Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS NAFIS SADIK OF PAKISTAN

AS HIS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR HIV/AIDS IN ASIA

Security Council

4544^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS RECENT KILLING IN KISANGANI,

DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Council Also Reiterates Demand for Demilitarization of Kisangani;

Asks Secretary-Generalto Weigh Possibility of Increased MONUC Deployment in City

Security Council

4543^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL DEPLORES KOSOVO ASSEMBLY’S RESOLUTION CONCERNING

PROVINCE’S ‘TERRITORIAL INTEGRITY’, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT

Says Issue Outside Assembly’s Competence,

Concurring with Special Representative, Who Yesterday Vetoed Resolution

Committee on NGOs

19^th & 20^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SPECIAL CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

RECOMMENDED FOR TWO GROUPS; TWO OTHER APPLICATIONS DEFERRED

Committee Also Recommends Reclassification for 2 Groups

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

First Session

17^th & 18^th Meetings (AM & PM)

PERMANENT FORUM ON INDIGENOUS ISSUES CONCLUDES HISTORIC FIRST SESSION;

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS WORLD'S INDIGENOUS PEOPLES 'HAVE A HOME' AT UN

Report to Economic and Social Council

Recommend Establishment of Forum Secretariat in New York

PRESS STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL ON SOMALIA

Following is today's press statement on Somalia by the President of the Security Council, Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore):

Members of the Council heard a briefing by the Secretariat on the situation in Somalia, and expressed their serious concern with regard to recent developments and their grave impact on the humanitarian situation.

GOVERNANCE, ETHICS, CONFLICT MANAGEMENT INITIATIVES PRESENTED

AT FIFTH AFRICAN GOVERNANCE FORUM

Québec DECLARATION ON ECOTOURISM DEFINES

BASIS FOR ITS INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY RISING TENSION BETWEEN INDIA, PAKISTAN

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

The Secretary-General is increasingly concerned by the alarming rise in tension between India and Pakistan.  He is in close contact with the leaders of both sides, to encourage them to resolve their differences, including over Kashmir, by peaceful means.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS HEIDI TAGLIAVINI OF SWITZERLAND

AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR GEORGIA, HEAD OF UNOMIG