Background Release

United Nations Committee Monitoring Discrimination against Women

to meet at headquarters, 14 May – 1 June

 

Will Consider Reports by Mauritania , Mozambique,

Niger , Pakistan, Serbia, Sierra Leone, Syria, Vanuatu

Secretary-General urges policies, technologies to ‘connect young people’,

 

create truly open, inclusive information society, in world day message

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’s message on World Telecommunication and Information Society Day, observed 17 May:

Secretary-General appoints board memberS of united nations register of damage

caused by construction of wall in occupied palestinian territory

 

Secretary-General calls for integrated, balanced response to climate change

 

in remarks to high-level segment of Commission on Sustainable development

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES B’NAI B’RITH INTERNATIONAL FOR IMPORTANT CONTRIBUTIONS

TO ‘OUR SHARED MISSION’ OF PROMOTING PEACE, DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DIGNITY

UNITED NATIONS AFRICAN MEETING ON PALESTINIAN RIGHTS

 

OPENS IN PRETORIA WITH CALLS TO RELAUNCH PEACE TALKS

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Sixty-first General Assembly

Fifth Committee

48^th Meeting (AM)

Speakers in budget committee stress need for stronger management,

budgetary discipline in face of rising peacekeeping costs

 

Wide Range of Reports Taken Up, Including from Board

Secretary-General pledges redoubled efforts towards chemical weapons-free

world in message for unveiling of permanent memorial to victims

AFRICAN MEETING CONSIDERS SITUATION ON GROUND IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

 

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HEARS CALLS FOR URGENT, CONCERTED ACTION

ON CLIMATE CHANGE, AS IT BEGINS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT