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Committee on NGOs                                          

STOCKHOLM CONVENTION ON POPS TO BECOME INTERNATIONAL LAW, LAUNCHIN

GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO ELIMINATE 12 HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS

(Reissued as received.)

Round-up of Session                                        

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS CONCLUDES THIRTY-SECOND SESSION

ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CALLS ON ISRAEL

AND PALESTINIANS TO STOP LATEST VIOLENCE

(Reissued as received.)

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues                       

Third Session                                              

FOURTH SESSION OF UN FORUM ON FORESTS CONCLUDES

Session Saw Increased Participation from Developing

Countries, Major Groups Such as Indigenous People, Youth, Women

(Reissued as received.)

SOUTH AFRICAN INSTITUTE FOR SECURITY STUDIES JOINS NETWORK

OF UN CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMME

(Reissued as received.)

BURUNDI:  NUMBER OF INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN CAMPS HALVED

NEW YORK, 14 May (OCHA) –- There are as half as many people in camps for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Burundi as there were two years ago, according to a new survey led by the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA).  The results of the survey show that the number of the displaced dropped from 281,000 in 2002 to some 140,000 today.

welcoming positive developments in africa, Secretary-General calls

for fairer trade, greater aid, debt relief in africa day message

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on Africa Day, 25 May:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS TWO ENTITIES TO AL-QAIDA SECTION

OF ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Al-Qaida and Taliban Sanctions Committee on 11 May 2004 approved the addition of two entities to its consolidated list (Al-Qaida section).

17. *Name: AL FURQAN