(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)
(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)
NEW YORK, 23 March (DESA) -- Virtually all population growth from now until 2030 will be concentrated in the urban areas of the world. By 2007, the number of urban dwellers is also expected to exceed the number of rural dwellers for the first time in history.
To Review Concept of Launching State and Adherence to Outer Space Treaties
The following is the statement of United Nations Staff Union President Mehri Madarshahi issued on the occasion of the Day of Solidarity with Detained Staff Members, 25 March:
The Human Rights Committee met this afternoon to review the second periodic report of Guyana on its compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The Special Committee on the Situation with regard to the Implementation of the Declaration on the Granting of Independence to Colonial Countries and Peoples this afternoon approved the draft guidelines and rules of procedure for this years Pacific Regional Seminar (contained in provisional document A/AC.109/2000/1).
Following is the text of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fr,chette's remarks to a donor's conference on Sierra Leone, which will be held in London on 27 March:
