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CIVIL SOCIETY CONTRIBUTIONS KEEP HOPE ALIVE FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE,

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA SEMINAR TOLD ON OPENING DAY

Secretary-General, in Message, Says Civil Society Could Go Where

Politicians Might Be Reluctant to Tread, Testing Possibilities for Future Action

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

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UN OFFICIAL CALLS FOR ACTION TO REINFORCE PROGRESS IN POOREST NATIONS

NEW YORK, 16 June (UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries -- There is both opportunity and urgency to address the needs of the least developed countries, the United Nations High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Anwarul Chowdhury, said today.

assessment of proposed changes to international

wildlife trade rules issued in geneva

Major Conference to Make Regulatory Decisions under Convention

On Trade in Endangered Species to Be Held in Bangkok 2 - 14 October

(Reissued as received.)

UNCTAD PARTICIPANTS CONSIDER WAYS TO BOOST PRODUCTIVE CAPACITIES

OF DEVELOPING COUNTRIES, MAKE SMALL BUSINESSES MORE COMPETITIVE

Challenge Is to Attract outside Investment,

Retain It, Generate Benefits for Development

(Received from a UN Information Officer)

UNCTAD INTERACTIVE SESSIONS EXPLORE LINKS BETWEEN TRADE AND POVERTY,

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND CAPITAL ACCUMULATION

Foreign Minister of Brazil Elected President of Current Session

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Secretary-General, at sao paulo meeting, calls for creative

thinking on millennium goals to attack poverty

This is the text of remarks today by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the high-level panel on Innovative Sources of Financing for Development, during the current ministerial conference of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) in São Paulo, Brazil:

Secretary-General, in message to saint petersburg forum, promises continued

un help for economic reforms of Commonwealth of Independent States

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the eighth Saint Petersburg International Economic Forum, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva, 15 June:

states parties to United Nationssea law convention hear reports

from heads of seabed authority, continental shelf commission

Speakers Review Procedural Issues, Take Note of Tribunal Auditors’ Report

Security Council president’s statement at memorial ceremonyon un staff day

Following is the statement of Lauro L. Baja (Philippines), President of the Security Council, delivered on behalf of the Council during the United Nations Staff Day Memorial Ceremony at Headquarters on 11 June: