THREE-DAY DECOLONIZATION SEMINAR HEARS CALL FOR FRESH, INNOVATIVE IDEAS, ACTIONS

TOKELAU CASE STUDY ILLUSTRATES SUCCESS FOR UN COMMITTEE OF 24

Secretary-General Hails Cooperation as Essential to Self-Determination

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

GLOBAL SUPPORT FOR INFORMATION SOCIETY TARGETS IN ITU SURVEY

Cyberspace Seen as Shared Resource for Global

Public Good; Results Released on World Telecommunication Day

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES CONDEMNATION OF ISRAEL’S WIDESPREAD

DESTRUCTION OF PALESTINIAN HOMES IN GAZA STRIP

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

TO SUCCEED, UN PEACEKEEPERS NEED SUSTAINED POLITICAL ENGAGEMENT OF GOVERNMENTS,

CLEAR MANDATES, NECESSARY RESOURCES, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of remarks as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on UN peacekeeping operations to the Security Council today:

ROUND TABLE ON ‘HIV/AIDS AND PRISONS’ HELD DURING COMMISSION

ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

(Reissued as received.)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION TO HOLD PACIFIC

REGIONAL SEMINAR, 18-20 MAY IN PAPUA NEW GUINEA

Designed to Advance Decolonization Process in Pacific Region

INCB SESSION TO FOCUS ON INTERACTION BETWEEN SUPPLY

AND DEMAND STRATEGIES AGAINST DRUG ABUSE

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 17 May (UN Information Service) -- The interaction between supply and demand strategies against the global drug abuse problem will be the focus of the International Narcotics Control Board (INCB), which opened its eightieth session today in Vienna.

MILLENNIUM GOALS DIFFERENT FROM PAST PLEDGES, AS THEY ARE MEASURABLE,

ACHIEVABLE, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN VIDEO MESSAGE TO ROME CONCERT

Following is the text of the video message bySecretary-General Kofi Annan to the “We are the Future” concert, organized by Quincy Jones’ Listen Up Foundation and the Glocal Forum, in partnership with the World Bank in Rome on

16 May:

Dear Friends,

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues                       

Third Session                                              

SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES THAT MYANMAR’S NATIONAL

CONVENTION MUST BE ALL-INCLUSIVE TO BE CREDIBLE

Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: