OPPORTUNITIES CREATED BY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN POOREST COUNTRIES

FOCUS OF FORUM ON ‘THE DIGITAL ECONOMY’ AT BRUSSELS CONFERENCE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

ECONOMIES SHOULD BE GEARED TOWARDS PEOPLE’S WELL-BEING, NOT VICE VERSA,

BRUSSELS CONFERENCE TOLD, DURING THEMATIC SESSION ON EMPLOYMENT

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Third UN Conference on LDCs

15^th Meeting (AM)

NINE OF WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES SIGN BILATERAL INVESTMENT TREATIES

AT LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES CONFERENCE IN BRUSSELS

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

The Secretary-General and Mrs. Nane Annan travelled to Moscow from Brussels on Tuesday, 15 May.

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S MESSAGE FOR THE INTERNATIONAL DAY

FOR BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, 22 MAY 2001

POVERTY BIGGEST ENEMY OF HEALTH IN DEVELOPING WORLD,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WORLD HEALTH ASSEMBLY

Following is the statement made today by the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Kofi Annan, to the fifty-fourth World Health Assembly held in Geneva:

It is a pleasure and an honour for me, as Secretary-General of the United Nations, to appear before this Assembly.

Meeting of States Parties

To Law of Sea Convention

59^th Meeting (PM)

STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION

ADOPT TRIBUNAL BUDGET FOR YEAR 2002

The Eleventh Meeting of States parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea this afternoon adopted the 2002 budget for the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea amounting to $7,807,500.

Meeting of States Parties                                         SEA/1706

Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

18^th Meeting (PM) 

COMMITTEE ON NGOS RECOMMENDS CONSULTATIVE STATUS FOR TWO ORGANIZATIONS,

DEFERS APPLICATIONS OF THREE OTHERS

This afternoon the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) recommended that two organizations receive consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferred the applications of three others.

Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

17^th Meeting (AM)

TWO MORE ORGANIZATIONS RECOMMENDED FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS BY NGO COMMITTEE

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) this morning recommended two organizations for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council and deferred the applications of two others.