Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S PANEL URGES GREATER, MORE CONSISTENT

 

INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT FOR AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT

Emeka Anyaoku of Nigeria, the Chair of a special advisory panel on international support for Africa, today submitted the panel’s recommendations to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

SIXTH MEETING OF UNITED NATIONS OPEN-ENDED INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE PROCESS

ON OCEANS AND LAW OF SEA TO TAKE PLACE AT HEADQUARTERS, 6 - 10 JUNE

To Focus on Fisheries, Their Contribution to Sustainable Development, Marine Debris

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS ONE ENTITY TO AL-QAIDA

 

SECTION OF CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 1 June 2005 approved the addition of one entity to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

76. *Name: ISLAMIC JIHAD GROUP

Security Council

5194^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS CÔTE D’IVOIREMISSION UNTIL 24 JUNE,

 

WITH INTENTION TO RENEW for FURTHER 7 MONTHS

 

Resolution 1603 (2005) Adopted Unanimously;

Requests High Representative to Monitor Presidential, Legislative Elections

Round-Up of Session

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES THIRTY-NINTH SESSION

Adopts Conclusions on Reports from Saint Lucia, Philippines, Yemen,

Bosnia and Herzegovina, Nepal, Ecuador, Norway, Mongolia, Nicaragua, Costa Rica

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS RESPONDING TO NEEDS IN COTED’IVOIRE

 

‘LET US CREATE GREEN CITIES’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

 

IN VIDEO MESSAGE FOR WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

 

Following is the text of the video message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Environment Day, 5 June:

As human beings, we are bound by our common humanity.

And like all species on Earth, we are bound by our common dependence on the environment.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ATTACKS ON CÔTE D’IVOIREVILLAGE

 

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

The Secretary-General strongly condemns the attack by Ivorian armed elements on the village of Guetrozon near Douékoué in western Côte d’Ivoire on 31 May and 1 June, which has reportedly resulted in the deaths of at least 41 people.

HIV/AIDS EPIDEMIC ‘GREAT CHALLENGE OF OUR AGE AND OUR GENERATION’,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT UN PRESS BRIEFING

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a press briefing for the General Assembly High-Level Meeting on HIV/AIDS, in New York, 2 June: