In progress at UNHQ

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27 April 2001

PI/1336

FOCUSING ON DPI ROLE IN FURTHERING MILLENNIUM DECLARATION GOALS, COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS 30 APRIL – 11 MAY

27/04/2001

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PI/1336

Background Release

FOCUSING ON DPI ROLE IN FURTHERING MILLENNIUM DECLARATION GOALS, COMMITTEE

ON INFORMATION TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS 30 APRIL – 11 MAY

27 April 2001

NOTE 5663

SECRETARY-GENERAL TO APPEAL TO DONORS FOR LARGE-SCALE MOBILIZATION IN FIGHT AGAINST AIDS

27/04/2001

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NOTE 5663

Note No. 5663

27 April 2001

HR/CN/986

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION

27/04/2001

Press Release
HR/CN/986

Round-up of Session

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION

Appoints Special Rapporteur for Indigenous People; Ends Mandates

Of Special Representative on Rwanda, Special Rapporteur on the Former Yugoslavia

(Reissued as received.)

27 April 2001

ENV/DEV/576

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS WITH VIEW TO CONCLUDING CURRENT SESSION LATER TODAY

27/04/2001

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ENV/DEV/576

Commission on Sustainable Development

Ninth Session

12^th Meeting (AM)

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS

WITH VIEW TO CONCLUDING CURRENT SESSION LATER TODAY

27 April 2001

ENV/DEV/575

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO HOLD ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 30 APRIL - 2 MAY

27/04/2001

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ENV/DEV/575

Background Release

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

TO HOLD ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 30 APRIL - 2 MAY

The Commission on Sustainable Development acting as the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, to take place during the last half of 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa, will hold its organizational session at Headquarters from 30 April to 2 May.

27 April 2001

DSG/SM/132

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR GREATER ASSISTANCE FOR CHERNOBYL VICTIMS

27/04/2001

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DSG/SM/132

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR GREATER ASSISTANCE FOR CHERNOBYL VICTIMS

Following is the text of remarks made yesterday evening by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the opening ceremony of an exhibition titled “Black Wind, White Land -- Living with Chernobyl”:

27 April 2001

DC/2775

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION REVIEWS APPROACHES TO NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT AND CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL, AS IT CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION

27/04/2001

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DC/2775

Disarmament Commission

2001 Substantive Session

247^th Meeting (AM) and Round-up

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION REVIEWS APPROACHES TO NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

AND CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL, AS IT CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION

The Disarmament Commission concluded its substantive session for 2001 this morning with the adoption of its final report and reports of its two working groups, as orally revised.

27 April 2001

AFR/316-AIDS/8-POP/801

STRONGER PREVENTION EFFORT NEEDED TO HALT HIV/AIDS, UN POPULATION FUND EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TELLS AFRICAN SUMMIT

27/04/2001

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AFR/316
AIDS/8
POP/801

STRONGER PREVENTION EFFORT NEEDED TO HALT HIV/AIDS, UN POPULATION FUND

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TELLS AFRICAN SUMMIT

ABUJA, Nigeria, 27 April (UNFPA) -— A stepped-up effort to prevent the spread of infection is the only way to end the scourge of HIV/AIDS, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said today in a statement to the African Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Diseases.