NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF CROATIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

The new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Croatia, Mirjana Mladineo, presented her credentials to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

693^rd & 694^th Meetings (AM & PM)

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TAKES UP IRELAND’S REPORT;

PRAISES IMPRESSIVE NATIONAL BODIES FOR GENDER EQUALITY

Urges Further Steps to Empower

Vulnerable Groups, Increase Women’s Participation in Public Life

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS BENIN, NIGER FOR PEACEFUL

SETTLEMENT OF BORDER DISPUTE THROUGH ICJ

 

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

The Secretary-General has taken note of the judgment of the International Court of Justice delivered on 12 July 2005 concerning the border dispute between the Republic of Benin and the Republic of Niger.

Secretary-General ‘repulsed and outraged’ by killing of large number

 

of children in Baghdad suicide bombing

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

Security Council

5226^th Meeting (Night)

Security Council, in presidential statement, condemns massacre

 

of women, children in Democratic Republic of Congo

Members Call on Congolese Authorities

To Prosecute Perpetrators, Stress Need to End Armed Attacks

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE MEETS SENIOR OFFICIALS OF AUSTRALIA TO DISCUSS

IMPLEMENTATION OF SANCTIONS AGAINST AL-QAIDA, TALIBAN

 

UN GLOBAL STUDY FINDS BIOTECHNOLOGY IN FORESTRY GAINING GROUND,

CALLS FOR SYSTEMATIC ASSESSMENT OF GENETICALLY MODIFIED TREES

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 13 July (FAO) -- Research and applications of biotechnology in forestry are advancing rapidly, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.

UNITED NATIONS MEETING IN SUPPORT OF MIDDLE EAST PEACE CONCLUDES

WITH ADOPTION OF ACTION PLAN BY CIVIL SOCIETY TO END OCCUPATION

Plan Is ‘Navigator’ for Civil Society Actors Committed to Middle East Peace;

It Pinpoints Areas for Urgent Action by International Community, Says Chairman

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Economic and Social Council

2005 Substantive Session

25^th Meeting (AM & PM)

‘transition from relief to development’, special relief assistance focus,

as ecosoc opens humanitarian affairs segment

Meeting of States to Consider Action

Programme on Illicit Small Arms Trade

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Views on preventing proliferation of small arms, light weapons heard

 

as meeting to review 2001 programme of action continues

Representatives of Member States, International Organizations,

Civil Society, NGOs Present Views in Two Panels, Thematic Discussion