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Press Release

ENV/DEV/831

TECHNOLOGY FOR GREEN GROWTH TO BE SHOWCASED DURING CONFERENCE IN SEOUL, 24 - 26 MARCH

24/03/2005
Press Release
ENV/DEV/831

TECHNOLOGY FOR GREEN GROWTH TO BE SHOWCASED DURING conference

IN SEOUL, 24 - 26 MARCH


Environmental Technology Seen As Key

To Achieving Environmentally Sustainable Economic Growth


(Reissued as received.)


BANGKOK, 24 March (UN Information Services) -- As part of the Ministerial Conference on Environment and Development (MCED) 2005, a forum on environmental technology will be held from 24 to 26 March in Seoul, Republic of Korea.

SG/SM/9777

JORDAN PURSUING EQUITABLE SOCIETY FOR ALL – REGARDLESS OF DISABILITY SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO 2005 AWARD CEREMONY

23/3/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9777

JORDAN PURSUING EQUITABLE SOCIETY FOR ALL – REGARDLESS OF DISABILITY

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO 2005 AWARD CEREMONY


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the presentation of the FranklinDelanoRoosevelt International Disability Award to King Abdullah the Second of Jordan, delivered by Nane Annan, in New York, 23 March:

SG/SM/9776

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ARAB STATES TO TAKE LEAD IN UNITING WORLD AGAINST TERRORISM, IN ADDRESS TO ALGIERS SUMMIT

23/03/2005
Press Release
SG/SM/9776

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES ARAB STATES TO TAKE LEAD IN UNITING WORLD


AGAINST TERRORISM, IN ADDRESS TO ALGIERSSUMMIT

 


Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Summit of the League of Arab States in Algiers, 23 March:


I would like to thank President Bouteflika for his leadership and for hosting this meeting at such a critical time for the Arab world and for the United Nations.

SC/8340

HIGH REPRESENTATIVE FOR BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL, NOTING RECENT TRANSFER TO HAGUE OF FIVE MAJOR WAR CRIMES INDICTEES

23/03/2005
Press Release
SC/8340

Security Council

5147th Meeting (AM)*


High representative for bosnia and Herzegovina briefs Security Council,

Noting recent transfer to hague of FIVE major war crimes indictees


Paddy Ashdown Says Cooperation with International Criminal Tribunal,

Police Restructuring Key Issues in Progress towards European Integration

HR/CT/664

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF REPORT BY GREECE

23/3/2005
Press Release
HR/CT/664

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-Third Session

2268th & 2269th Meetings (AM & PM)


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF REPORT BY GREECE


Experts Welcome Creation of New Laws, Institutions to Ensure

Fundamental Freedoms but Voice Concerns over Rights of Minorities, Foreigners