Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE ON NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS BEGINS THREE-WEEK SESSION,

ELECTS OFFICERS, ADOPTS AGENDA

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HOPE THAT UNITED STATES WILL REMAIN ENGAGED

IN UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS WORK

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UN STAFF UNION OUTRAGED BY MINIMUM SENTENCES GIVEN IN JAKARTA

FOR BRUTAL MURDERS OF UN WORKERS

The United Nations Staff Union and its Standing Committee on the Security and Independence of the International Civil Service are outraged by the minimum sentences passed in connection with the slaughter of three workers of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR).

Committee on Information                                    PI/1344/Rev.1*

SECRETARY-GENERAL SHOCKED BY LIGHT SENTENCES HANDED DOWN IN INDONESIAN COURT CASE

CONCERNING KILLING OF UNHCR STAFF

Following is the text of a statement issued today by the Office of the Spokesman of Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General was shocked to learn of the light sentences handed down by a Jakarta court today to six men in connection with the killings on

PIRACY AND SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY MAJOR CONCERNS OF OCEAN CONSULTATIONS

TO BE HELD AT UN HEADQUARTERS FROM 7 TO 11 MAY

UN LAUNCHES GUIDED TOURS WEB SITE IN SIX LANGUAGES

Committee on Information                                    PI/1342*

IN INTERCONNECTED WORLD ALL PEOPLE MUST HAVE ACCESS TO INTERNET

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN WORLD TELECOMMUNICATION DAY MESSAGE

      Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of World Telecommunication Day, observed 17 May:

UN BRUSSELS CONFERENCE TO DEAL WITH FATE OF WORLD’S POOREST COUNTRIES

Global policy makers will confront the economic isolation and severe poverty of the world’s 49 poorest countries at a United Nations conference to be convened in Brussels, Belgium, from 14 to 20 May.