Commission on Sustainable Development                      

Twelfth Session                                            

Alcoa Foundation Assists in Cleaning up Danuberiver

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VIENNA, 26 April (UN Information Service) -- The International Commission for the Protection of the Danube River (ICPDR) today announced that it had received a $100,000 grant from the Alcoa Foundation, to support transboundary water management in the DanubeRiver Basin.  The announcement was made at a press briefing in Vienna.

Background Release                                         

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF TO HOLD THIRTEENTH SESSION

AT HEADQUARTERS FROM 26 APRIL TO 30 MAY

secretary-general congratulates international trade centre on 40 years

of service to developing world’s export efforts

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’smessage to the Joint Advisory Group of the International Trade Centre, delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze, Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva, in Geneva, 26 April:

Economic and Social Council                                

 Special High-Level Meeting                                

development financing, environmental sustainability, hiv/aids urgent challenges

for asia and pacific, says Secretary-General in message to shanghai meeting

Preparatory Committee                                      

Twenty-three nations sign accord on Asian Highway network

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SHANGHAI, 26 April (ESCAP) -- Exceeding early estimates, 23 Asian countries signed an international agreement for completing a transcontinental network of standardized roadways, at a Shanghai meeting of the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP).

secretary-general encouraged by agreement for talks on darfur region of sudan

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

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN

OVER HUMAN RIGHTS SITUATION IN WESTERN SUDAN

Welcomes Secretary-General’s Sending of Team, Appoints Independent Expert for Sudan

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