11TH UN CRIME CONGRESS CELEBRATES 50 YEARS OF STANDARD-SETTING

IN CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

 

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BANGKOK, 20 April (UN Information Service) -- The Eleventh United Nations Congress on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice will be reviewing 50 years of standard-setting in crime prevention and criminal justice during its meetings in Bangkok today.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR FREE, PEACEFUL VOTE, AS TOGO

 

APPROACHES 24 APRIL PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION

 

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

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL PROPOSES APPOINTMENT OF INGA-BRITT AHLENIUS OF SWEDEN

AS UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR INTERNAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES

Secretary-General Kofi Annan today proposed for approval by the General Assembly the appointment of Inga-Britt Ahlenius of Sweden as Under-Secretary-General for Internal Oversight Services for a five-year non-renewable term.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS WARREN SACH OF UNITED KINGDOM

 

AS ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONTROLLER

 

The Secretary-General today announced the appointment of Warren Sach of the United Kingdom as Assistant Secretary-General, Controller.  He has been serving as Director of the Programme Planning and Budget Division since May 1997. 

Security Council

5165^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL AMENDS STATUTE OF FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TRIBUNAL

 

TO ALLOW RE-ELECTION OF AD LITEM JUDGES

 

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

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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

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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.