WORLD BANK REVISES INDIGENOUS PEOPLES POLICY

 

Strategic Shift toward Broader Participation, Benefit Sharing

Round-Up of Session

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE CONCLUDES THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION

 

Issues Concluding Observations on Reports

Of Canada, Switzerland, Finland, Albania, Uganda and Bahrain

(Reissued as received.)

WORKING GROUP ON DISAPPEARANCES TO MEET FOR FIRST TIME IN ASIA

 

(Reissued as received.)

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Fourth Session

8^th Meeting (AM)

PRIORITY SHOULD BE GIVEN TO PROVIDING BETTER EDUCATION FOR INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,

WITH EMPHASIS ON BILINGUAL INSTRUCTION, PERMANENT FORUM TOLD

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

53^rd Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE DEBATES FINANCING FOR CAPITAL MASTER PLAN,

MEASURES TO ADDRESS SEXUAL ABUSE BY PEACEKEEPERS

 

‘HISTORIC FUNDAMENTAL PROGRESS IS POSSIBLE’ AT SEPTEMBER UN SUMMIT, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO FORMER CIVIL SERVANTS MEETING

(Delayed in transmission.)

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the occasion of the thirty-fifth anniversary and Annual Assembly of the Association of Former International Civil Servants (AFICS), in New York, 18 May:

PALESTINE RELIEF AGENCY SHARES HOPES, FEARS FOR GAZA DISENGAGEMENT

 

WITH DONORS, HOST AUTHORITIES

AMMAN, 19 May (UNRWA) -- United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) is holding a two-day meeting with 27 of its major donors and host authorities to discuss the humanitarian assistance provided by the international community to the 4.2 million Palestinians scattered across the Middle East.

Committee on NGOs

35^th & 36^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FIVE ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

By Roll-Call Vote, Withdraws Status

Of International Council of Association of Peace in Continents

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Fourth Session

6^th & 7^th Meetings (AM & PM)

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR ON DECOLONIZATION CONcLUDES WITH AFFIRMATION OF NEED

FOR PUBLIC AWARENESS CAMPAIGN ON SELF-DETERMINATION OPTIONS IN TERRITORIES

Subparticipants Also Reaffirm

Special Committee’s Role in Fostering Decolonization Process

(Received from a UN Information Officer)