Note No. 5667

Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

16^th Meeting (PM) 

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CONSULTATIVE STATUS FOR FOUR ORGANIZATIONS

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

Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

15^th Meeting (AM)

NGO COMMITTEE, CONTINUING ITS CONSIDERATION OF QUADRENNIAL NGO REPORTS,

RECOMMENDS THAT 4 BODIES BE HEARD AT 2001 SUBSTANTIVE ECOSOC SESSION

  ENTREPRENEURS FROM POOREST COUNTRIES CAN SEIZE GLOBAL ECONOMY’S OPPORTUNITIES,

 SAY SPEAKERS AT BRUSSELS CONFERENCE BUSINESS ROUND TABLE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

EDUCATION’S VITAL ROLE IN DEVELOPMENT STRESSED AT THEMATIC SESSION

OF BRUSSELS CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

MORE THAN 200 MAYORS COMMIT TO FIGHT AGAINST POVERTY, CITY-TO-CITY COOPERATION

AT BRUSSELS CONFERENCE ON LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

TRUST FUND TO FIGHT DISEASE, IMPORTANCE OF HEALTH TO DEVELOPMENT

AMONG ISSUES AT THEMATIC SESSION OF BRUSSELS CONFERENCE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

WFP WARNS OF POTENTIAL FOOD CRISIS IN CHECHNYA

ROME, 14 May (WFP) -- The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) today urgently appealed for support to avert a potential food crisis in the northern Caucasus region of the Russian Federation, particularly Chechnya, after a severe shortfall in donations forced the agency to scale back drastically on food aid distributions despite severely deteriorating conditions there.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CONCLUSION OF PROVISIONAL

SELF-GOVERNMENT AGREEMENT IN KOSOVO

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the conclusion of the Constitutional Framework for Provisional Self-Government in Kosovo and commends the consultative and inclusive manner in which this important document was elaborated.

SECRETARY-GENERAL STATES THAT FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF MITCHELL REPORT

RECOMMENDATIONS COULD HELP RESTART MIDDLE EAST PEACE NEGOTIATIONS

Following is the text of a statement issued yesterday, by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan, on the report of the Sharm el-Sheik Fact-Finding Committee: