The Commission on Sustainable Development this morning heard the introduction of negotiating texts for consideration by its three drafting groups, which will be preparing draft decisions on such issues as freshwater management, small island developing States, industry, consumer protection and capacity-building.
GENEVA, 22 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights voiced concern this afternoon over situations in Iran and the former Yugoslavia, approving texts that for days or even weeks had been the subject of energetic negotiations.
GENEVA, 22 April (UN Information Service) -- The Preparatory Committee for the year 2000 Review Conference of the Parties to the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) will hold its second session in Geneva from 27 April to 8 May.
BANGKOK, 22 April (UN Information Services) -- The United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) called for greater regional economic cooperation to safeguard against more economic turmoil, as it concluded its fifty-fourth annual session here today.
