SECRETARY-GENERAL UPDATES SECURITY COUNCIL ON OIL-FOR-FOOD INVESTIGATION;

 

DISCUSSION CONCERNS TIMETABLE, BUDGET, DOCUMENT REQUEST

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

2005 WORLD SUMMIT MUST TAKE BOLD STEPS TOWARD MAKING POVERTY HISTORY,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the High-Level Segment of the Economic and Social Council, in New York, 29 June:

‘ALL-OUT GLOBAL EFFORT’ NEEDED TO MEET ANTI-POVERTY GOALS BY 2015,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO ISLAMIC CONFERENCE SESSION

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the thirty-second session of the Islamic Conference of Foreign Ministers, in Sana’a, 28-30 June, delivered by Ali Alatas, Envoy of the Secretary-General for the September 2005 Summit,:

Security Council

5218^th Meeting (PM)*

SECURITY COUNCIL NOTES DECISION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

TO EXTEND TRANSITIONAL PERIOD UNTIL END OF 2005

Permitted Under Peace Agreement, Transitional Constitution;

Aims to Allow Time to Strengthen Security, Logistics for Elections

Security Council

5216^th Meeting (AM)

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT PROSECUTOR TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

INVESTIGATION INTO DARFUR CRIMES INITIATED 1 JUNE

Luis Moreno Ocampo Says Extensive Preliminary Inquiry

Revealed Grave Crimes, Absence of Criminal Proceedings on Certain Cases

ANNUAL MEETING OF CODEX ALIMENTARIUS COMMISSION TO BE HELD

AT FAO HEADQUARTERS IN ROME, 4 – 9 July 2005

ROME, 29 June (FAO) -- The Codex Executive Committee will meet from 30 June to 2 July to advise the Codex Alimentarius Commission on selected issues, and the Commission meeting will take place from 4-9 July at the FAO (Food and Agriculture Organization) headquarters in Rome.

UN STILL NEEDS $2.6 BILLION TO MEET URGENT HUMANITARIAN NEEDS

FOR 30 MILLION PEOPLE IN 29 COUNTRIES

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 29 June (UN Information Service) -- Six months after their launch of appeals for this year, the United Nations and its partners still require $2.6 billion to address the urgent humanitarian needs of 30 million people in 29 countries.

EXEMPTIONS, $420 MILLLOIN PHASE-OUT SUPPORT CONSIDERED IN OZONE MEETING

(Reissued as received.)

MONTREAL, 29 June (UNEP) -– The 189-member Governments of the Montreal Protocol on Substances That Deplete the Ozone Layer will decide this week on how best to manage the phase-out of methyl bromide, an effective fumigant and pesticide for strawberries, flowers and other high-value crops that also damages the Earth’s protective ozone shield.

Economic and Social Council

2005 Substantive Session

10^th Meeting (AM & PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL OPENS WITH SECRETARY-GENERAL’S CALL

FOR TRANSLATING ECONOMIC GROWTH INTO DEVELOPMENT FOR ALL

 

High-Level Segment Features Policy Dialogue Involving

WTO, World Bank, IMF, UNCTAD Followed by Eight Round-Table Discussions

UN:  SUSTAINED ECONOMIC GROWTH IN DEVELOPING REGIONS

OPENS WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY FOR DEVELOPMENT GOALS