UN CHARTER PROVISIONS ON PEACEFUL DISPUTE SETTLEMENT AT HEART

OF COLLECTIVE SECURITY SYSTEM SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council on the role of the Council in the pacific settlement of disputes in New York on 13 May:

Chapter VI of the United Nations Charter, on the pacific settlement of disputes, stands at the heart of the Organization’s system of collective security. 

Security Council

4753^rd Meeting (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITS TO WIDER, EFFECTIVE USE OF CHARTER PROVISIONS

AIMED AT PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT OF DISPUTES

In Presidential Statement, Cites Framework of Chapter VI;

Secretary-General Says Council Should Use Influence to Pre-empt Volatile Issues

IF BIODIVERSITY LOSS NOT STOPPED, REACHING MILLENNIUM ANTI-POVERTY GOALS

MIGHT BE IMPOSSIBLE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day for Biological Diversity, which is observed 22 May:

EXPERT PANEL AT KYIV MEETING EXAMINES SITUATION

IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

KYIV, 13 MAY -- The logic of “might makes right” could not make a just and lasting peace, Palestinian Authority Minister for Tourism Mitri Abu Aita told the second session of the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace this afternoon in Kyiv. 

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT HOLDS NEW YORK

STRATEGY SESSION TO ASSESS KEY ECONOMIC ISSUES

IS INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY EQUIPPED FOR CHALLENGES OF 21^ST CENTURY?

ASKS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WARSAW ADDRESS

Following is the address of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the Diplomatic Academy in Warsaw, Poland, on 12 May:

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Second Session

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)                        

OBSTACLES FACED BY INDIGENOUS PEOPLES, NEED TO INTEGRATE ISSUES INTO UN SYSTEM

STRESSED, AS PERMANENT FORUM OPENS SECOND SESSION

SECRETARY-GENERAL ASKS SECURITY COUNCIL TO PREVENT FURTHER DETERIORATION

OF DIRE SITUATION IN BUNIA, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was issued on

10 May:

Committee on NGOS

9^th & 10^th Meetings* (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS FOUR MORE ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

49^th Meeting (AM)

PEACEKEEPING SUPPORT ACCOUNT, ROLE OF OVERSIGHT SERVICES