Committee on Information

Twenty-fifth Session

7^th Meeting (PM)                               

UN INDISPENSABLE FOUNDATION FOR PEACE; MUST HAVE CLEAR, EFFECTIVE VOICE,

REAFFIRMS INFORMATION COMMITTEE IN COMPREHENSIVE DRAFT TEXT

Committee on NGOS

7^th Meeting (AM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Leaves Pending Applications of Environmental Protection

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

9th Meeting (AM)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION SETS LONG-TERM

WORK PROGRAMME, AS ELEVENTH SESSION CONCLUDES

Establishes Two-Year Implementation Cycles Aimed at Specific Clusters

of Issues; Also Decides on 2004 Preparatory Meeting for Small Island States Review

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

(Reissued as received.)

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