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High-level Committee on Review of TCDC

12^th Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

GLOBAL DEVELOPMENT GOALS NEED NEW PARTNERSHIPS, INCREASED FUNDING,

SAY PARTICIPANTS AT HIGH-LEVEL COMMITTEE ON TCDC REVIEW

On Thursday, 24 May, Secretary-General Kofi Annan went to Washington's Capitol Hill for a series of meetings with members of the United States Congress.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUDAN GOVERNMENT DECISION TO HALT

AIR ATTACKS IN NUBA MOUNTAINS, SOUTHERN SUDAN

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

Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

30^th Meeting (PM) and Round-up

COMMITTEE ON NGOS CONCLUDES SESSION, HAVING RECOMMENDED 44 ORGANIZATIONS

FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

29^th Meeting (AM)

NGO COMMITTEE HEARS ARGUMENTS FOR, AGAINST FREEDOM HOUSE

Cuba Says NGO Carries Out ‘Politically Motivated, Interventionist Activities’

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR ON DECOLONIZATION CONTINUES DISCUSSION OF GIBRALTAR

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

FALKLAND ISLANDS (MALVINAS), GIBRALTAR, AMERICAN SAMOA DISCUSSED

IN CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR ON DECOLONIZATION

United Kingdom Present at Seminar for First

Time Since Resuming Dialogue with Special Committee

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

PUERTO RICO, AMERICAN SAMOA, GUAM, GIBRALTAR, NEW CALEDONIA

DISCUSSED AT CARIBBEAN DECOLONIZATION SEMINAR

(Received from a UN Information Officer; delayed in transmission.)

Resumed Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

67^th Meeting (AM & PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT ASSEMBLY PROVIDE $1.8 BILLION

FOR PEACE MISSIONS WORLDWIDE

15-Chapter Draft on Human Resources Management

Called ‘Vote of Confidence in Secretary-General’s Vision’

‘LET US BE GOOD STEWARDS OF THE EARTH WE INHERITED’ SECRETARY-

GENERAL URGES IN SALUTE TO WORLD ENVIRONMENT DAY

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to celebrate World Environment Day, 5 June: