IN VIDEO MESSAGE FOR GLOBAL AIDS INITIATIVE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ‘YOU

CAN SAVE LIVES BY ATTACKING IGNORANCE IN EVERY CORNER OF THE PLANET’

Following is the text of the video message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the Global Media AIDS Initiative in Cannes today:

Dear friends,

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS LATVIA’S PRESIDENT AS ‘IN LARGER FREEDOM’ ENVOY

The Secretary-General is pleased to announce the appointment of Dr. Vaira Vike-Freiberga, President of Latvia, as his Envoy for the summit to take place in New York in September 2005.

MEDIA LEADERS FROM AROUND GLOBE EXPAND RESPONSE

 

TO UN’S CALL TO FIGHT AIDS EPIDEMIC

 

MTV Networks’ Bill Roedy to Chair

Global Media AIDS Initiative Leadership Committee

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

GREECE, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA CONTINUE DISCUSSIONS

WITH SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE ON ‘NAME’ ISSUE

 

The following was received today from Matthew Nimetz, Special Representative of the Secretary-General in talks between Greece and the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia:

Security Council

5162^nd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES COMMITMENT BY FDLR

 

TO RENOUNCE USE OF FORCE AGAINST RWANDA

 

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the text of today’s statement to the press on the Central African Republic by Security Council President Wang Guangya (China):

COMMITTEE ON COMMODITY PROBLEMS OPENS AT FAO

 

Producer Prices Stand at Historic Lows

(Reissued as received.)

UN ICT TASK FORCE TO MEET IN DUBLIN, 13 - 15 APRIL,

 

with Focus on ICT for education

Meeting for the first time in Dublin, the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force will hold a Global Forum on harnessing the potential of ICT for Education on 13 and 14 April to explore how ICT can improve the quality and quantity of education, especially in developing countries.

Ad Hoc Committee on Scope of

Legal Protection under Convention

 on Safety of UN Personnel

AD HOC COMMITTEE ON SAFETY OF UN PERSONNEL ELECTS VICE-CHAiR

 

The Ad Hoc Committee on the Scope of Legal Protection under the Convention on the Safety of United Nations and Associated Personnel this morning elected Gaile Ramoutar of Trinidad and Tobago as Vice-Chairperson.

MEETING IN MAURITIUS FOR TSUNAMI EARLY WARNING SYSTEM IN INDIAN OCEAN

(Reissued as received)