Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Plenary

101^st Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPOINTS CONTRIBUTIONS COMMITTEE MEMBER

 

INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGIES

AND HEALTH CARE TO BE HELD AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 9 JUNE

 

The international conference “Promoting an Enabling Environment:  Music, Technology, Culture and Health Care” will take place at United Nations Headquarters, the Economic and Social Council Chamber, on Thursday, 9 June, from 1 p.m. to 6 p.m.

SEVERE SHORTAGE IN FUNDING FOR DJIBOUTI DROUGHT

NEW YORK, 6 June (OCHA) -- Six weeks into the flash appeal for $7.5 million for drought relief in Djibouti, donors have failed to provide funding for 95 per cent of needs, leaving the agricultural, food and coordination sectors of the appeal wholly unfunded.

Secretary-General welcomes peaceful conduct of elections in most of Burundi

 

but condemns violence in some areas

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

General Assembly president’s draft outcome for 2005 summit is valuable guidepost

for advancing development, security, human rights, Secretary-General says

Following is a statement by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the General Assembly President’s draft outcome for the 2005 summit:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS AMBASSADOR KAI EIDE OF NORWAY AS HIS

SPECIAL ENVOY TO UNDERTAKE COMPEHENSIVE REVIEW OF KOSOVO

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