The Committee on Information will continue its examination of United Nations public information policies and activities and follow-up on progress made by the United Nations system in the field of information and communications, during its upcoming two-week session, to be held at Headquarters from 6 to 17 May.
National governments have taken varied actions aimed at achieving the goals set at the 1992 United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (unced) held in Rio de Janeiro, the Commission on Sustainable Development was told this morning, as it concluded the high-level segment of its fourth session.
The Economic and Social Council this morning rejected accreditation of the United States-based Tibetan Rights Campaign to the forthcoming second United Nations Conference on Human Settlements (Habitat II), by a recorded vote of 21 in favour of rejection to 15 against, with 16 abstentions. (For details of the voting, see Annex.)
Machivenyika Tobias Mapuranga, the new Permanent Representative of Zimbabwe to the United Nations presented his credentials this afternoon to Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
Prior to his appointment, Mr. dos Santos was a Counsellor and Private Secretary to the President of the Republic of Mozambique.
Ibra Deguene Ka, the new Permanent Representative of Senegal to the United Nations, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Boutros Boutros-Ghali.
