Earthquake engineers’ knowledge essential for establishing building standards,

 

Secretary-General tells Skopje Conference

Security Council

5251^st Meeting (AM)

OVERALL SITUATION IN TIMOR-LESTE CALM, BUT SECURITY OF UN PERSONNEL

REMAINS MAJOR CONCERN, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

2005 UNITED NATIONS PROGRAMME OF FELLOWSHIPS ON DISARMAMENT STARTS IN GENEVA

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UNODC ANNOUNCES MAJOR REDUCTION IN 2005 OPIUM POPPY CULTIVATION IN AFGHANISTAN

UNODC Executive Director Says One Field

Out of Five Cultivated in 2004 Was Not Replanted in 2005

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NIGER , NIGERIA ’S NATURAL CAPITAL VITAL FOR FIGHTING PESTILENCE, DROUGHT

New Project Helps Communities Manage, Restore Fragile Land, Forest , Water Supplies

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SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES UN COMMITMENT TO STRENGTHENING

COOPERATION WITH CENTRAL AFRICAN STATES

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

IN MESSAGE TO PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL CEREMONY, SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES

PEOPLE OF BURUNDI FOR SUCCESSFUL CONCLUSION OF TRANSITIONAL PROCESS

(Delayed for translation of text, originally delivered in French.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘ACT OZONE FRIENDLY -- STAY SUN SAFE’

IS THEME FOR DAY TO PRESERVE OZONE LAYER

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer, 16 September 2005:

Round-Up of Session

SEABED AUTHORITY TO CONSIDER REVISED TEXT OF DRAFT REGULATIONS

ON POLYMETALLIC SULPHIDES, COBALT-RICH CRUSTS NEXT YEAR

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INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY CONCLUDES ELEVENTH SESSION;

DEFERS ACTION ON MAIN AGENDA ITEM – NEW MINING CODE

Next Session Will Be 7-18 August 2006 in Kingston

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