Committee on NGOS

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS SEVEN ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

47^th Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE CONTINUES REVIEW OF PEACEKEEPING FINANCING, ADDRESSING NEED

FOR TIMELY REIMBURSEMENT OF TROOP CONTRIBUTORS

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

AM Meeting

WORLD’S SPENDING MUST DOUBLE TO MEET WATER, SANITATION GOALS SET AT 2000

MILLENNIUM SUMMIT, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD

Panel Held to Commemorate Year of Freshwater

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘VICIOUS KILLINGS’ BY COLOMBIAN REBEL GROUP

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

UNITED NATIONS MEETING IN SUPPORT OF MIDDLE EAST PEACE TO CONVENE

IN KYIV, 13-14 MAY; PUBLIC FORUM TO BE HELD ON 15 MAY

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED AT DEATH OF WALTER SISULU,

HERO OF SOUTH AFRICA’S ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENT

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

Security Council

4751^st Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS SANCTIONS AGAINST LIBERIA UNTIL 7 MAY 2004,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1478 (2003)

Also Places 10-Month Ban on Import of Liberian Timber

The Security Council this afternoon extended existing sanctions against Liberia until 7 May 2004, and added a 10-month ban on the import of its timber.

UN-HABITAT BEGINS SURVEY OF WAR DAMAGED HOUSING STOCK IN IRAQ

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4750^th Meeting (AM)

UNSTABLE, INSUFFICIENT SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN CASTS LONG SHADOW OVER PEACE

PROCESS, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Says Next Steps Require Security throughout Country;

Committee on NGOS

3^rd Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE TAKES NOTE OF 26 REPORTS SUBMITTED BY NGOS

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) took note of
26 quadrennial reports submitted by NGOs as it met this morning to review those submissions and to continue implementing the computer-based “Paperless Committee” initiative launched yesterday.  (See Press Release NGO/497 of 5 May.)