Committee on NGOs

2002 Session

1^st and 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM))

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS OPENS 2002 SESSION,

RECOMMENDS 18 GROUPS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

First Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

PERMANENT FORUM SHOULD BE SHOWCASE FOR CONTRIBUTIONS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT OPENING SESSION

New UN Body to Meet from 13 to 24 May;

Will Advise ECOSOC on Economic, Social, Cultural, Human Rights Matters

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES HOLDING OF ELECTIONS IN SIERRA LEONE ON 14 MAY

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

PERMANENT FORUM IS MILESTONE IN STRUGGLE FOR RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLES,

SAYS DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the address today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the first session of the Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues in New York:

It is a great pleasure to join you on a truly historic day for the world’s indigenous peoples and for the United Nations.

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON DECOLONIZATION TO HOLD PACIFIC REGIONAL SEMINAR

14-16 MAY AT NADI, FIJI

To Review Political, Economic,

Social Conditions in Small Island Non-Self-Governing Territories

General Assembly

Twenty-seventh Special Session

5^th Meeting (AM)

CHALLENGE OF PROMOTING CHILDREN’S RIGHTS IN FACE OF HIV/AIDS, ECONOMIC SANCTIONS

AMONG ISSUES RAISED, AS GENERAL ASSEMBLY SPECIAL SESSION CONTINUES

Background Release

General Assembly

Twenty-seventh Special Session

6^th Meeting (PM) and

 Round-up

GENERAL ASSEMBLY, CONCLUDING SPECIAL SESSION ON CHILDREN,

ADOPTS OUTCOME DOCUMENT -- ‘A WORLD FIT FOR CHILDREN’

IN INTERNATIONAL DAY OF FAMILIES MESSAGE, SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS

FOR REDOUBLING OF RESOLVE TO BUILD ‘A SOCIETY FOR ALL AGES’

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for the International Day of Families, which will be observed on 15 May:

General Assembly

Twenty-seventh Special Session

4^th Meeting (PM)

AT UN SPECIAL SESSION, HIGH COMMISSIONER CALLS FOR HUMAN RIGHTS APPROACH

TO ENSURE WELL-BEING OF CHILDREN

Israeli Justice Minister Denounces Use of Children in Terrorist Attacks