Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF THAILAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Don Pramudwinai, the new Permanent Representative of Thailand to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

774^th Meeting (AM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE, OPENING THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION,

ADOPTS AGENDA, WORK PROGRAMME

 

CONSERVATION, SUSTAINABLE USE OF BIODIVERSITY ESSENTIAL FOR ADAPTING TO CLIMATE

CHANGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR INTERNATIONAL DAY

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message for the International Day for Biological Diversity, to be observed on 22 May:

Secretary-General hails reverend takeyasu miyamoto as tireless children’s

advocate, legendary humanitarian, in ninetieth birthday message

UNITED NATIONS MEETING, 17 MAY, TO SEEK CONNECTIVITY, ACCESS SOLUTIONS

 

Leaders from Government, the private sector and civil society will meet at the United Nations on Thursday, 17 May, to discuss which technological and financing solutions can best promote connectivity and access in emerging economies.

UNITED NATIONS, UNITED STATES HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL MUSEUM TO HOLD SEMINAR

ON HOLOCAUST, GENOCIDE PREVENTION, 14-18 MAY IN WASHINGTON, D.C.

 

Note to Correspondents

EXHIBIT OF INDIGENOUS ARTWORK, PHOTOGRAPHS OPENS

 

ON 15 MAY AT United Nations HEADQUARTERS

 

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Sixth Session

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DISTINCT CULTURES ERODE WITHOUT RESPECT FOR RIGHTS

OVER LANDS, TERRITORIES, NATURAL RESOURCES, FORUM TOLD

 

Committee on NGOs

14^th & 15^th Meetings (AM & PM)

United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon arrived in Sharm el-Sheikh, Egypt, in the afternoon of Wednesday, 2 May.