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SECRETARY-GENERAL says application of experience, development goals,

new technologies should improve living standards for all

Statement at Opening of UNCTAD Ministerial Conference

In Brazil Urges Continued Liberalization of Trade Policies

Climate change talks resume in Bonn

(Reissued as received.)

BONN, 14 June (UNFCCC) -- Delegates from the 188 member countries of the United Nations Climate Change Convention will meet here from 16 to 25 June to prepare for a major ministerial conference to be held in Buenos Aires next December.

welcoming declaration from g-8 meeting, fao chief urges

donor countries to increase aid to agriculture

Investment Said to Be Crucial to Reduce Problem of Hunger

SECRETARY-GENERAL urges international support for interim governments,

pending elections in iraq, afghanistan

Message to Islamic Conference Also Calls on Members to Persuade

Sudan Authority to Disarm ‘Brutal’ Militia, Allow Humanitarian Aid

SECRETARY-GENERAL addresses council for least developed countries

This is the text of the remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annanin São Paulo, Brazil, today at the fourth meeting of the Investment Advisory Council for the Least Developed Countries of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the International Chamber of Commerce (ICC):

working group on illicit small arms, light weapons – formed by General Assembly

decision – begins first substantive session

Security Council                                           

Statement of SECRETARY-GENERAL to Civil Society forum in brazil

This is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at a Civil Society Forum in São Paulo, Brazil, yesterday (13 June):

When I come to major United Nations conferences, I always look forward to the civil society forum. It is often the best part.  And this one is no exception.

FOURTEENTH MEETING OF STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION

ON LAW OF THE SEA AT HEADQUARTERS, 14-18 JUNE

To Consider Budget of International Tribunal, Receive Information about Work

Of International Seabed Authority, Commission on Limits of Continental Shelf

The fourteenth meeting of States parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea will be held at Headquarters from 14 to 18 June. 

The Secretary-General travelled to Washington, D.C., in the morning of Friday, 11 June, to attend the funeral service for former President Ronald Reagan at the National Cathedral.