Committee on NGOS

3^rd Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE TAKES NOTE OF 26 REPORTS SUBMITTED BY NGOS

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) took note of
26 quadrennial reports submitted by NGOs as it met this morning to review those submissions and to continue implementing the computer-based “Paperless Committee” initiative launched yesterday.  (See Press Release NGO/497 of 5 May.)

UN-HABITAT BEGINS SURVEY OF WAR DAMAGED HOUSING STOCK IN IRAQ

(Reissued as received.)

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE WELCOMES PRESENTATION

OF ‘ROAD MAP’ TO ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SETTLEMENT

At its 271^st meeting, on 6 May 2003, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People adopted the following statement:

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

271^st Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS EXPRESS CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER RECENTLY RELEASED

‘ROAD MAP’ FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE

GREATER POLITICAL COMMITMENT NEEDED TO PUT FAMILIES AT CENTRE OF PUBLIC POLICY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

Following is Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Families, observed 15 May:

CHALLENGES OF RAPID URBANIZATION AT HEART OF MILLENNIUM ANTI-POVERTY GOALS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO UN-HABITAT SESSION

Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan to the nineteenth session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) delivered by Executive Director Anna Tibaijuka, in Nairobi on 5 May:

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the press statement on Liberia delivered today by Security CouncilPresident Munir Akram (Pakistan):

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo delivered today by the Security Council President Munir Akram (Pakistan):

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