Security Council

5164^th Meeting (AM)

INTEGRATED MANAGEMENT OF WATER RESOURCES KEY TO ATTAINING MILLENNIUM

DEVELOPMENT GOALS, SAYS WORLD METEOROLOGICAL ORGANIZATION CHIEF

THIRD MEETING OF WORKING GROUP ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE FOCUSES

ON INTERNET USE, SPAM, OTHER KEY PUBLIC POLICY ISSUES

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on Information

Twenty-seventh Session

4^th Meeting (PM)

‘WE ARE MOVING AHEAD’ ON INDIAN OCEAN EARLY WARNING SYSTEM, SAYS DIRECTOR

OF INTERNATIONAL STRATEGY FOR DISASTER REDUCTION SECRETARIAT

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 20 April (OCHA) -- Some 250 officials and experts from 25 Indian Ocean countries gathered in Mauritius from 14 to 16 April for the Second International Coordination Meeting for the Development of a Tsunami Warning and Mitigation System in the Indian Ocean. 

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Deputy Secretary-General stresses role of Commission on Sustainable Development

as member states seek adjustment to meet needs of new century

Millions of Lives at Stake Owing to Lack

Of Clean Water, Sanitation, Habitable Dwellings, She Says

GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY FIGHT CAN BE WON WITH SMART POLICIES, AFFORDABLE

TECHNOLOGIES, SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN NEW YORK REMARKS

 

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks at a working lunch hosted by Sweden on “the Link between Johannesburg and the Millennium Review Summit” in new York, 20 April 2005

‘WE MUST BE BOLD’, INNOVATIVE IN ATTEMPTING TO REACH ANTI-POVERTY GOALS,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks to the high-level segment of the thirteenth session of the Commission on Sustainable Development in New York, 20 April:

CONSEQUENCES OF ECONOMIC CRIMES AFFECT PEOPLE’S SENSE OF SOCIETY’S

FAIRNESS, CRIME CONGRESS’ COMMITTEE 1 TOLD

In Day-Long Discussion of Economic, Financial Crimes, Over 30 Speakers

Consider Need for New Convention on Money-Laundering with Most Opposed

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Welcoming delegates, crown prince of Thailand highlights need

for effective cooperation against transnational crime

Participants Also Call for Technical Assistance,

Capacity-Building to Assist Developing Countries in Crime Prevention Efforts

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)