COOPERATIVES, MICROFINANCE CAN GIVE THOSE MOST IN NEED POWER TO IMPROVE

 

THEIR LIVES, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the United Nations International Day of Cooperatives, observed 2 July:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES IVORIAN PARTIES TO FAITHFULLY IMPLEMENT PRETORIA AGREEMENT

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

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN JULY

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for July:

Security Council

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON BLUE LINE INCIDENTS

 

Following is the press statement delivered today by Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France):

The members of the Security Council received a briefing from the Department of Peacekeeping Operations on the last incidents along the Blue Line.

They took note with interest of the statement issued by the Personal Representative of the Secretary-General for southern Lebanon.

Security Council

5220^th Meeting (AM)

GREATEST HUMANITARIAN CRISIS TODAY IN SOUTHERN AFRICA,

 

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME HEAD TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Describes ‘Lethal Mix’ of AIDS, Drought, Failing Governance;

Says Hunger Playing Critical Part in Disintegration of Social Structures

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS SIERRA LEONE MISSION FOR FINAL SIX MONTHS,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1610 (2005)

Drawdown to Begin Mid-August, Completed by 31 December;

Requests Plan for Integrated UN Presence After Troop Withdrawal

SCHOOLGARDENS:  EDUCATION AND NUTRITION GO TOGETHER, SAYS FAO

Support by Farmers and Parents Is Essential

(Reissued as received.)

INTERGOVERNMENTAL AGREEMENT ON ASIAN HIGHWAY NETWORK COMES INTO FORCE ON 4 JULY

 

(Reissued as received.)

WILDLIFE TREATY COMES OF AGE -- CITES CELEBRATES 30 YEARS OF ACHIEVEMENT

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 30 June (UNEP) -- Thirty years ago tomorrow, on 1 July 1975, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) entered into force with a challenging mission:  to bring under regulation the international trade in certain wild animal and plant species so that such trade does not threaten their survival.

Economic and Social Council

2005 Substantive Session

11^th & 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS IN HIGH-LEVEL MEETING OF ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL CITE

INSUFFICIENT PROGRESS TOWARDS ACHIEVING MILLENNIUM GOALS

Discussion Focuses on Rural Poverty,

Need for Agricultural Development, Attention to Education