UN/USA WORKSHOP IN VIENNA WILL REVIEW APPLICATIONS

OF GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS

GREECE AND FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

MEET UNDER SECRETARY-GENERAL’S AUSPICES

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

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‘WHEN IT COMES TO VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, THERE ARE NO GROUNDS FOR TOLERANCE’,

APPALLED BY MURDER OF FOUR JOURNALISTS IN AFGHANISTAN, SECRETARY-GENERAL

APPEALS TO ALL PARTIES TO COMPLY WITH INTERNATIONAL HUMAN RIGHTS LAW

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

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

19^th Meeting (AM)

MEDIA COVERAGE OF TERRORIST ATTACKS, UN RADIO PROJECT AMONG ISSUES DISCUSSED

AS FOURTH COMMITTEE CONTINUES CONSIDERATION OF INFORMATION QUESTIONS

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Second Committee

28^th Meeting (AM)

DELEGATES IN SECOND COMMITTEE RECOMMEND UPGRADING HABITAT CENTRE, COMMISSION

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

46^th Meeting (PM)

ZAMBIA CALLS ON DONOR COUNTRIES TO INCREASE FUNDING FOR UNHCR,

AS THIRD COMMITTEE CONTINUES DEBATE ON REFUGEES

LAUNCHING INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY (ICT) TASK FORCE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR SUPPORT FROM PRIVATE SECTOR

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to today’s launching of the Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Task Force:

It gives me great pleasure to formally launch the United Nations Task Force on Information and Communications Technology.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Third Committee

45^th Meeting (AM)

QUICK ACTION NECESSARY TO ADDRESS NEEDS OF INCREASING NUMBERS

OF REFUGEES, THIRD COMMITTEE TOLD

Delegates Introduce 12 Draft Resolutions

On Refugees, Human Rights, Children’s Rights