Note to Correspondents

PROGRAMME ON LEGACY OF DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS ON 4 APRIL

Discussion to Feature Brian Urquhart, Jan Eliasson

Ad Hoc Committee on Assembly

 Resolution 51/210

34^th Meeting (AM)

AD HOC COMMITTEE NEAR CONSENSUS ON DRAFT NUCLEAR

 

TERRORISM CONVENTION, CHAIRMAN SAYS

UNFPA SENDS REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, HYGIENE SUPPLIES

 

TO INDONESIANISLANDS HIT BY LATEST EARTHQUAKE

(Reissued as received.)

JAKARTA, 31 March (UNFPA) Responding to the second strong earthquake to rock Indonesia in three months, UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, has sent supplies to help ensure the health and hygiene of displaced people, particularly pregnant women.

Economic and Social Council

2005 Organizational Session

4^th Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL HOLDS ORGANIZATIONAL MEETING

 

IN PREPARATION FOR JUNE/JULY SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

 

LANDLOCKED COUNTRIES NEED TRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE,

 

REGIONAL COOPERATION TO ACHIEVE MILLENNIUM GOALS

 

(Reissued as received; delayed in transmission.)

ALMATY, 29 March (Millennium Project) -- The Millennium Project Report was launched today in Almaty at the High-level Meeting on the Role of International, Regional and Subregional Organizations for the implementation of the Almaty Programme of Action.

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS FROM JAPAN, NEW ZEALAND,

 

MEXICO, UNITED KINGDOM, INDONESIA

Concludes First Part of 2005 Session

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 31 March (UN Information Service) -- The Conference on Disarmament this morning concluded the first part of its 2005 session after hearing statements from Japan, New Zealand, Mexico, United Kingdom and Indonesia.

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: