SECRETARY-GENERAL CONGRATULATES GENERAL ASSEMBLY ON ADOPTION

 

OF INTERNATIONAL CONVENTION ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM

 

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

The Secretary-General congratulates the General Assembly on its adoption today by consensus of the International Convention for the Suppression of Acts of Nuclear Terrorism.

IN MESSAGE TO ICT TASK FORCE MEETING IN DUBLIN, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

IMPORTANCE OF ICT ‘TO HELP UNLOCK THE DOOR TO EDUCATION’

 

Following is the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the eighth meeting of the United Nations Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Task Force, in Dublin, 13-14 April, delivered by José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs:

ELECTION OF FAO DIRECTOR-GENERAL -– DR DIOUF SOLE CANDIDATE

FAO Conference to Vote in November 2005

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 13 April (FAO) -- The incumbent Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Dr. Jacques Diouf, will be the sole candidate in the November 2005 election for head of the UN agency, the FAO announced today.

WORKING GROUP ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE TO MEET IN GENEVA, 18 - 20 APRIL

Focus on Roles, Responsibilities, Adequacy of Internet Arrangements

The third meeting of the Working Group on Internet Governance, to be held at the United Nations Office in Geneva from 18 to 20 April, will focus on the roles and responsibilities of all parties involved in governance arrangements and assess the adequacy of existing arrangements.

FORMER UNITED STATES PRESIDENT CLINTON, UN SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

 

CALL FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT TO TSUNAMI REGION

 

NEW YORK, 13 April (Office of the Special Envoy on Tsunami Recovery) -- Former United States President Bill Clinton and United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan met today to discuss the daunting task of rebuilding people’s lives in the tsunami region.

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

44^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP FINANCING FOR SUDANMISSION

 

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning took up the financing of the United Nations Mission in the Sudan (UNMIS), for which the Secretary-General is seeking a commitment authority, with assessment, of $595.5 million gross.

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

91^st Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ADOPTS CONVENTION ON NUCLEAR TERRORISM; WILL OPEN

FOR SIGNATURE AT HEADQUARTERS 14 SEPTEMBER

Also Adopts 16 Budget Committee Texts;

Peacekeeping Finance, Reform of UN Justice System among Issues Addressed

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

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

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONTINUES INTERACTIVE PANEL DISCUSSIONS,

WITH FOCUS ON CONNECTIONS AMONG WATER, SANITATION, HUMAN SETTLEMENTS

Strengthened Monitoring of Water, Sanitation;

Cooperation on Transboundary Water Systems among Issues Addressed

UNITED NATIONS ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME NAMES SEVEN ‘CHAMPIONS OF THE EARTH’

New Environmental Award Recognizes Outstanding, Innovative Leaders

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI, 12 April (UNEP) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) has named seven leaders in the field of the environment as “Champions of the Earth” for “setting an example for the world to follow”.

ELEVENTH UNITED NATIONS CONGRESS ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE,

BANGKOK, THAILAND 18 - 25 APRIL

 

(Reissued as received.)