Background Release

WORLD SUMMIT HELD TO OBSERVE UNITED NATIONS SIXTIETH ANNIVERSARY

AMONG HIGHLIGHTS, AS 2005 YEARBOOK OF UNITED NATIONS PUBLISHED

The fifty-ninth volume of the Yearbook of the United Nations, covering the activities of the United Nations system during 2005, has been published by the Department of Public Information.

UNITED NATIONS INFORMATION OFFICERS TO ATTEND HOLOCAUST AWARENESS,

GENOCIDE PREVENTION SEMINAR IN BERLIN, 13-18 APRIL

 

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS FOCUS OF NEW EDITION OF UN CHRONICLE MAGAZINE

Deputy Secretary-General Says Critical to Scale Up

Efforts to Reach Goals around the World, Particularly in Africa

‘ASK THE SECRETARY-GENERAL’ TO BE LAUNCHED

 

ON United Nations CYBERSCHOOLBUS WEBSITE

 

New CD-Rom Documents 25 Years of Work in Eliminating

 

Discrimination against Women

 

A new CD-ROM issued by the United Nations Division for the Advancement of Women provides easy access to 25 years of work of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women.

UNITED NATIONS INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM FOCUSES ON KEY THEMES –- RESOURCES,

ACCESS, PRIVACY, AMONG THEM, AS FOUR-DAY EVENT CONCLUDES IN RIO DE JANEIRO

UNITED NATIONS SEARCH FOR INNOVATIONS IN GOVERNMENT; SUBMISSIONS

FOR 2008 PUBLIC SERVICE AWARDS INVITED BY END OF YEAR

 

PARTICIPANTS IN UNITED NATIONS FORUM ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE ADDRESS

KEY THEMES OF NET OPENNESS, SECURITY AT RIO DE JANEIRO EVENT

 

INTERNET GOVERNANCE FORUM ADDRESSES ACCESS, DIVERSITY

 

RIO DE JANEIRO, 13 November 2007 -- “Access for the next five billion” and diversity were the themes at the second day of the Internet Governance Forum, which is meeting in Rio de Janeiro from 12 to 15 November.