UNEP URGES BETTER CONSERVATION OF PLANET’S LIFE-SUPPORT SYSTEMS FOR FIGHTING

POVERTY, DELIVERING GROWTH, MEETING MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

(Reissued as received.)

BEIJING/NAIROBI, 30 March (UNEP) -- The value of the world’s forests, wetlands, coral reefs and other ecosystems for fighting poverty and delivering sustainable development is spotlighted today in a new international report.

GREECE TO CONTRIBUTE TO UN CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE FUND

 

(Reissued as received.)

On centennial of dissolution of Norway, Swedenunion, Secretary-General says

 

peaceful settlement inspiring example for world still riven by conflict

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on the centennial of the peaceful dissolution of the union between Norway and Sweden, which appeared today in the Swedish daily newspaper Dagens Nyheter:

CHILD, MATERNAL MORTALITY ‘OVERLOOKED AND UNDERREPORTED HEALTH CRISiS’,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD HEALTH DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Health Day, observed 7 April:

FIRST GLOBAL ASSESSMENT OF ECOSYSTEMS ‘UNPRECEDENTED CONTRIBUTION’

 

TO DEVELOPMENT, SUSTAINABILITY, PEACE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to launch the Millennium Ecosystem Assessment, issued 30 March:

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF TO HOLD

 

FIFTEENTH SESSION FROM 4 TO 22 APRIL

 

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

 

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN APRIL

 

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for April:

Security Council

Security Council

5156^th Meeting (AM)

In monthly wrap-up meeting, Security Council discusses strategies

 

to address African conflicts

Main Themes Include Strengthening UN Cooperation

With African Organizations, Addressing Root Causes of Conflict

Security Council

5155^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MISSION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

UNTIL 1 OCTOBER, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1592 (2005)

The Security Council this morning extended the mandate of the United Nations Organization Mission in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (MONUC) until 1 October 2005.

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

41^st Meeting (AM)

REDEPLOYMENT OF POSTS ‘EXPERIMENT’, DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE

 

DISCUSSED IN BUDGET COMMITTEE