PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN MAY

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for May:

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION FUNDAMENTAL, UNIVERSAL;

 

APPEALS FOR RIGHT TO BE EXERCISED RESPONSIBLY, IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Press Freedom Day, observed 3 May:

Security Council

5430^th Meeting (AM)

IMPORTANCE OF PREVENTING CONFLICT THROUGH DEVELOPMENT, DEMOCRACY STRESSED,

AS SECURITY COUNCIL UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTS RESOLUTION 1674 (2006)

Wide-Ranging Text on Civilians in Armed Conflict Strongly

Sixtieth General Assembly

Plenary

77^th Meeting (AM)

IN OBSERVANCE OF 20TH ANNIVERSARY OF CHERNOBYL DISASTER, GENERAL ASSEMBLY REFLECTS

ON SUFFERING OF VICTIMS, HEROISM OF RESPONDERS, LESSONS LEARNED

Acting Assembly President Stresses Importance of Safe Use of Nuclear Power,

Background Release

ENERGY, INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT, POLLUTION, CLIMATE CHANGE FOCUS, AS SUSTAINABLE

DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION MEETS AT HEADQUARTERS, 1 - 12 MAY

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY REGRETS’ LACK OF CONSENSUS IN BUDGET COMMITTEE

 

ON MANAGEMENT REFORM PROPOSALS

 

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

Security Council

5426^th Meeting (AM)

PRIME MINISTER OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE, BRIEFING SECURITY COUNCIL, APPEALS

 

Security Council

5429^th Meeting (PM)

CAIRO MEETING ADDRESSES ECONOMIC, HUMANITARIAN CRISIS IN PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

 

Speakers Stress Need for Short-, Long-Term Solutions

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

SPECIAL HUMANITARIAN ENVOY VISITS DROUGHT AFFECTED DJIBOUTI

 

DJIBOUTI/NEW YORK, 27 April (OCHA) -- Kjell Magne Bondevik, United Nations Special Humanitarian Envoy for the Horn of Africa, saw the human cost of Djibouti’s drought today, during a visit to a hospital treating malnourished children.