Committee on Relations

with Host Country

223^rd Meeting (AM)

DIPLOMATIC PARKING PROGRAMME, DELAYS IN CLEARING OFFICIAL DELEGATIONS

AT U.S.POINTS OF ENTRY AMONG ISSUES RAISED IN HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

45^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS $595.5 MILLION INITIAL BUDGET FOR SUDANMISSION

The Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning approved a budget of $595.5 million for the initial establishment of the United Nations Advance Mission in the Sudan (UNAMIS), for the period 1 July 2004 to 31 October 2005.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

8^th & 9^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL MISSION IN HAITI CONDEMNS MURDER OF PEACEKEEPER IN CITÉ SOLEIL,

REITERATES FULL SUPPORT FOR UN PRESENCE, TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT

Following is a press statement issued today by the head of the Security Council mission to Haiti:

UN ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA TO HOLD

 

23RD MINISTERIAL SESSION IN DAMASCUS 9 – 12 MAY

 

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

92^nd Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES ARRANGEMENTS FOR SEPTEMBER HIGH-LEVEL SUMMIT

The General Assembly today adopted a resolution, as orally revised, on preparations for and organization of its high-level plenary meeting, scheduled for 14 to 16 September, at the beginning of its sixtieth session.

UN DUBLIN FORUM CALLS FOR PRACTICAL INTERVENTIONS TO PROMOTE EDUCATION

 

THROUGH INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY

Education experts and political leaders at the United Nations Global Forum on ICT for education, which concluded yesterday in Dublin, called for practical interventions to put new technologies at the service of education in developing countries.

UN WILL HOST FINANCE MINISTERS, DEVELOPMENT DECISION MAKERS,

 

AT HEADQUARTERS, 18 APRIL

 

NEW YORK, 15 April -- A full day of discussion at the United Nations next Monday constitutes an important opportunity for finance ministers to consider foreign aid outlays in a multilateral and inter-institutional context, prior to the summit taking place at the United Nations in September, United Nations officials say.

UNITED NATIONS PROVIDES ADDITIONAL SEARCH OPTION FOR OFFICIAL DOCUMENT SYSTEM

UN PROJECT FINDS THOUSANDS OF MEGAWATTS OF SOLAR, WIND ENERGY POTENTIAL

IN 13 DEVELOPING COUNTRIES

(Reissued as received.)

WASHINGTON, D.C., 14 April (UNEP) -- Thousands of megawatts of new renewable energy potential in Africa, Asia, South and Central America have been discovered by a pioneering project to map the solar and wind resource of 13 developing countries.