Background Release                                         

Ad Hoc Committee on Scope of

 Legal Protection under Convention

 on Safety of UN Personnel

AD HOC COMMITTEE CHARGED WITH STRENGTHENING LEGAL PROTECTION

FOR INTERNATIONAL PERSONNEL CONCLUDES ONE-WEEK SESSION

The Ad Hoc Committee charged with strengthening the legal regime for the security of international personnel this afternoon adopted, as orally amended, its draft report and concluded its one-week Headquarters session.

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

223^rd Meeting (AM)

DIPLOMATIC PARKING PROGRAMME, DELAYS IN CLEARING OFFICIAL DELEGATIONS

AT U.S.POINTS OF ENTRY AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

45^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $595.5 MILLION INITIAL BUDGET FOR SUDANMISSION

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning approved a budget of $595.5 million for the initial establishment of the United Nations Advance Mission in the Sudan (UNAMIS), for the period 1 July 2004 to 31 October 2005.

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

92^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES ARRANGEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER HIGH-LEVEL SUMMIT

The General Assembly today adopted a resolution, as orally revised, on preparations for and organization of its high-level plenary meeting, scheduled for 14 to 16 September, at the beginning of its sixtieth session.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

8^th & 9^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UN WILL HOST FINANCE MINISTERS, DEVELOPMENT DECISION MAKERS,

 

AT HEADQUARTERS, 18 APRIL

 

NEW YORK, 15 April -- A full day of discussion at the United Nations next Monday constitutes an important opportunity for finance ministers to consider foreign aid outlays in a multilateral and inter-institutional context, prior to the summit taking place at the United Nations in September, United Nations officials say.

NEW UN REPORT OUTLINES INDICATORS FOR SUSTAINABLE ENERGY USE

NEW YORK, 15 April (DESA) -- A publication outlining key indicators for sustainable energy use, jointly prepared by the United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs (UNDESA), the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), the International Energy Agency, Eurostat and the European Environment Agency, was launched today by the IAEA in Vienna.

‘SUSTAINABLE BIOPROSPECTING’ IN BIODIVERSE DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

SUBJECT OF EXPERT PANEL AT HEADQUARTERS, 19 APRIL

UN PROJECT FINDS THOUSANDS OF MEGAWATTS OF SOLAR, WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL

IN 13 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

(Reissued as received.)

WASHINGTON, D.C., 14 April (UNEP) -- Thousands of megawatts of new renewable energy potential in Africa, Asia, South and Central America have been discovered by a pioneering project to map the solar and wind resource of 13 developing countries.