Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations Briefs Council on Anticipated Withdrawal of UNMOT
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THE HAGUE, 17 March (ICJ) -- The President of the International Court of Justice (ICJ) has extended the time-limits for the filing of written pleadings in the case concerning Application of the Convention on the Prevention and Punishment of the Crime of Genocide (Croatia v. Yugoslavia).
NEW YORK, 20 March (UNFPA) -- Ismail Awadallah Sallam, the Minister of Health and Population of Egypt, and a Mexican Family Planning organization, Fundaci(n Mexicana para la Planificaci(n Familiar (MEXFAM), will share the 2000 United Nations Population Award.
Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the World Water Forum in The Hague, to be delivered on his behalf by the Executive Director of the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), Klaus Toepfer, on 22 March:
Following is the text of the message of General Assembly President Theo-Ben Gurirab (Namibia) for the occasion of World Day for Water, which will be observed tomorrow:
Presidential Statement Supports Intention Of Secretary-General to Withdraw UNMOT When Mandate Expires on 15 May
NAIROBI, 21 March (UNEP) -- Tomorrow, 22 March, marks the fifteenth anniversary of the adoption of the Vienna Convention for the Protection of the Ozone Layer. With the adoption of that Convention, the foundation was laid for concerted international efforts to protect the ozone layer.
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GENEVA, 17 March (UN Information Service) -- The United Nations Compensation Commission has today made available, in a fourth round of payments in the second phase, a total of $361,826,215.70 to 60 governments and nine offices of three international organizations for distribution to 74,442 successful claimants.
The "social peace" of East Timor had been threatened by the prevailing economic and social conditions in that country, Hédi Annabi, the Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, told the Security Council in an open briefing this morning on the situation in East Timor.
