SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF PRINCE SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN,

FORMER REFUGEE HIGH COMMISSIONER, ‘LIFELONG FRIEND’ OF UN

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

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN SUPPORT

OF MIDDLE EAST PEACE OPENS IN KYIV

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

KYIV, 13 May –- There could be no military solution to the Middle East conflict, the Minister for Foreign Affairs of Ukraine, Anatoliy Zlenko, told the opening session of the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace in Kyiv this morning. 

Committee on NGOs

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

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ONE ORGANIZATION FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

QUEST FOR PEACE BETWEEN ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS AT HISTORIC JUNCTURE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO KYIV SUPPORT MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace, delivered by Danilo Türk, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Kyiv, on 13 May:

Security Council

4754^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES CÔTE D’IVOIRE MISSION FOR SIX MONTHS,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1479 (2003)

Determining that the situation in Côte d’Ivoire was a threat to international peace and security in the region, the Security Council today decided to establish a United Nations Mission in Côte d’Ivoire (MINUCI) for an initial period of six months.

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

85^th Plenary Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY APPROVES DRAFT AGREEMENT BETWEEN UN, CAMBODIA

ON KHMER ROUGE TRIALS

The General Assembly this morning approved by consensus a 32-article draft agreement between the United Nations and the Government of Cambodia on the Khmer Rouge trials.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION’ OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA

TO UNITED NATIONS, IN MESSAGE TO KOREA SOCIETY DINNER

Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan to the annual dinner of the Korea Society, in honour of Roh Moo-hyun, President of the Republic of Korea, delivered by Maurice F. Strong, Special Adviser and Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, in New York on 12 May:

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

INDIGENOUS PEOPLES CONTINUE TO BE EXCLUDED FROM POWER, DENIED IDENTITIES, DISPLACED FROM LANDS SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO PERMANENT FORUM

Following is Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s message to the second session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues, delivered by Angela King, Assistant Secretary-General, Special Adviser on Gender Issues and Advancement of Women, in New York on 12 May: