BRUSSELS FORUM EXAMINES MUSIC’S ECONOMIC POTENTIAL FOR POOREST COUNTRIES;

MUSICIANS CALLED ‘TRUE AMBASSADORS’ OF GLOBALIZATION

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

HAMID GHODSE OF IRAN RE-ELECTED PRESIDENT

OF INTERNATIONAL NARCOTICS CONTROL BOARD

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 21 May (UN Information Service) -- Prof. Hamid Ghodse, an international drug control expert from Iran and Professor of Psychiatry at the University of London, was re-elected as the President of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB) as it began its 71st session here today.

SECRETARY-GENERAL GIVES COMMENCEMENT ADDRESS AT FLETCHER SCHOOL OF LAW AND

DIPLOMACY, TUFTS UNIVERSITY:  'CONTAINING CLIMATE CHANGE: A GLOBAL CHALLENGE'

Following is the text of the commencement address delivered yesterday by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Fletcher School of Law and Diplomacy, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts:

It gives me great pleasure to join you for this very special day.

Meeting of States Parties

To Law of the Sea Convention

60^th Meeting (PM)

Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

22^nd Meeting (PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THREE ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS,

CONSIDERS ISSUES CONCERNING 'UMBRELLA' ORGANIZATIONS

This afternoon, as it continued its consideration of new applications for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council, the Committee on

Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

21^st Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE ON NGOS RECOMMENDS EIGHT ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, DEFERS FIVE APPLICATIONS

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS TELLS PREPARATORY MEETING

PROBLEM OF INVASIVE ALIEN SPECIES MUST BE ADDRESSED, SAYS ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT,

IN MESSAGE MARKING INTERNATIONAL DAY FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Following is the text of a message from General Assembly President Harri Holkeri (Finland) on the occasion of the International Day for Biological Diversity, 22 May:

                                                      GA/COL/3042/Rev.1*

Resumed Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

64^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT ASSEMBLY NOTE SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT

ON PROPOSED 2002-2003 BUDGET OUTLINE FOR ITC/UNCTAD/WTO