VIEWS EXPRESSED ON ROLE OF CIVIL SOCIETY, CAPACITY-BUILDING, PARTNERSHIPS,

AS MULTI-STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE CONCLUDES

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

UN, WELCOMING COLOMBIA’S ELECTIONS, WILL EXAMINE ‘WITH CARE AND INTEREST’

PRESIDENT-ELECT’S PROPOSALS FOR UN ROLE IN NEW PEACE EFFORTS

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The United Nations welcomes the fact that the Colombian people were able to exercise their right to vote on Sunday, 26 May 2002, and have acted decisively to elect the candidate of their choice.

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

211^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE ON RELATIONS WITH HOST COUNTRY CONSIDERS PROBLEM

OF NEW YORK CITY TAX DEMANDS ON LIBYAN MISSION

Also Discussed:  Travel Restrictions on Certain Diplomats,

NEED FOR GOOD GOVERNANCE, DEMOCRATIZATION, TRANSPARENCY, EQUITY

STRESSED AS MULTI-STAKEHOLDER DIALOGUE BEGINS

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

BALI, 27 May -- A broad range of civil society and government actors in the sustainable development process took the floor this afternoon to express their views, as the fourth and final Preparatory Committee for the upcoming World Summit on Sustainable Development continued its work.

POVERTY REDUCTION, SUSTAINABLE CONSUMPTION, ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION MUST BE

ADDRESSED, INDONESIAN MINISTER TELLS CONFERENCE PREPARATORY MEETING

Preparatory Committee for Sustainable Development Summit Begins Work in Bali

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

BALI PREPARATORY MEETING FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

OPENS WITH FLAG-RAISING CEREMONY

Largest International Meeting Ever Held in Bali to Continue through 7 June

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF INDIA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Vijay Kunhianandan Nambiar, the new Permanent Representative of India to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF PAKISTAN PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Munir Akram, the new Permanent Representative of Pakistan to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

‘YOU HAVE A HOME AT THE UNITED NATIONS’ SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

AS INDIGENOUS FORUM CONCLUDES FIRST SESSION

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the closing meeting of the first session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York on 24 May:

It gives me great pleasure to address this historic first session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues.