Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fourth Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION CONSIDERS ‘NATIONAL EXPERIENCES';

EXCESSIVE POPULATION GROWTH, ECOLOGICAL BALANCE AMONG ISSUES RAISED

SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF YUGOSLAVIA

FOR ARREST OF SLOBODAN MILOSEVIC

Following is a statement by United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan issued today in Nairobi, Kenya:

The arrest of Slobodan Milosevic is an important step in the process of healing after the tragic events in the Balkans since 1991.  I commend the authorities in the Federal Republic of Yugoslavia for this decisive action.

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fourth Session

2^nd Meeting (PM)        

POPULATION GROWTH, URBAN CONSUMER MARKETS THREATEN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT,

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT TOLD

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fourth Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OPENS THIRTY-FOURTH SESSION;

THEME:  ‘POPULATION, ENVIRONMENT AND DEVELOPMENT’

Committee on Charter                                        L/2978

Committee on Charter

and United Nations Role

237^th Meeting (PM)      

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON CHARTER TO CONSIDER MAINTENANCE OF PEACE, DISPUTE SETTLEMENT

AND COMMITTEE WORKING METHODS DURING CURRENT SESSION

Resumed Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

56^th Meeting (Night)                

FIFTH COMMITTEE POSTPONES ACTION ON FINAL ITEMS OF RESUMED SESSION;

Intergovernmental Preparatory Committee

for Third United Nations Conference

 on Least Developed Countries

1^st Meeting (AM)

AS GLOBAL WARMING DEBATE HEATS UP, INTERGOVERNMENTAL PANEL ON CLIMATE

CHANGE MEETS IN NAIROBI TO REVIEW LATEST SCIENTIFIC FINDINGS

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI, 30 March (UNEP) -- An important meeting to chart the future of the official scientific body which advises governments on climate change will take place at the Nairobi headquarters of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) from 4 to 6 April.

DIALOGUE 'VITAL' TO SUCCESS OF UN MISSIONS, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

IN REMARKS TO SEMINAR OF SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVES

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Seminar of Special and Personal Representatives and Envoys, in Mont Pèlerin, Switzerland, on 30 March: