Committee on NGOS

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

OPENING 2003 SESSION, COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDS

SIX ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

‘Paperless Committee’ Initiative Launched,

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

46^th Meeting (AM)

COST OF 11 UN PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS ESTIMATED AT $2.3 BILLION FOR 2003-2004,

FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD, AS RESUMED SESSION OPENS

Scheduled to End 30 May, Budget Committee

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

7^th Meeting (PM)

SMALL ISLAND STATES, REVIEW OF 1994 BARBADOS ACTION PLAN

FOCUS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF ROMANIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Mihnea Ioan Motoc, the New Permanent Representative of Romania to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MALTA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Victor Camilleri, the new Permanent Representative of Malta to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

INDEPENDENT PRESS LIFEBLOOD OF STRONG, FUNCTIONING SOCIETIES,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Press Freedom Day, which was observed at Headquarters, 2 May:

Security Council

4749^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONGRATULATES BURUNDI ON 1 MAY PEACEFUL TRANSITION

OF POWER, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT

Says Security, Judicial Reforms Now Crucial

To Ensure Success of 36-Month Transitional Period

The Security Council this afternoon congratulated the parties in Burundi on a peaceful transition of power in the presidency of the transitional Government on

UNTV’S CURRENT AFFAIRS TALK-SHOW ‘WORLD CHRONICLE’ MARKS 900^TH RECORDING

Today, a special 900^th edition of UNTV's programme “World Chronicle” will feature Shashi Tharoor, the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, on the subject "The UN:  irrelevant, indispensable or neither?".

UN CHIEF EXECUTIVES BOARD CONCLUDES MEETING IN PARIS;

ISSUES STATEMENT ON DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

GENEVA, 26 April (CEB) -- The Board of Chief Executives of the United Nations System (CEB) held its spring session in Paris on 25-26 April 2003, at the invitation of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Koichiro Matsuura.

IMPORTANCE OF FREE, INDEPENDENT PRESS, ROLE OF JOURNALISTS IN IRAQ WAR

HIGHLIGHTED IN WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY OBSERVANCE

Programme’s Theme: ‘The Media and Armed Conflict’ Addressed

By Deputy Secretary-General, Panel of International Journalists