Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Fourth Session

12^th & 13^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPEAKERS IN PERMANENT FORUM URGE INDIGENOUS COMMUNITIES, GOVERNMENTS, UN AGENCIES

TO DEVELOP CONCRETE PROPOSALS TO IMPROVE INDIGENOUS PEOPLES’ LIVES

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

55^th Meeting (PM)

United Nations Forum on Forests

Fifth Session

7^th Meeting (AM & PM)

SEPTEMBER SUMMIT TO REVIEW ANTI-POVERTY GOALS IN VAIN IF DEFORESTATION

CONTINUES, UN FOREST FORUM TOLD, AS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OPENS

AS POPULATION RISES IN URBAN AREAS, UN GLOBAL FORUM CALLS

 

FOR INCREASED INNOVATION BY LOCAL GOVERNMENTS

(Received from a UN Information Officer)

UNITED NATIONS VIENNA TO HOLD SYMPOSIUM ON INTERNATIONAL YEAR OF MICROCREDIT

Promoting Financial Global Partnerships to Achieve Millennium Development Goals

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 25 May (UN Information Service) -- A symposium on the topic of “Promoting Financial Global Partnerships for Development” will be held on 2 June 2005 at the Vienna International Centre, on the occasion of the International Year of Microcredit.

SUPPORTING PEACE PROCESS IN SUDAN -- AGRICULTURAL PROJECTS COUNTRYWIDE

 

TOTAL $16 MILLION, MORE FUNDS URGENTLY NEEDED

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL commends people of CENTRALAFRICANREPUBLIC

 

for participating actively in electoral process

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

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES APPOINTMENT OF ANTÓNIO MANUEL DE OLIVEIRA GUTERRES,

FORMER PRIME MINISTER OF PORTUGAL, AS HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR REFUGEES

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today proposed to the General Assembly the appointment of António Manuel de Oliveira Guterres of Portugal as United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees for a term of three years effective 15 June 2005.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON SPECIAL COURT FOR SIERRA LEONE

Following is today’s statement to the press on the Special Court for Sierra Leone by Security Council President Ellen Margrethe Løj (Denmark):

Members of the Security Council today heard a briefing by the President of the Special Court for Sierra Leone on the activities of the Court.

Security Council

5185^th Meeting (AM)