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UN COMMISSION ON CRIME PREVENTION AND CRIMINAL JUSTICE

CONCLUDES TWELFTH SESSION IN VIENNA, 13-22 MAY

FIRST INTERNATIONAL DAY OF UNITED NATIONS PEACEKEEPERS

TO BE COMMEMORATED ON 29 MAY

UN, PORTUGAL COOPERATE IN PROMOTING CONVENTIONS AGAINST CRIME,

TERRORISM AND CORRUPTION

VIENNA, 22 May (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and the Ministry of Justice of Portugal have signed a new agreement regarding the provision of assistance to Portuguese-speaking countries for the ratification of United Nations conventions and protocols against organized crime and terrorism.

Committee on NGOs

26^th & 27^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE SUSPENDS 2003 SESSION; APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION, TWO DRAFT

DECISIONS ON RESULTS OF ‘PAPERLESS COMMITTEE’ INITIATIVE

Recommends Two Organizations for Special Consultative Status

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY SADDENED’ BY HEAVY LOSS OF LIFE

FOLLOWING ALGERIAN EARTHQUAKE, OFFERS UN ASSISTANCE

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

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

86^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ENDORSES EXTENSION OF TERMS OF OFFICE FOR FOUR JUDGES

OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL FOR RWANDA

Also Adopts Text on Global Road Safety Crisis

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR ON DECOLONIZATION GRAPPLES WITH ‘HISTORICAL ANOMALIES’ ON UNITED NATIONS LIST OF NON-SELF-GOVERNING TERRITORIES

Discusses Situations in Falklands (Malvinas), Western Sahara,

Gibraltar; Prepares to Draft Seminar Conclusions and Recommendations

(Reissued as received from a UN Information Officer.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES UN SUPPORT TO IRAQ IN ‘COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT’

TASKS AHEAD, IN MESSAGE TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to today’s Security Council meeting on “The Situation between Iraq and Kuwait” in New York:

UNRWA PLEDGES TO CONTINUE OPERATIONS IN GAZA

AMMAN, 22 May (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has told a meeting of its major donors that it will not halt its humanitarian operations in the Gaza Strip as a consequence of the closure imposed by the Israeli authorities.

Committee on NGOs

24^th & 25^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE APPROVES THREE ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, DEFERS FOUR APPLICATIONS