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.

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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.)

UNEP HELPS SPEARHEAD GREAT APE RESCUE MISSION

‘Kano Two’ Gorillas Going Home Following

Historic Deal between Cameroon and Nigeria

LAGOS/NAIROBI, 23 May (UNEP) -- A pair of western lowland gorillas, among the rarest and most endangered species in the world, will today jet out of Nigeria to a new life after being rescued from the clutches of the illegal pet trade.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY SADDENED’ BY HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE

FOLLOWING ALGERIAN EARTHQUAKE, OFFERS UN ASSISTANCE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES UN SUPPORT TO IRAQ IN ‘COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT’

TASKS AHEAD, IN MESSAGE TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to today’s Security Council meeting on “The Situation between Iraq and Kuwait” in New York:

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS WILLIAM LACY SWING AS NEW SPECIAL

REPRESENTATIVE FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

In a letter dated 16 May 2003, addressed to the President of the Security Council, the Secretary-General informed Council members of his intention to appoint William Lacy Swing of the United States to succeed Amos Namanga Ngongi as his Special Representative for the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).