Press Release AFG/195 ECOSOC/6000 |
‘TANGIBLE PEACE DIVIDEND’ ALREADY IN PLACE IN AFGHANISTAN,
UNDP ADMINISTRATOR TELLS PARTICIPANTS AT SPECIAL BRIEFING
Press Release AFG/195 ECOSOC/6000 |
‘TANGIBLE PEACE DIVIDEND’ ALREADY IN PLACE IN AFGHANISTAN,
UNDP ADMINISTRATOR TELLS PARTICIPANTS AT SPECIAL BRIEFING
Press Release UNEP/106 |
UNEP CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY
Governments to Advance Work on Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety
THE HAGUE, 17 April 2002 -- With the legally-binding Protocol on Biosafety gaining momentum towards its entry into force, delegates from over 160 governments as well as non-governmental, intergovernmental and indigenous and private sector organizations will meet here for continuing discussions from 22-26 April.
Press Release SEA/1737 |
Meeting of States Parties
to Law of Sea Convention
63rd Meeting (AM)
STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON LAW OF SEA BRIEFED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL
OF INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY
Press Release SC/7365 |
PRESS STATEMENT ON BOUGAINVILLE BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL
Following is today’s press statement on Bougainville by the President of the Security Council, Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):
Members of the Security Council heard a briefing from Ambassador Noel Sinclair [head of the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville] on Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.
Press Release SC/7364 |
SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON REPATRIATION OF KUWAITIS,
THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS
Following is the text of today’s press statement on the question of repatriation of Kuwaiti and third country nationals, delivered by the President of the Security Council, Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):
Press Release SC/7363 |
PRESS STATEMENT ON ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BOUNDARY COMMISSION
DECISION BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL
Following is the press statement on the 13 April decision by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, delivered by the President of the Security Council, Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):
Press Release POP/826 |
GHANAIAN RURAL HEALTH INNOVATOR, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NGO
WIN UNITED NATIONS POPULATION AWARD
NEW YORK, 17 April 2002 (UNFPA) –- Dr. Kwasi Odoi-Agyarko, the leader of an innovative rural health programme in Ghana, and EngenderHealth, a non-governmental organization that trains and gives technical assistance to reproductive health service providers in developing countries, will share the 2002 United Nations Population Award.
Press Release GA/PAL/884 |
PANELLISTS EXAMINE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO CONTAIN
MIDDLE EAST CRISIS, RESUME DIALOGUE
(Received from a UN Information Officer.)
NICOSIA, 17 April –- The events of Sabra and Shatila were being repeated today in the Palestinian occupied territory, Jerusalem Times publisher Hanna Siniora said this morning at the International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace.
Press Release ENV/DEV/634 |
GLOBAL WARMING TRIGGERS GLACIAL LAKES FLOOD THREAT
Himalayan Mountain Lakes at High Risk
Of Bursting Banks, with Devastating Consequences for People and Property
GENEVA/LONDON/NAIROBI, 16 April (UN Information Service) -- Nearly 50 lakes, high in the Himalayas, could burst their banks sending millions of gallons of deadly floodwaters swirling down valleys, putting at risk tens of thousands of lives, scientists are warning.
Press Release DC/2829 |
Disarmament Commission DC/2829*