Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

28^th Meeting (PM)

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

10^th & 11^th Meetings (AM & PM)

MASSIVE SCALING UP OF RESOURCES NEEDED TO MEET GLOBAL GOALS ON WATER,

SANITATION, HOUSING, COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TOLD

Secretary-General Tells Panel of Finance, Development Ministers Greater

Development Investment Imperative to Global Well-Being, Security, Freedoms

Economic and Social Council

Special High-Level Meeting

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS, ‘IF NOT NOW, WHEN?’, AS HE UNDERSCORES NEED TO TACKLE

POVERTY, TERRORISM, DEADLY WEAPONS, KILLER DISEASES IN HIGH-LEVEL MEETING

Momentous Decisions Expected, He Says as Economic and Social

Council, Bretton Woods Institutions, World Trade Organization, UNCTAD Hold Talks

disarmament WORKSHOP ON small arms, light weapons for Beijing, 19 to 21 april

NEW YORK, 15 April (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -– A United Nations workshop on small arms and light weapons will be held in Beijing, China, from 19 to 21 April 2005.  Organized by the Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific of the Department for Disarmament Affairs, the meeting is hosted by China with generous support from Japan and Switzerland.

UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICE DONOR SUPPORT GROUP VISITS GUINEA

CONAKRY, 18 April (OCHA) -– A 15-member delegation of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Donor Support Group, represented by Belgium, Canada, the European Community Humanitarian Office, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States will arrive in Conakry, from Abidjan tomorrow for a three-day visit to Guinea.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS VIOLENCE AGAINST UN PERSONNEL,

 

FOLLOWING KILLING OF PEACEKEEPER IN HAITI

 

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

SECURITY COUNCIL MISSION IN HAITI CONDEMNS MURDER OF PEACEKEEPER IN CITÉ SOLEIL,

REITERATES FULL SUPPORT FOR UN PRESENCE, TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT

Following is a press statement issued today by the head of the Security Council mission to Haiti:

UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA TO HOLD

 

23RD MINISTERIAL SESSION IN DAMASCUS 9 – 12 MAY

 

(Reissued as received.)

UN DUBLIN FORUM CALLS FOR PRACTICAL INTERVENTIONS TO PROMOTE EDUCATION

 

THROUGH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Education experts and political leaders at the United Nations Global Forum on ICT for education, which concluded yesterday in Dublin, called for practical interventions to put new technologies at the service of education in developing countries.

UNITED NATIONS PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SEARCH OPTION FOR OFFICIAL DOCUMENT SYSTEM