LIBRARIES IN BRAZIL, CHINA, THE FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

AND UNITED STATES DESIGNATED UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES

(Reissued as received.)

Six libraries, located in Brazil, China, the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and the United States, have been designated United Nations depository libraries, becoming part of an international network of 404 libraries in

CAUTION:  ADVANCE RELEASE                                   PI/1383*

MULTIMEDIA WEB SITE LAUNCHED IN COMMEMORATION OF FORTIETH ANNIVERSARY

OF DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD’S DEATH

On 18 September 1961, Dag Hammarskjöld, the second Secretary-General of the United Nations, died in a plane crash in Ndola, Northern Rhodesia, with 15 others.

Committee on Information

Resumed Twenty-third Session

8^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION APPROVES DRAFT RESOLUTION WHICH WILL EXPAND UN RADIO’S CAPACITY, AS IT CONCLUDES RESUMED TWENTY-THIRD SESSION

FIFTY-FOURTH DPI-NGO CONFERENCE TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 10-12 SEPTEMBER

“NGOs Today:  Diversity of the Volunteer Experience” will be the theme of the fifty-fourth annual Department of Public Information/Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) Conference, to be held at Headquarters from 10 to 12 September.

Committee on Information

Resumed Twenty-third Session

7^th Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION DISCUSSES SECRETARY-GENERAL’S REPORT

ON IMPLEMENTATION OF PILOT UN RADIO PROJECT

New Wording Proposed for Draft Text

On Establishment of Permanent Broadcasting Capacity

CENSUS EXPERTS TO TACKLE DIFFICULT ISSUES AT UNITED NATIONS SYMPOSIUM

LIBRARIES IN CHINA, INDIA AND UNITED STATES DESIGNATED

UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES

Background Release

SECRETARY-GENERAL'S YOUTH EMPLOYMENT NETWORK TO MEET IN GENEVA

High-level Panel to Debate Forward-looking

Strategy to Create Employment for Young Men and Women