It's World Autism Awareness Day - this historic day has been declared by the United Nations General Assembly in New York - WAAD falls on Wednesday 2nd April 2008, it is the first ever international day for autism and we must thank Qatar for proposing it an seeing it through.

World leaders addressed the U.N. General Assembly annual debate for a third day, Thursday. They discussed topics of importance to their own countries and to the international community.

The Secretary-General also said the UN Human Rights Council must “live up to its responsibilities as the torchbearer for human rights consistently and equitably around the world.”

Iran's president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is scheduled to address the U.N. General Assembly Tuesday, one day after his visit to Columbia University spurred protests and sharp remarks.

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad will attend the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly beginning September 18 in New York, Iranian media reported Friday. The president will be accompanied by a high-ranking delegation.

Armenia’s permanent representative to the UN, Armen Martirosian, said those countries which are well aware of the South Caucasian region and the true cause behind the Nagorno-Karabakh conflict find that an incautious politicization of this conflict may jeopardize the entire peace process.

Newly elected UN General Assembly President Srgjan Kerim, who will assume his new role at the start of the Assembly's sixty-second session in September, served as his country's Ambassador to the UN from 2001 to 2003 as well as in several positions within his national Government.

Former Macedonian Foreign Minister Srgjan Kerim has been elected president of the 62nd session of the UN General Assembly. His term begins in September.