A debate over strategies to create jobs, reduce unemployment and promote workers rights will dominate the resumed negotiations that get under way today in preparation for the United Nations General Assembly special session on the follow- up to the 1995 World Summit for Social Development.
Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the inauguration of the Cancer Society Peace Garden in New York on 17 May:
As the Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) continued to review its working methods this morning, most speakers agreed that it was important to emphasize electronic means of communication with NGOs, taking into account the development of modern technology.
The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations decided this morning to put off until June its consideration of deferred applications by non- governmental organizations (NGOs) for consultative status with the Economic and Social Council.
Other Speakers Stress UN Financial Problems Not Linked to Peacekeeping Scale
A seminar entitled Agenda for the Oslo Guidelines, on military and civil defence assets in response to natural disasters and complex emergencies, will be held in Brussels at the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) headquarters on 18 and 19 May.
The inclusion of a General Assembly agenda item on HIV/AIDS was recommended this afternoon by the Assemblys General Committee.
Following is the text of the commencement address delivered at Wingate University, North Carolina, on 13 May, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
Following is the text of the message from Secretary-General Kofi Annan to mark World Telecommunication Day, 17 May:
Chairman Stresses Committees 'Obligation' to NGO Community
