PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN MAY

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for May:

Security Council

Security Council

4748^th Meeting* (AM)

SPEAKERS IN SECURITY COUNCIL SAY UNITED NATIONS’ EXPERIENCE IN CONFLICT

RESOLUTION, PEACEKEEPING CAN PROVE USEFUL IN IRAQ, OTHER NEW SITUATIONS

Committee on Information

Twenty-fifth Session

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL SHASHI THAROOR WELCOMES INFORMATION COMMITTEE’S

ENDORSEMENT OF DPI’S RESTRUCTURING

[OCHA]

Sudan Agreement opens nile river corridor,

improves humanitarian access to South

NEW YORK, 30 April (OCHA) -- Parties to the conflict in the Sudan have agreed to open a new corridor that would allow enhanced humanitarian access to southern Sudan.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

4^th Meeting (AM & PM)

OBSTACLES FACING AFRICA IN REACHING JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT GOALS

FOCUS OF DISCUSSION IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Economic and Social Council

High-Level Segment Preparatory

AM & PM Meeting

RURAL DEVELOPMENT CRITICAL TO MEETING ANTI-POVERTY GOALS SET

AT 2000 MILLENNIUM SUMMIT, ECOSOC TOLD

Series of Round Table Discussions Held

in Preparation for High-Level Segment in Geneva

RURAL AREAS RECOGNIZED AS KEY IN ANTI-POVERTY FIGHT,

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL TOLD

Growingrecognition that the rural areas –- where 75 per cent of the world’s poor live -- are key in the fight against poverty is coupled with newly rising levels of international assistance, Lennart Baäge, the President of the International Fund for Agricultural Development, told a meeting of the United NationsEconomic and Social Council (ECOSOC) today.

Security Council

4746^th Meeting (PM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO SECURITY COUNCIL FOR FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO SUSTAIN

WEST AFRICAN STATES’ CÔTE D’IVOIRE PEACEKEEPING FORCE

Additional Resources Needed for Expanded Mandate;

Foreign Ministers of Guinea, Ghana, Côte d’Ivoire, Nigeria Also Speak

Security Council

4745^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL FORWARDS ‘AD LITEM’ JUDGE NOMINATIONS

FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY

Having considered the nominations for ad litem judges of the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, the Security Council this afternoon forwarded a list of 35 candidates to the General Assembly.

Committee on Information

Twenty-fifth Session

2^nd & 3^rd Meetings (AM & PM)                           

WORLD LOOKING TO UNITED NATIONS AS SOURCE OF RELIABLE, IMPARTIAL INFORMATION,

COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION TOLD, AS GENERAL DEBATE CONTINUES