Security Council

4310^th Meeting (PM)

HEAD OF PEACEKEEPING BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON ETHIOPIA AND ERITREA;

SAYS FORMAL SEPARATION OF FORCES ACHIEVED ON 18 APRIL

Commission on Sustainable Development

Ninth Session

9^th Meeting (PM)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HEARS 31 SPEAKERS IN HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT;

ENERGY DEVELOPMENT, CLIMATE CHANGE AMONG ISSUES HIGHLIGHTED

Commission on Sustainable Development

Ninth Session

8^th Meeting (AM)

Disarmament Commission

2001 Substantive Session

246^th Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION HEARS PROGRESS REPORTS FROM WORKING GROUPS

ON NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, CONVENTIONAL ARMS

The Disarmament Commission met this morning to hear progress reports from the chairs of its two working groups and to elect two vice-chairmen from the Group of African States.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO KIEV CONFERENCE ON CHERNOBYL DISASTER,

SAYS SOLIDARITY, TRANSPARENCY NEEDED TO COPE WITH INDUSTRIAL ACCIDENTS

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the conference “Fifteen Years After the Chernobyl Accident, Lessons Learnt”, delivered on his behalf by the Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs, Kenzo Oshima, in Kiev on 18 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY SECURITY, HUMANITARIAN SITUATION

AT BORDERS BETWEEN GUINEA, LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE

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

Commission on Sustainable Development

Ninth Session

7^th Meeting (PM)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TAKES UP ENERGY AND TRANSPORT

IN ITS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT

Commission on Sustainable Development

Ninth Session

6^th Meeting (AM)

REDUCED AUTOMOBILE DEPENDENCE, IMPROVED URBAN PLANNING AMONG ISSUES RAISED,

SEMINAR ON ‘THE GOVERNANCE OF GLOBALIZATION’ TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 2 MAY

NEW YORK, 18 April (UNU) -- The United Nations University (UNU) and the Department of Economic and Social Affairs will host a seminar on “The Governance of Globalization” on Wednesday, 2 May, from 1:15 to 2:45 p.m. in the Dag Hammarskjöld Library Auditorium.

OUTER SPACE LEGAL SUBCOMMITTEE CONCLUDES FORTIETH SESSION IN VIENNA

(Reissued as received.)