SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA UPDATES ITS TRAVEL BAN LIST

On 14 April 2005, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia decided to add the following five individuals to the list of persons subject to the travel restrictions imposed by paragraph 4 (a) of resolution 1521 (2003) and renewed by paragraph 1 (a) of resolution 1579 (2004) (the Travel Ban List):

General Sumo Dennis

Mr. George Dweh

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES JAMES WOLFENSOHN’S APPOINTMENT

 

BY QUARTET AS SPECIAL ENVOY FOR GAZA DISENGAGEMENT

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

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.

UN EXPERT GROUP MEETING IN VIENNA CALLS FOR MEASURES

TO STOP ILLICIT DRUG TRADE THROUGH INTERNET

 

(Reissued as received.)

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-Eighth Session

8^th Meeting (Resumed) (PM)

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT CONCLUDES THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION, SAYS

URGENT ACTION AGAINST HIV/AIDS CRUCIAL TO MEETING GLOBAL ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

Urges Increased Development Assistance to Fight Epidemic,

Measures to Empower Women to Protect Themselves from Infection

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN AND SPECIAL ENVOY

BILL CLINTON AT UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS, 13 APRIL 2005

ELECTION OF FAO DIRECTOR-GENERAL -– DR DIOUF SOLE CANDIDATE

FAO Conference to Vote in November 2005

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 13 April (FAO) -- The incumbent Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), Dr. Jacques Diouf, will be the sole candidate in the November 2005 election for head of the UN agency, the FAO announced today.

FORMER UNITED STATES PRESIDENT CLINTON, UN SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN

 

CALL FOR RENEWED COMMITMENT TO TSUNAMI REGION

 

NEW YORK, 13 April (Office of the Special Envoy on Tsunami Recovery) -- Former United States President Bill Clinton and United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan met today to discuss the daunting task of rebuilding people’s lives in the tsunami region.

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY MOUNTING TENSIONS

 

IN GUINEA-BISSAU IN ADVANCE OF JUNE ELECTIONS

 

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

IN MESSAGE TO ICT TASK FORCE MEETING IN DUBLIN, SECRETARY-GENERAL STRESSES

IMPORTANCE OF ICT ‘TO HELP UNLOCK THE DOOR TO EDUCATION’

 

Following is the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the eighth meeting of the United Nations Information and Communications Technologies (ICT) Task Force, in Dublin, 13-14 April, delivered by José Antonio Ocampo, Under-Secretary-General for Economic and Social Affairs: