Note to Correspondents

SAINT PETERSBURG PHILHARMONIC ORCHESTRA TO HOLD CONCERT ON 7 MAY,

 

CELEBRATING 60TH ANNIVERSARY OF END OF SECOND WORLD WAR

 

Note to Correspondents

SWORDS INTO PLOWSHARES/TONY PRICE:  ATOMIC ART EXHIBITION

 

OF SCULPTURES OPENS AT UN HEADQUARTERS ON 5 MAY

 

Note to Correspondents

‘NO MORE’ EXHIBITION ON DISPLAY AT UN HEADQUARTERS

 

Note to Correspondents

UN TO RELEASE NEW LIST OF ‘TEN STORIES THE WORLD SHOULD HEAR MORE ABOUT’

In its continuing efforts to draw attention to important international developments and issues that fall outside the media spotlight, the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) will launch on Tuesday, 3 May 2005, a new list of “Ten Stories the World Should Hear More About.”

Note to Correspondents

WORLD PRESS PHOTO EXHIBITION OPENS AT HEADQUARTERS 3 MAY

In observance of World Press Freedom Day, an exhibition of the best press photographs of 2004 will open in the North-East Gallery of the General Assembly Visitors’ Lobby at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 3 May.  This travelling exhibition of winning images selected at World Press Photos’ worldwide 2005 photojournalism contest in Amsterdam will remain on display through 29 May.

Note to Correspondents

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY TO BE COMMEMORATED AT HEADQUARTERS 3 MAY,

SEMINAR ON ‘FANNING THE FLAME OF TOLERANCE: THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA’

The third seminar in the Unlearning Intolerance series of the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) titled “Fanning the Flame of Tolerance:  The Role of the Media” will be held at United Nations Headquarters on 3 May 2005 from 9:50 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.

Note to Correspondents

Former President Clinton, media leaders to exchange ideas

 

on combating HIV/AIDS ON 12 APRIL

 

Note to Correspondents

CAPITAL MASTER PLAN ON REFURBISHING UN HEADQUARTERS

 

The following note was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The United Nations Headquarters complex is in need of major renovation.

-- Regular maintenance cannot keep pace with deterioration.

-- A fire sprinkler system does not exist.

Note to Correspondents

PROGRAMME ON LEGACY OF DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS ON 4 APRIL

Discussion to Feature Brian Urquhart, Jan Eliasson

Note to Correspondents

DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH DETAINED, MISSING STAFF TO BE OBSERVED

AT HEADQUARTERS ON 28 MARCH