Additional Candidates for Post of Executive Secretary,

 

UN Framework Convention on Climate Change

 

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Fifth Session

16^th & 17^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UN FORUM RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF DECLARATION ON INDIGENOUS RIGHTS

BY 61^ST GENERAL ASSEMBLY, AS FIFTH SESSION CONCLUDES

UN MESSENGER OF PEACE MICHAEL DOUGLAS FEATURES IN PUBLIC SERVICE ANNOUNCEMENT

 

TO DRAW ATTENTION TO ILLICIT TRADE IN SMALL ARMS, LIGHT WEAPONS

 

Background Release

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

733^rd & 734^th Meetings (AM & PM)

CYPRUS DELEGATION TELLS WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE ABOUT SWEEPING

LEGAL CHANGES AIMED AT ACHIEVING DE FACTO GENDER EQUALITY

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Nane Annan arrived in Hanoi, Viet Nam, from Beijing, China, in the evening of Tuesday, 23 May.

Concerned over Timor-Leste, Secretary-General consults regional leaders

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Review Conference on

Fish Stocks Agreement

7^th & 8^th Meetings (AM & PM)

CAPACITY OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES TO JOIN, IMPLEMENT FISH STOCKS AGREEMENT

IS IN INTERESTS OF ALL, REVIEW CONFERENCE TOLD

But Several States Not Party to Agreement

Security Council

5445^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL, EXPRESSING SERIOUS CONCERN AT DETERIORATING SECURITY SITUATION

IN TIMOR-LESTE, URGES GOVERNMENT TO TAKE ALL NECESSARY STEPS TO END VIOLENCE

In Presidential Statement, Council Welcomes Positive Responses

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Fifth Session

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

PLIGHT OF INDIGENOUS MIGRANTS, PROTECTING BIOGENETIC RESOURCES AMONG ISSUES

RAISED, AS UN FORUM WEIGHS RECOMMENDATIONS FOR FUTURE WORK