UNITED NATIONS PROVIDES LANDSAT DATA SETS FOR SUPPORTING

 

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT IN AFRICA

 

(Reissued as received.)

HEALTH THREATS RESPECT NO BOUNDARIES, GLOBAL COOPERATION ‘IMPERATIVE’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN SPEECH TO EDINBURGHCOLLEGE OF SUREGEONS

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s speech and toast to international friendship at the Quincentenary Dinner of the Royal College of Surgeons of Edinburgh, in Edinburgh, 30 June:

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN JULY 2005

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in July, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

June/July

GENEVA TALKS ON BASEL CONVENTION TO ADDRESS MOBILE PHONES, OBSOLETE SHIPS,

 

NEW GUIDELINES FOR WASTE MANAGEMENT, 4 – 8 JULY

 

(Reissued as received.)

UN COMMISSION ON INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW TO HOLD

 

THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION IN VIENNA, 4 - 15 JULY

 

Session to Adopt New Convention on Use

Of Electronic Communications in International Contracts

(Reissued as received.)

DEVELOPED COUNTRIES TO CUT LEVELS OF OZONE-DEPLETING METHYL BROMIDE IN 2006

(Reissued as received.)

MONTREAL, 1 July (UNEP) -- The 189 member governments of the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer have finalized an agreement under which developed countries will reduce their use of methyl bromide in 2006 compared to 2005.

Economic and Social Council

2005 Substantive Session

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

MORE AID, GREATER MARKET ACCESS KEY TO ATTAINING MILLENNIUM GOALS, DELEGATES

STRESS, AS ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CONCLUDES HIGH-LEVEL TALKS

Council President to Prepare Chair’s Summary

For Circulation, As Segment Fails to Produce Ministerial Declaration

Background Release

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE TO MEET IN NEW YORK, 5 - 22 JULY

Will Consider Reports of Benin, Burkina Faso,

Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Gambia, Guyana, Ireland, Israel, Lebanon

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES UNITED STATES COMMITMENT OF $1 BILLION

TO FIGHT MALARIA IN AFRICA

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

‘LET US RESOLVE TO EMPOWER WOMEN AND GIRLS BY OUR COMMITMENT TO GENDER EQUALITY’,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD POPULATION DAY

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Population Day, 11 July 2005: