Press Release


ORG/1412
30/04/2004
Press Release
ORG/1412


TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN MAY 2004

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in May, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:


Meetings continued from previous month:

Note No. 5864
30/04/2004
Press Release
Note No. 5864


Note to Correspondents


un to spotlight 10 stories world ‘should know more about’


at headquarters press conference 30 april


To spotlight some of the important international issues and developments that often do not get sufficient media attention, the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) is today launching a new initiative, presenting a list of “Ten Stories the World Should Know More About”.

UNEP/219
29/04/2004
Press Release
UNEP/219


Nature-Rich Farmland Areas Need Greater Support,

 

un, european environment agencies warn

(Reissued as received.)


COPENHAGEN/DUBLIN, 29 April (UNEP) -- The European Union will not reach the goal of halting species loss by 2010 if it does not do more to prevent the decline of its most nature-rich areas of farmland, the European Environment Agency (EEA) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) warned today.

SG/SM/9282
29/04/2004
Press Release
SG/SM/9282


‘the more unified you are, the stronger you are’, says Secretary-General


in remarks on developing country group’s 40th anniversary

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a luncheon on the occasion of the fortieth anniversary of the “Group of 77” developing countries and China, in New York, 29 April:


Thank you, Ambassador Al Nasser, for bringing us together today.