Note to Correspondents

Former President Clinton, media leaders to exchange ideas

 

on combating HIV/AIDS ON 12 APRIL

 

Ad Hoc Committee on Scope of

Legal Protection under Convention

 on Safety of UN Personnel

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON SAFETY OF UN PERSONNEL OPENS CURRENT SESSION,

SCHEDULED FOR CONCLUSION ON 15 APRIL

 

The Ad Hoc Committee tasked with the mandate of strengthening the existing legal regime for security of international staff opened its 2005 session this morning.

OFFICE OF HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS SETS TO MONITOR SITUATION IN NEPAL

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 11 April (UN Information Service) -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) is to set up a monitoring operation in Nepal in a move to help establish accountability for human rights abuses and prevent further violations.

NEW REPORT SHOWS HOW TO SAVE OZONE LAYER WHILE COMBATING CLIMATE CHANGE

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 11 April (UNEP/WMO) -- After 20 years of protecting the ozone layer with a new generation of chemicals, governments are confronting the fact that these ozone-friendly substitutes for chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) also happen to be greenhouse gases that contribute to global warming.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

2^nd & 3^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

IMMENSE CHALLENGES REMAIN IN MEETING WATER, SANITATION, HUMAN SETTLEMENT GOALS,

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD

Two-Week Session Aims at Policies,

Practical Measures to Accelerate Progress Towards Global Targets

UN CHIEF EXECUTIVES MEET IN MONTPÈLERIN, SWITZERLAND

 

Participants Express Strong Support

For Report of Secretary-General ‘In Larger Freedom’

(Reissued as received.)

GLOBAL FINANCE COMMUNITY JOINS WITH UNITED NATIONS TO TACKLE CLIMATE CHANGE,

FOLLOWING HEADQUARTERS INVESTOR SUMMIT

 

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 10 May (UNEP) -- An unprecedented grouping of pension funds, foundations, European investors and United States state treasurers have joined today with the United Nations to back a new call for urgent action by the global investment community to tackle the threat of climate change.

Secretary-General urges Myanmar to clarify position on road map,

 

allow return of special envoy as soon as possible

 

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

UN ‘Group of Friends’ meets in Geneva to review Georgia-Abkhazia peace process

The following, on the high-level meeting of the Group of Friends of the Secretary-General in Geneva, 7-8 April, was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UN SECURITY COUNCIL TO VISIT HAITI, 13 – 16 April

All 15 members of the United Nations Security Council will travel to Haiti from 13 to 16 April to review progress achieved in areas such as security, development, the political transition, human rights, institution-building and the humanitarian situation.