DPI/NGO Annual Conference

AM & PM Meetings

DPI/NGO CONFERENCE FOCUSES ON OVERCOMING OBSTACLES TO ACHIEVING

MILLENNIUM GOALS, ROLE OF NORTH/SOUTH PARTNERSHIPS

Obstacles Include Lack of Political Will,

Inadequate Financial Resources, Corruption

International Covenant on Civil

 and Political Rights

29^th Meeting (AM)

States Parties to International Civil, political rights

 

covenant elect nine members to monitoring body

 

Sri Lanka, United Nations Drugs and Crime Office Discuss Areas of Mutual Concern

(Reissued as Received.)

VIENNA, 8 September (UN Information Service) -- Jayantha Dhanapala, Secretary General of the Government Peace Secretariat of Sri Lanka and Sarath Amunugama, Minister of Finance, met with Antonio Maria Costa, the Executive Director of the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) in Vienna today.

Secretary-General reiterates call for ‘immediate, unconditional’

release of all civilians held hostage in Iraq

 

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL HEARTENED BY CONTINUING PROGRESS

IN RELATIONS BETWEEN INDIA, PAKISTAN

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Secretary-General in Mexico City address praises Latin America’s democratic,

development gains, says future challenges demand ‘more democracy, not less’

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the opening ceremony of the International Seminar on Democracy, Politics and the State in Mexico City, 8 September:

UNRWA OPENS NEW SHELTERS FOR RAFAH HOMELESS,

NEW SCHOOL FOR CHILDREN OF DEMOLISHED AREAS

(Reissued as received.)

Note to Correspondents

REHAM AL-FARRA MEMORIAL JOURNALISTS’ FELLOWSHIP PROGRAMME BEGINS AT HEADQUARTERS

DPI/NGO Annual Conference

AM & PM Meetings

NO TIME TO LOSE IN ENDING EXTREME POVERTY, PUTTING WORLD ON MORE JUST PATH,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS ANNUAL DPI/NGO CONFERENCE OPENS

Theme of Three-Day Headquarters Meeting:

‘Millennium Development Goals:  Civil Society Takes Action’

WORKING GROUP ON ARBITRARY DETENTION TO MEET IN GENEVA FROM 13 TO 17 SEPTEMBER

(Reissued as Received.)

GENEVA, 8 September (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention will hold its fortieth session from 13 to 17 September 2004 in Geneva.