Click here to read "Pitsuwan for UNSG?" - Global Memo, September 3, 2010

SG - Secretary-General Appoints D. Stephen Mathias of United States Assistant Secretary-General for Legal Affairs - September 1, 2010

New York, September 1, 2010 - On July 2, after almost five years of negotiations, the General Assembly adopted a Resolution officially establishing the United Nations entity for gender equality and the empowerment of women, known as UN Women. The search for the first Under-Secretary-General to lead the new body is almost complete. 

UN Women will carry out the functions of four existing UN agencies dealing with women's issues, and its creation has been part of the larger UN reform process known as System-wide Coherence.

Click here to read "October’s Security Council Elections" - Global Memo, August 30, 2010

WFM-IGP - Candidates for Under-Secretary-General for UN Women - September 1, 2010

Click here to read "At UN, Ban Lunches with Reporters, Menu Includes Corruption, Maybe Congo" - Inner City Press, August 31, 2010

New York, August 31, 2010 - Two days before the originally announced date of September 1, the UN Secretary-General's office has stated that Valerie Amos will take up her post as Director of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on September 6.

Click here to read "Embattled U.N. Chief on Charm Offensive, Says Press Corps" - InterPress Service, August 30, 2010

Latin America Women and Habitat Network - Letter of Support for Dr. Nilcea Freira as Candidate to Lead UN Women - August 30, 2010

Click here to read "Serbia Backs South Africa For UN Security Council Seat" - Eurasia Review, August 31, 2010