Resumed Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

61^st Meeting (AM)

HUMAN RESOURCES PRACTICES AND PEACEKEEPING ADMINISTRATION DISCUSSED

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY'S FIFTH COMMITTEE

Human resources management and the annual audit of peacekeeping were the subjects of discussion in the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary) this morning.

HIV/AIDS DEVASTATING RURAL LABOUR FORCE IN MANY AFRICAN COUNTRIES, SAYS FAO

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 10 May (FAO) -- A new report by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) projects that deaths caused by HIV/AIDS in the

10 most affected African countries will reduce the labour force by as much

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS WESTERN ASIAN STATES THEY CAN COUNT ON HIS SUPPORT

IN THEIR WORK FOR STABILITY, PROSPERITY AND PEACE

Following is the text of a message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the twenty-first session of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), delivered today in Beirut by ESCWA Executive Secretary Mervat Tallawy:

Background Release

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON LAW OF SEA TO HOLD ELEVENTH MEETING

AT HEADQUARTERS, 14 - 18 MAY

To Consider Budget, Financial Regulations

And Elect New Member of International Tribunal for Law of Sea

Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

7^th Meeting (AM)

NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATION COMMITTEE DEFERS THREE REQUESTS

Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

8^th Meeting (PM)  

COMMITTEE ON NGOS APPROVES CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

FOR ONE ORGANIZATION, DEFERS TWO OTHER APPLICATIONS

STOCKHOLM CONVENTION ON PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANTS

SET FOR SIGNATURE ON 22-23 MAY

Governments Give Green Light

To Phase Out World's Most Hazardous Chemicals

(Reissued as received.)

TWO UNITED NATIONS DOCUMENTARIES HONOURED AT WORLDMEDIA FESTIVAL

IN HAMBURG, GERMANY

Awards for Documentaries go to "Armed to the Teeth" and "Legacies of War"

The United Nations produced documentaries "Armed to the Teeth" and "Legacies of War" have received Gold and Silver awards respectively at the World Media Festival in Hamburg, Germany.

Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

6^th Meeting (PM)

NGO COMMITTEE APPROVES TWO ORGANIZATIONS FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

Committee on NGOs

2001 Session

5^th Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE ON NGOS GRANTS CONSULTATIVE STATUS WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL

TO ONE ORGANIZATION, DEFERS THREE APPLICATIONS