Note to Correspondents

Note to Correspondents

Note to Correspondents

World Press Freedom Day to be observed at United Nations on 3 May;

Panel to discuss Media as Force for Change

 

Commission on Sustainable Development

Fourteenth Session

2^nd and 3^rd Meetings*(AM & PM)

ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES CAN NO LONGER BE POSTPONED UNTIL LATE

IN DEVELOPMENT PROCESS, SAYS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

Disarmament Commission

2006 Substantive Session

275^th Meeting (PM)

AS WORLD BECOMES MORE DANGEROUS, DISARMAMENT COMMISSION DEBATE EVEN MORE IMPORTANT,

SAYS CHAIR, AS 3-WEEK SESSION CONCLUDES

 

(Issued on 1 May 2006.)

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF AUSTRALIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

The new Permanent Representative of Australia to the United Nations, Robert Hill, presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF VENEZUELA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF BURUNDI PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Joseph Ntakirutimana, the new Permanent Representative of Burundi to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY REGRETS’ LACK OF CONSENSUS IN BUDGET COMMITTEE

 

ON MANAGEMENT REFORM PROPOSALS

 

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