UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR COMMUNICATIONS AND PUBLIC INFORMATION

ADDRESSES INTERNATIONAL COMMUNICATION CONFERENCE

SAN DIEGO, 25 May -- Shashi Tharoor, Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information of the United Nations, gave a keynote address at the fifty-third Annual Conference of the International Communication Association (ICA):  "Communication in Borderlands" on Sunday, 25 May.

LIBRARY IN GEORGIA DESIGNATED AS UNITED NATIONSDEPOSITORY LIBRARY

NEW YORK, 27 May (UN Department of Public Information) -- The Georgian Intergovernmental Library, located in Tbilisi, has been designated a United Nations depository library, becoming part of an international network of 405 libraries in 146 countries and territories that brings United Nations documents and publications to users around the world. 

Note to Correspondents

UN INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL TO HOLD GRADUATION CEREMONY

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY HALL 30 MAY

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

11^th Meeting (AM)

UN, PORTUGAL COOPERATE IN PROMOTING CONVENTIONS AGAINST CRIME,

TERRORISM AND CORRUPTION

VIENNA, 22 May (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Ministry of Justice of Portugal have signed a new agreement regarding the provision of assistance to Portuguese-speaking countries for the ratification of United Nations conventions and protocols against organized crime and terrorism.

Round-up

UN COMMISSION ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

CONCLUDES TWELFTH SESSION IN VIENNA, 13-22 MAY

FIRST INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS

TO BE COMMEMORATED ON 29 MAY

Committee on NGOs

26^th & 27^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE SUSPENDS 2003 SESSION; APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION, TWO DRAFT

DECISIONS ON RESULTS OF ‘PAPERLESS COMMITTEE’ INITIATIVE

Recommends Two Organizations for Special Consultative Status

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Second Session

18^th & 19^th Meetings (AM & PM)                   

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR ON DECOLONIZATION CONCLUDES, OFFERS

39 RECOMMENDATIONS TO ‘COMMITTEE OF 24’ ON DECOLONIZATION

Catalytic Role for Committee Envisaged

in Search for Specific Solutions for Remaining Territories

(Reissued as received from a UN Information Officer.)