As a result of globalization, governments had nowhere to hide, Mark Malloch Brown, Administrator of the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), told the fifty-second annual Department of Public Information/Non-governmental Organization (DPI/NGO) Conference this afternoon.
The revolution of non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and the globalization process were defining phenomena of our times, Secretary-General Kofi Annan said this morning at the opening meeting of the fifty-second annual NGO Conference, organized by the Department of Public Information (DPI).
UN Security Service to Meet with Delegations
Delegations were assured this morning that everything would be done to minimize disruptions during the fifty-fourth General Assembly session as the Committee on Relations with the Host Country met to discuss security arrangements for the general debate.
The General Committee, in two meetings held today, recommended 170 items for inclusion on the General Assemblys agenda for its fifty-fourth session and allocated them among the six Main Committees and the plenary.
Finance Too Important To Be Left To Chance, Study Says
(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)
The new Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, Richard C. Holbrooke, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 7 September.
(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)
The new Permanent Representative of the United States to the United Nations, Richard C. Holbrooke, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 7 September.
Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the United Nations Ambassadors Dinner hosted by the United Nations Association of the United States (UNA-USA) and the Business Council for the United Nations (BCUN)in New York on 14 September:
The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
