Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

7^th Meeting (PM)

SMALL ISLAND STATES, REVIEW OF 1994 BARBADOS ACTION PLAN

FOCUS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

46^th Meeting (AM)

COST OF 11 UN PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS ESTIMATED AT $2.3 BILLION FOR 2003-2004,

FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD, AS RESUMED SESSION OPENS

Scheduled to End 30 May, Budget Committee

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

AM Meeting

MAJOR CIVIC GROUPS COMMENT ON PROPOSED FUTURE WORK PROGRAMME

OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Nine major civil society groups commented on draft decisions introduced yesterday by the Commission on Sustainable Development on its future work programmes, as that body continued its eleventh session this morning.

IN REMARKS AT WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY OBSERVANCE, DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

CALLS FOR ACTION ON ‘HATE MEDIA’

Following is the text of remarks by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette made today at the Headquarters observance for World Press Freedom Day:

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

62^nd Meeting (PM)

THIRD COMMITTEE APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION ON KHMER ROUGE TRIALS

Extraordinary Chambers Would Be Established

and Operated Within Cambodian National Courts

INDEPENDENT PRESS LIFEBLOOD OF STRONG, FUNCTIONING SOCIETIES,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL ON WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Press Freedom Day, which was observed at Headquarters, 2 May:

Security Council

4749^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONGRATULATES BURUNDI ON 1 MAY PEACEFUL TRANSITION

OF POWER, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT

Says Security, Judicial Reforms Now Crucial

To Ensure Success of 36-Month Transitional Period

The Security Council this afternoon congratulated the parties in Burundi on a peaceful transition of power in the presidency of the transitional Government on

UNTV’S CURRENT AFFAIRS TALK-SHOW ‘WORLD CHRONICLE’ MARKS 900^TH RECORDING

Today, a special 900^th edition of UNTV's programme “World Chronicle” will feature Shashi Tharoor, the Under-Secretary-General for Communications and Public Information, on the subject "The UN:  irrelevant, indispensable or neither?".

UN CHIEF EXECUTIVES BOARD CONCLUDES MEETING IN PARIS;

ISSUES STATEMENT ON DOHA DEVELOPMENT AGENDA

GENEVA, 26 April (CEB) -- The Board of Chief Executives of the United Nations System (CEB) held its spring session in Paris on 25-26 April 2003, at the invitation of the Director-General of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO), Koichiro Matsuura.

IMPORTANCE OF FREE, INDEPENDENT PRESS, ROLE OF JOURNALISTS IN IRAQ WAR

HIGHLIGHTED IN WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY OBSERVANCE

Programme’s Theme: ‘The Media and Armed Conflict’ Addressed

By Deputy Secretary-General, Panel of International Journalists