Economic and Social Council

2005 Organizational Session

2^nd Meeting (PM)

Recovery in world economic growth in 2004 tempered by continuing

 

global trade imbalances, oil price uncertainties, ecosoc told

In Organizational Meeting, Council Approves Agenda for 2005 Session;

Considers NGO Status, Reports on Burundi, Guinea-Bissau, Among Other Matters

Background Release

Transcript of press conference by Secretary-General’s chef de cabinet

 

At United Nations headquarters, 3 february 2005

Mr. Malloch Brown:  Let me start with a statement of the Secretary-General that I am reading for him.

SECRETARY-GENERAL INITIATES DISCIPLINARY PROCEEDINGS AGAINST OFFICIALS NAMED

IN OIL-FOR-FOOD INQUIRY, PLEDGES COOPERATION WITH ANY CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the interim report of the Independent Inquiry Committee issued today:

Long-term support needed, Secretary-General says

 

in message to fundraiser concert in bangkok

 

Following is the text of today’s video message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the MTV/UNICEF fundraiser concert for victims of the tsunami, in Bangkok:

Dear friends,

The tsunami disaster cut deep into the heart of our common humanity.

SRI LANKAN FISHER FOLK RECEIVE FIRST DONATION FROM FAO’S

RECOVERY PROGRAMME FOLLOWING TSUNAMI

(Reissued as received.)

COLOMBO, 3 February (FAO) -- The first of a $380,000 consignment of boat repair kits to help restore the livelihoods of thousands of Sri Lankan fishermen was handed over to the country's fisheries minister Chandrasena Wijesinghe today.

UNODC, Kazakhstan Agree on New Anti-Drug Projects

 

(Reissued as received.)

JOINT INSPECTION UNIT ELECTS CHAIRMAN AND VICE-CHAIRMAN

(Reissued as received.)

Negotiations begin on international regime for access

 

to genetic resources, benefit-sharing

 

(Reissued as received.)

MONTREAL, 1 February (Convention on Biological Diversity Secretariat) -- Representatives from the 188 Parties to the Convention on Biological Diversity will start negotiating a global regime on access to genetic resources and benefit-sharing at a one-week meeting in Bangkok from 14 to 18 February.

UNITED STATES ENGAGEMENT CRUCIAL FOR STRONG, SUCCESSFUL UNITED NATIONS, SAYS

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO WOMEN’S FOREIGN POLICY GROUP

Following is the text of the address as delivered today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the Women’s Foreign Policy Group:  “New Challenges for the United Nations” in Washington, D.C.: