: The situation in the Middle East. The situation in Liberia. The situation in Cote d'Ivoire. The situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - English: 33 minutes UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - Original Language: 33 minutes Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by Special Coordinator for the Peace Process in the Middle East and the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General, Mr. Michael Williams, on the situation in the Middle East, including the Palestinian question. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 14 minutes  Media Stakeout: Informal comments to the Media by the Acting Representative of the United States to the United Nations, Ambassador Alejandro D. Wolff, on the situation in the Middle East and other issues. UN WEBCAST TV VIDEO - 5 minutes  EARLIER PHOTOS>>

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••• UN ENVOY CALLS MIDDLE EAST "HIGHLY VOLATILE": 21/6/2007 ••• UN: CANADA - STATEMENT BY MINISTER MACKAY ON FINAL DECISIONS OF FIFTH SESSION OF HUMAN RIGHTS COUNCIL: 20/6/2007 ••• STANLEY FOUNDATION/KQED RADIO DOCUMENTARY ON ARAB MEDIA WINS TOP NATIONAL PRESS CLUB AWARD: 21/6/2007 • Ban Ki-moon condemns string of fatal attacks in Afghanistan • DR Congo final stop on Security Council’s week-long Africa trip • Secretary-General welcomes agreement on details of UN human rights review • Inuit leader wins UN award for activism against climate change • Investors flocking to renewable energy technology, says UN environment agency • Secretary-General meets with US Congressional leaders • UN, Sudan agree to talks to improve implementation of peace deal in south • Rebel leaders found guilty in first verdicts from UN-backed court in Sierra Leone • Security Council requests panel to assess situation in Liberia • Asia-Pacific development arm of UN signs cooperation deal on migration • UN Peacebuilding Commission backs strategy for ensuring peace in Burundi • Ban Ki-moon calls for international solidarity with world’s refugees • UN envoy deplores blast at Baghdad’s Al-Khillani mosque • Security Council extends UN observer force in Golan Heights
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	••• JORDAN'S KING ABDULLAH ADDRESS TO NATION ON INDEPENDENCE DAY
	••• FAREWELL TO KURT WALDHEIM by IAN WILLIAMS: 19/6/2007 ••• IAN WILLIAMS: HOW TO GET THE ROAD MAP ON TRACK ••• UNCLE SAM, THE U.N. DEADBEAT by IAN WILLIAMS
	••• THE IMPORTANCE OF U.N. PEACEKEEPING by STEPHEN SCHLESINGER
	••• STATEMENT TO THE G8+5 by RICARDO LAGOS AND TIMOTHY E. WIRTH, CO-CHAIRS, GLOBAL LEADERSHIP FOR CLIMATE ACTION ••• UN: EQUATOR PRIZE CELEBRATES SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT by TIMOTHY E. WIRTH
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