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

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

62^nd Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KHMER ROUGE TRIALS

Extraordinary Chambers Would Be Established

and Operated Within Cambodian National Courts

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

AM Meeting

MAJOR CIVIC GROUPS COMMENT ON PROPOSED FUTURE WORK PROGRAMME

OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Nine major civil society groups commented on draft decisions introduced yesterday by the Commission on Sustainable Development on its future work programmes, as that body continued its eleventh session this morning.