WOMEN IN DRY LANDS RANK AMONG ‘POOREST OF POOR’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN DESERTIFICATION DAY MESSAGE

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, 17 June 2005:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ADDIS ABABA VIOLENCE, CALLS FOR CALM

WHILE ELECTION IRREGULARITIES ARE INVESTIGATED

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

Demographer from Philippines, Guatemala’s Largest Private Family Planning Provider

 

Win 2005 United Nations Population Award

 

(Reissued as received.)

Special Committee on

Decolonization

5^th Meeting (AM)

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON INFORMATION,

CONSIDERS QUESTION OF WESTERN SAHARA

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

57^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE APPROVES $3.2 BILLION FOR 2005-2006 PEACEKEEPING,

AS IT CONCLUDES RESUMED SESSION

Also Recommends to General Assembly Comprehensive Text

Aimed at Strengthening Peacekeeping Management, Administration

CATTLE RANCHING IS ENCROACHING ON FORESTS IN LATIN AMERICA

Causing Severe Environmental Degradation – FAOModelPredictsLand Use up to 2010

(Reissued as received.)

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF NEW ZEALAND PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Rosemary Banks, the new Permanent Representative of New Zealand to the United Nations, today presented her credentials to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Young-jin Choi, the new Permanent Representative of the Republic of Korea to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF LATVIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Solveiga Silkalna, the new Permanent Representative of Latvia to the United Nations, today presented her credentials to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan. 

Secretary-General welcomes United States, United Kingdom initiative

 

for significant increase in Africa emergency funding

 

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