Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Second Session

11^th & 12^th Meetings (AM & PM)                        

Security Council

4756^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL WELCOMES CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO,

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S EFFORTS TO ADDRESS URGENT HUMANITARIAN SITUATION

Demands That All Congolese Parties, Regional States Refrain

                                                            HR/4666

Committee on NGOS

16^th Meeting (AM)

‘PAPERLESS COMMITTEE’ PILOT PROJECT PRAISED IN NGO COMMITTEE -- CITED AS FIRST

TO FULLY EMPLOY INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN OFFICIAL WORK

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT HIGHLIGHTS ‘GROWING CHASM’ OF DIGITAL DIVIDE,

IN MESSAGE ON WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION DAY

Following is the message of Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), General Assembly President, on World Telecommunication Day, observed 17 May:

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Munir Akram (Pakistan):

The Security Council received a letter from the Secretary-General calling for the deployment of a possible emergency international force.

Some Member States have been approached by the Secretary-General to participate in this force.

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE

LOSS OF EVIDENCE OF PAST ABUSES IN IRAQ

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 16 May (UN Information Service) -- Following is a statement issued today by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR FIRM, SUSTAINED POLITICAL COMMITMENT

BY GOVERNMENTS TO MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

Following is the address by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette, as delivered to the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States-European Union (ACP-EU) Council of Ministers in Brussels today:

‘WATER-RELATED DISEASES RESPONSIBLE FOR 80 PER CENT OF ALL ILLNESSES, DEATHS

IN DEVELOPING WORLD’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ENVIRONMENT DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message by Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan for World Environment Day, 5 June 2003:

The theme of World Environment Day 2003 -– “Water:  Two Billion People Are Dying for It!” -– highlights the centrality of water to human survival and sustainable development.

Committee on NGOS

17^th Meeting (PM)

NGO COMMITTEE CONSIDERS REPORT ON WORK METHODS, REINSTATEMENT

OF ORGANIZATIONS WITH SUSPENDED STATUS