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Press Release

SEA/1703

STATES PARTIES AGREE TO ESTABLISH REVIEW BODY FOR PROPOSED BUDGETS OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR LAW OF SEA

15/05/2001
Press Release
SEA/1703


Meeting of States Parties

To Law of Sea Convention

55th Meeting (AM)


STATES PARTIES AGREE TO ESTABLISH REVIEW BODY FOR PROPOSED BUDGETS


OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL FOR LAW OF SEA


The Meeting of States parties to the Convention on the Law of the Sea agreed this morning to establish an open-ended working group to review proposed budgets of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

NGO/416

COMMITTEE ON NGOS TAKES NOTE OF REPORTS BY 41 ORGANIZATIONS, DEFERS 21 REPORTS PENDING CLARIFICATION

15/05/2001
Press Release
NGO/416


Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

13th Meeting (AM)


COMMITTEE ON NGOS TAKES NOTE OF REPORTS BY 41 ORGANIZATIONS,


DEFERS 21 REPORTS PENDING CLARIFICATION


The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) this morning took note of 41 quadrennial reports submitted by organizations having general or special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council.  It deferred

DEV/2316

‘QUANTUM LEAP’ IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SYSTEMS OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES CALLED FOR AT THEMATIC SESSION OF BRUSSELS CONFERENCE

15/05/2001
Press Release
DEV/2316


‘QUANTUM LEAP’ IN INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY SYSTEMS OF LEAST DEVELOPED COUNTRIES


CALLED FOR AT THEMATIC SESSION OF BRUSSELS CONFERENCE


(Received from a UN Information Officer.)


BRUSSELS, 15 May -- “Intellectual Property and Development -- An Instrument for Wealth Creation” was the topic of an interactive thematic session held this afternoon, as the Third United Nations Conference on Least Developed Countries continued in Brussels.