United Nations Forum on Forests

Fifth Session

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

2004 NOBEL PEACE PRIZE LAUREATE WANGARI MAATHAI TELLS UN FORUM

‘FROM SMALLEST TO LARGEST, FORESTS MUST BE PROTECTED’

Says River Basin Ecosystems, Such as Congo, Amazon,

Essential to Planet Stabilization; Once Gone, Poverty Will Only Grow

NPT Review Conference

16^th Meeting (AM)

Review conference on nuclear non-proliferation treaty

 

hears introduction of working papers

The Review Conference on the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT), today halfway through its calendar and with substantive negotiations yet to start in its three Main Committees, heard the introduction of 14 working papers.

MINE PLAN AGREED TO TACKLE EUROPE’S TICKING POLLUTION TIME-BOMBS

Clean-up of Old Sites, Coherent Policy on New Mines Expected

Under Landmark Agreement to Boost Regional Environment, Security

(Reissued as received.)

CLUJ-NAPOCA, Romania/NAIROBI, 14 May (UNEP) -- An historic strategy to reduce the environmental risks of mining in Eastern Europe was adopted today by Governments attending an international conference in Romania.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 13 MAY ADOPTION OF DRAFT CONSTITUTION

BY NATIONAL ASSEMBLY OF DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES KUWAIT ON ‘HISTORIC STEP’

OF GRANTING WOMEN RIGHT TO VOTE, RUN FOR PARLIAMENT

 

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

UN IS WORK IN PROGRESS, MUST MOVE WITH THE TIMES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS

 

Following is the text of the commencement address delivered today in Philadelphia by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the University of Pennsylvania:  A Future “In Larger Freedom”:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HIGHLIGHTS CONSIDERABLE ENVIRONMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF URBAN

 

GROWTH, URGES CREATION OF ‘GREEN CITIES’, IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Environmental Day, observed on 5 June:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES 14 MAY AGREEMENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE

 

DISARMAMENT, DEMOBILIZATION, REINTEGRATION

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DEPLORES OUTBREAK OF VIOLENCE IN UZBEKISTAN,

 

CALLS FOR COOPERATION WITH REFUGEE AGENCY EMERGENCY TEAM

 

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

2005 OFFERS OPPORTUNITY TO CHART NEW, HOPEFUL COURSE FOR UN, SECRETARY-GENERAL

 

SAYS IN MESSAGE TO COUNCIL OF EUROPESUMMIT IN WARSAW

 

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Third Summit of the Council of Europe, being held in Warsaw, from 16 to 17 May, as delivered by Veira Vike-Freiberga, President of Latvia and Envoy of the Secretary-General for the September 2005 Summit: