Press Release

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.)

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

216^th Meeting (PM)

HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE ADDRESSES ISSUES RELATED TO VEHICLE PARKING,

MISSION SECURITY, ENTRY VISAS

PRESSING DEVELOPMENT ISSUES STALL PREPARATIONS FOR SELF-GOVERNMENT,

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR TOLD

Role of Administering Powers

And Relationship with Locally Elected Officials Debated

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Committee on NGOs

22^nd & 23^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECOSOC FOR 18 ORGANIZATIONS,

DEFERS REQUESTS OF THREE OTHERS

‘PEACEKEEPING BY ITSELF CANNOT END WAR, BUT IT CAN HELP PREVENT A RECURRENCE

OF FIGHTING’, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN PEACEKEEPERS’ DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers, 29 May:

QUEST FOR INDEPENDENCE TEMPERED BY NEED FOR ROBUST ECONOMIC FOUNDATION,

CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR TOLD THIS MORNING ON SECOND DAY OF TALKS

Territories Urged to Hold Referendums by Set Date to Assess

Aspirations of Their Peoples, Advance Decolonization

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Second Session

15^th & 16^th Meetings (AM & PM)

IMPORTANCE OF INDIGENOUS EDUCATION AND CULTURE HIGHLIGHTED,

AS PERMANENT FORUM CONTINUES SECOND SESSION

                                                            GA/COL/3079/Rev.1*

‘ENVIRONMENT FOR EUROPE’ GOOD EXAMPLE OF CROSS-BORDER ENVIRONMENTAL COOPERATION,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO KYIV CONFERENCE

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the fifth Ministerial Conference “Environment for Europe”, being held in Kyiv, Ukraine, 21-23 May, delivered by Brigita Schmögnerová, Executive Secretary, United NationsEconomic Commission for Europe:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES CARIBBEAN REGIONAL SEMINAR TO ADVANCE

DECOLONIZATION PROCESS IN 16 REMAINING TERRITORIES

Calls Decolonization Cardinal Goal,

True UN Success Story, as Three-Day Seminar Opens

(Received from a UN Information Officer)