PROBLEMS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES LIVING IN CITIES

SHOULD BE ADDRESSED, PERMANENT FORUM TOLD

(Reissued as received from a UN Information Officer.)

NEW YORK, 17 May -- The Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues should discuss the situation of indigenous peoples living in urban areas, an indigenous representative told the Forum today, as it continued its review of United Nations activities relating to indigenous peoples.

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

First Session

13^th and 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

REPRESENTATIVES OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES VOICE

HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNS AT PERMANENT FORUM

Proscription of Traditional Languages,

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

57^th Meeting (AM)

DELEGATES EXPRESS DISAPPOINTMENT AT SECRETARIAT FAILURE TO PROPOSE WAYS

OF RESTORING FULL GAMUT OF CONFERENCE SERVICES TO MEMBER STATES

Background Release

PREPARATORY MEETING FOR WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

TO BE HELD IN BALI, 27 MAY - 7 JUNE

To Seek Agreement on Commitments,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL'S REMARKS AT OPENING OF UNITED NATIONS/EAST TIMOR

HEADQUARTERS EXHIBITION, 20 MAY

Following are the remarks of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the opening of the United Nations/East Timor Exhibition, Headquarters, 20 May:

Today -- 20 May 2002 -- is a day of great joy.  On this day, East Timor has become an independent nation. 

OFFICIAL OPENING OF WORLD ECOTOURISM SUMMIT

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Dili early in the afternoon of Sunday, 19 May.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia, in the morning of Friday, 17 May, and met later in the day with Indonesian President Megawati Sukarnoputri.

MARKING AFRICA DAY, SECRETARY-GENERAL HAILS LAUNCHING OF AFRICAN UNION,

GROWING AFRICAN COOPERATION IN STRUGGLE FOR DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS

Following is the text of the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of Africa Day, 25 May 2002:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR 'MAXIMUM RESTRAINT' IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR

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

The Secretary-General is very concerned at the high level of casualties due to persistent firing along the Line of Control and the working boundary in Jammu and Kashmir.

He calls on both sides to exercise maximum restraint to avert a further escalation of tensions.