Security Council

4538^th Meeting (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS DAY-LONG DEBATE ON CONFLICT

PREVENTION, RESOLUTION IN AFRICA

Committee on NGOs

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

FOR THREE BODIES -- ONE IN SPECIAL, TWO IN ROSTER CATEGORY

Committee Closes File on Three Groups,

One Following Roll-Call Vote; Five Applications Left Pending

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

58^th Meeting (AM)

SECRETARIAT PROPOSES BUDGETS OF $318 MILLION, $604 MILLION

FOR EAST TIMOR, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO MISSIONS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

99^th Meeting (PM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY INVITES EAST TIMOR TO PARTICIPATE -- WITHOUT VOTE --

IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT, PREPARATORY PROCESS

IN ENVIRONMENT DAY MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HOPE

FOR 'REAL AND TANGIBLE' BREAKTHROUGH AT JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT

Says 'Planet Still in Need of Intensive Care'

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for World Environment Day, 5 June:

Committee on NGOs                                            NGO/468

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,