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IK/500
24/6/2005
Press Release
IK/500

FIFTY-SIXTH SESSION OF THE UN COMPENSATION COMMISSION GOVERNING COUNCIL


TO BE HELD IN GENEVA FROM 28 TO 30 JUNE


(Reissued as received.)


GENEVA, 24 June (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its fifty-sixth session from 28 to 30 June under the Presidency of Ambassador Tassos Kriekoukis (Greece).

IHA/1063-POP/932
24/6/2005
Press Release
IHA/1063
POP/932

SIX MONTHS AFTER THE TSUNAMI:  UNFPA HELPS RESTORE REPRODUCTIVE

 

HEALTH CAPACITY AND PROMOTES WOMEN’S RIGHTS


(Reissued as received.)


BANGKOK, 24 June (UNFPA) -- Re-establishing quality reproductive health services is a top priority for UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, six months after the Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami.

HR/4861
24/06/2005
Press Release
HR/4861

SECRETARY GENERAL'S REPRESENTATIVE URGES FLEXIBLE SOLUTIONS


TO INTERNAL DISPLACEMENT IN SERBIA AND MONTENEGRO


(Reissued as received.)


GENEVA, 24 June (UN Information Service) -- The Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons, Dr. Walter Kälin, issued the following statement today:

GA/10362
24/6/2005
Press Release
GA/10362

GENERAL ASSEMBLY TO HOLD HIGH-LEVEL TALKS ON FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT, 27-28 JUNE


Next week’s United Nations General Assembly meeting on follow-up to the historic development summit that took place in Monterrey, Mexico, in 2002, is expected to add momentum to international action on aid, trade and debt relief.

GA/10361
24/06/2005
Press Release
GA/10361

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Informal Interactive Hearings


 ‘TOGETHER, WE CAN MAKE POVERTY HISTORY’, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CLOSING


SESSION OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY HEARINGS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY


Also Stressing Importance of UN Partnership with Civil Society, Assembly

President Calls Meetings ‘A Milestone’ in Relationship between States, NGOs

DC/2973
24/6/2005
Press Release
DC/2973

BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION EXPERT MEETING CONCLUDES

 


Experts Exchange Ideas on Content,

Promulgation, Adoption of Codes of Conduct for Scientists


(Reissued as received.)