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.

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $760 MILLION

GENEVA, 17 May -- The United Nations Compensation Commission has made available today, in the third payment of the third phase of the payments mechanism, a total of $760,396,060 to 16 Governments for distribution to

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD TO HOLD TWENTY-SEVENTH SESSION AT GENEVA,

21 MAY TO 8 JUNE 2001

Experts to Examine Reports From Denmark, Turkey,

Democratic Republic of Congo, Guatemala, Côte d'Ivoire, Tanzania, Bhutan, Monaco

IN STATEMENT MARKING WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION DAY, GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT

OUTLINES WAYS IN WHICH INTERNET CAN SERVE DEVELOPMENT

Following is the text of a statement made today by General Assembly President Harri Holkeri (Finland) on the occasion of World Telecommunication Day, 17 May 2001.