UN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CENTRAL AFRICAN SECURITY TO HOLD SMALL ARMS SEMINAR,

19^TH MINISTERIAL MEETING IN BRAZZAVILLE 12-17 MAY

SECOND SESSION OF PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR 2005 REVIEW CONFERENCE

OF PARTIES TO NPT CONCLUDES IN GENEVA

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THE SECRETARY-GENERAL

MESSAGE FOR WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS DAY

17 May, 2003

Draft Message for World Telecommunication Day, May 17th.

PRESS FREEDOM, PLURALISM OF CONTENT MUST GO TOGETHER, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD TELECOMMUNICATIONS DAY

ROAD MAP VERY CLEAR ABOUT GOAL, STEPS TO REACH IT, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

IN MESSAGE TO INTERNATIONAL ALLIANCE FOR ARAB-ISRAELI PEACE

Following is the message by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan to the third conference of the International Alliance for Arab-Israeli Peace in Copenhagen,
8 to 9 May:

Committee on NGOS

6^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS FOUR NGOS

FOR SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Background Release

PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES AT HEADQUARTERS 12-23 MAY;

THEME ‘INDIGENOUS CHILDREN AND YOUTH’

Bringing together more than 1,500 people from some 500 indigenous groups worldwide, the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues will hold its second session at Headquarters from 12 to 23 May, focusing on the theme “indigenous children and youth”.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

48^th Meeting (AM)

BRIEFING FIFTH COMMITTEE ON UN FINANCIAL SITUATION, UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL

FOR MANAGEMENT SAYS 2002 WAS GOOD YEAR, BUT UNCERTAINTIES REMAIN

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

8th Meeting (PM)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION NEAR AGREEMENT ON DRAFT TEXTS;

SESSION SET TO CONCLUDE TOMORROW

In a brief meeting this afternoon, the Commission on Sustainable Development heard from its two working groups on the progress being made towards finalizing the draft decisions due to be adopted tomorrow at the close of the eleventh session.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘VICIOUS KILLINGS’ BY COLOMBIAN REBEL GROUP

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

MORE FOOD AID NEEDED FOR SOME SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES

But in Southern Africa, Overall

Harvest Prospects Have Improved Since Last Year

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