MAYORS FROM ACROSS WORLD TO MARK WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY (5 JUNE) – WITH URBAN ACCORDS

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United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Moscow in the afternoon of Sunday, 8 May, to participate in a commemoration hosted by the Russian Federation of the sixtieth anniversary of the end of the “Great Patriotic War”.

FRAMEWORK BEYOND KYOTO NEEDED THAT EMBRACES ALL COUNTRIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO INVESTORS SUMMIT ON CLIMATE RISK

Following is the text of the video message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the second Investors Summit on Climate Risk today:

Dear friends,

It is an honour to welcome you back to the United Nations for this important and truly international event.

UN-ESCWA Twenty-third Ministerial Session Continues, Discusses Impact

of Peace, Security on Economic and Social Development

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SENIOR OFFICIALS ATTEND OPENING OF UN-ESCWA 23RD MINISTERIAL SESSION,

SIGN MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING ON MARITIME TRANSPORT

 

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Committee on NGOS

22^nd & 23^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

NPT Review Conference

11^th Meeting (AM)

TERRORIST ACQUISITION OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS ‘DANGEROUSLY CLOSE’,

NORWAY’S FOREIGN MINISTER TELLS REVIEW CONFERENCE

 

Failure of Nuclear Weapon States to Meet Disarmament Promises,

Nuclear-Free Middle East among Other Issues Raised in General Debate

INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE TO HOLD PUBLIC HEARINGS ON CASE CONCERNING

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, RWANDA FROM 4 TO 8 JULY

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WORSENING FOOD SITUATION IN PARTS OF SAHEL

 

Damage from 2004 Drought, Locust Infestations Causing Food Shortages -- FAO Alert

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ROME, 10 May (FAO)) -- Damage from the 2004 drought and locust infestations is aggravating the food situation in parts of Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger and northern Senegal, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said in a statement today.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ISRAEL TO END OVERFLIGHTS OF LEBANON

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