Committee Scheduled to Consider Efforts of Georgia, Italy, Portugal, Egypt, Jordan and Republic of Congo
The Commission on Sustainable Development will hold its eighth session from 24 April to 5 May at United Nations Headquarters in New York, focusing on land management; financial resources, trade, investment and economic growth; and agriculture.
The 2000 Review Conference of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), set to begin on Monday 24 April, is regarded as a pivotal moment for the Treaty, hinging on the parties' perception about whether it meets their national and global security needs in the new security environment.
Gediminas Serksnys, the new Permanent Representative of Lithuania to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
Commission Discusses International Convention Against Transnational Crime, Recommendations of Tenth UN Crime Congress
Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council debate on the protection of civilians in armed conflict:
With Unanimous Adoption of Resolution 1296 (2000), Members Extend Concern to Cover Women, Children, Other Vulnerable Groups
ROME, 18 April (FAO) -- The Horn of Africa needs urgent and adequate food assistance to stave off famine and mass starvation threatening some 16 million people, more than half of the population of Ethiopia, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today in a Special Alert released by its Global Information and Early Warning System (GIEWS).
Delegations Maintain Focus on Charter Provisions On Assistance to Sanctions-Impacted Third States
