NEW STRATEGY NEEDED FOR MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

 

Four-Pronged Attack on Hunger and Poverty

(Reissued as received.)

SURGE IN DEMAND REFLECTS CONFIDENCE OF MEMBER STATES IN UN PEACEKEEPING

Headquarters Observance of Peacekeepers Day to Be Held on 27 May

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Fourth Session

11^th Meeting (PM)

IMPACT OF VIOLENCE ON RIGHTS, PLIGHT OF INDIGENOUS WOMEN AMONG ISSUES

ADDRESSED BY REPRESENTATIVES IN PERMANENT FORUM

TIME IS RIGHT TO INCLUDE SPORT IN WORK TO REACH MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS MEETING ON SPORT FOR DEVELOPMENT AND PEACE

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at a meeting of the International Working Group on Sport for Development and Peace:

I am delighted to welcome you all to the United Nations for what I thinks is a very exciting subject.

HIGH-LEVEL MEETING ON GOVERNANCE OPENS IN SEOUL WITH LEADERS COMMITTING TO FIND

INNOVATIVE MEANS TO ADDRESS GLOBALIZATION, DEVELOPMENT CHALLENGES

(Received from a UN Information Officer)

SEOUL, 24 May -- The Sixth Global Forum on Reinventing Government opened today at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Seoul, Republic of Korea, attended by nearly 5,000 participants representing 140 countries.

WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY’S REVISED REGULATIONS ‘BOLD AND NECESSARY STEP’

TO PROTECT GLOBAL PUBLIC HEALTH SAYS, SECRETARY-GENERAL

 

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

Security Council

5184^th Meeting (PM)*

SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES 15 MAY DECLARATION SIGNED BY BURUNDI PARTIES

TO CEASE HOSTILITIES, AGREE ON PERMANENT CEASEFIRE

Presidential Statement Says Agreement Should Allow

Rebel Group’s Rapid Integration into Transitional Process

ARMED CONFLICTS LEADING CAUSE OF WORLD HUNGER EMERGENCIES

 

FAO Report:  Conflicts, HIV/AIDS, Climate Change Main Causes of Hunger

(Reissued as received.)

UNIDO SPONSORS 2005 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON MANAGEMENT OF TECHNOLOGY

 

(Reissued as received.)

UNRWA PROTESTS ARMED VIOLATION OF ITS PREMISES AND THREATS TO ITS STAFF

(Reissued as received.)

GAZA, 23 May (UNRWA) -- On 18 May, three armed and hooded men entered the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) clinic in the Far’a Refugee camp.  Using threats and intimidation, they forced an UNRWA doctor to leave the clinic and instructed him that he was never to return.