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

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:

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:

Committee on NGOS

7^th Meeting (AM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS WORLDWATCH INSTITUTE FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Leaves Pending Applications of Environmental Protection

UN POPULATION FUND CALLS ON WORLD LEADERS TO ENSURE SAFE MOTHERHOOD

FOR ALL WOMEN, URGES UNITED STATES TO RESUME FUNDING FOR AGENCY

NEW YORK, 9 May (UNFPA) -– On the eve of Mother’s Day, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Thoraya Obaid, today called on world leaders to ensure safe motherhood for all women.

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

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

The Security Council was briefed by Under-Secretary-General Jean-Marie Guehenno on the deteriorating situation in Bunia in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

UN ADVISORY COMMITTEE ON CENTRAL AFRICAN SECURITY TO HOLD SMALL ARMS SEMINAR,

19^TH MINISTERIAL MEETING IN BRAZZAVILLE 12-17 MAY

Committee on Information

Twenty-fifth Session

7^th Meeting (PM)                               

UN INDISPENSABLE FOUNDATION FOR PEACE; MUST HAVE CLEAR, EFFECTIVE VOICE,

REAFFIRMS INFORMATION COMMITTEE IN COMPREHENSIVE DRAFT TEXT