CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, REINTEGRATION, STABILITY

IN AFRICA TO CONVENE IN SIERRA LEONE, 21 - 23 JUNE

 

Secretary-General ‘seriously concerned’ by forcible return

 

to Rwanda of 5,000 asylum seekers

 

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

More than ever, Africa needs international support to end vicious cycle

 

of underdevelopment, Secretary-General tells PARIS ministerial meeting

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Ministerial Meeting on the Follow-up to the Africa-France Summit in Paris, delivered today by Tuliameni Kalomoh, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs:

‘together, we can create a freer and fairer world’, says Secretary-General

 

in paris address to world business leaders

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to a meeting on “The Business Contribution to the Millennium Development Goals”, in Paris, 14 June:

Trade, investment, closer economic ties contribute to peace, security,

 

says Secretary-General in message to St. Petersburg economic forum

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the ninth
St.Petersburg International Economic Forum, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director General, United Nations Office at Geneva, in St. Petersburg, 14 June:

Background Release

States parties to law of sea convention to meet in new york, 16 – 24 june

Agenda Includes Election of Tribunal Members; Budgetary

Matters; Reports by Seabed Authority, Commission on Continental Shelf

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE CONCERNING CôTE D’IVOIRE

 

ADOPTS GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCT OF ITS WORK

 

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1572 (2004) concerning Côte d’Ivoire adopted, on 13 June 2005, guidelines for the conduct of its work, to facilitate the implementation of the measures imposed by paragraphs 11 and 12 of the resolution, in accordance with paragraph 14 (e) of the resolution.

Round-Up of Session

ROLE OF MEDIA IN PEACE, CONFLICT BETWEEN ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

 

DISCUSSED BY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SEMINAR

Seminar on Peace in Middle East Concludes

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SEMINAR DEBATES INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL EFFORTS

 

FOR CONSTRUCTIVE CHANGE IN MIDDLE EAST

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CAIRO, 14 June -- The International Media Seminar on Peace in the Middle East this morning held a panel discussion on international and regional efforts for constructive change in the Middle East and whether the Road Map was the answer.

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SEMINAR DISCUSSES SECURITY, PALESTINIAN

 

INSTITUTIONAL REFORM AND ECONOMIC SUPPORT

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