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1997 United Nations Government News & Press Releases

29th April, 1997
CONFERENCE ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT OF COUNTRIES IN TRANSITION HELD IN MINSK, 16-18 APRIL
NEW YORK, 28 April (DDSMS) -- A three-day International Conference on Sustainable Development of the Countries with Economies in Transition was held from 16 to 18 April in Minsk, Belarus. The conference was organized by the Government of Belarus and co-organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the Department...
25th April, 1997
CHAIRMAN OF SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION REPORTS ON STATUS OF NEGOTIATIONS
Briefing the Commission on Sustainable Development this morning, its Chairman, Mostafa Tolba (Egypt), said the Commission would meet again at 3:30 p.m. today to adopt whatever was available of the draft final document to be transmitted to the forthcoming General Assembly special session, which will review implementation of...
24th April, 1997
COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MEETS TO RECEIVE UPDATE ON NEGOTIATIONS
The Commission on Sustainable Development this morning elected one of its vice-chairmen, Czeslaw Wieckowski (Poland), as Rapporteur and received an update on the Commission's negotiations on the draft final document to be transmitted to the forthcoming General Assembly special session, which will review implementation of...
22nd April, 1997
'TAKE OUR DAUGHTERS TO WORK DAY' TO BE OBSERVED AT HEADQUARTERS 24 APRIL
Take Our Daughters to Work Day will be observed at United Nations Headquarters on Thursday, 24 April 1977. All staff, members of delegations and accredited media are invited to bring to work girls from 9 to 15 years of age to participate in the activities. The observance, organized by the United Nations, the United Nations...
21st April, 1997
COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT DISCUSSES ORGANIZATIONAL MATTERS
Reviews Negotiating Progress on Texts Concerning Agenda 21 Reporting, Programme for Small Island Developing States, Sustainable Forest Management The Commission on Sustainable Development discussed organizational matters this morning, as it began the last week of its three-week session as preparatory and negotiating body for...
18th April, 1997
GENERAL ASSEMBLY DECIDES TO INVITE NON-GOVERNMENTAL ORGANIZATIONS TO PARTICIPATE IN SPECIAL SESSION ON AGENDA 21 REVIEW
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16th April, 1997
SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ANGOLA VERIFICATION MISSION UNTIL 30 JUNE, WITH UNDERSTANDING OF TRANSITION TOWARDS OBSERVER MISSION
Adopting Resolution 1106 (1997) Unanimously, Council Requests Report by 6 June on Continued UN Presence The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Angola Verification Mission (UNAVEM III) until 30 June 1997, with the understanding that the Mission would proceed with the transition towards an observer...
16th April, 1997
SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS IRAQI FLIGHT TO SAUDI ARABIA PROCEEDED WITHOUT CONSULTATION WITH SANCTIONS COMMITTEE
Presidential Statement States Iraq Requested Release of Frozen Assets to Pay for Pilgrimage Flights The Security Council this afternoon said that the Iraqi aircraft that flew from Baghdad, Iraq, to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, on 9 April had done so without consultation with the Security Council Committee established to monitor sanctions...
16th April, 1997
SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR HALT TO HOSTILITIES, NEGOTIATIONS IN AFGHANISTAN, SAYING CONTINUED CONFLICT THREATENS REGION
Presidential Statement Also Calls on Parties, Particularly Taliban, To Abide by Council Resolutions, Cooperate with UN Special Mission Expressing grave concern at intensified fighting in Afghanistan, the Security Council this morning called on the parties to cease hostilities and negotiate, reiterating that continued conflict threatened...
16th April, 1997
SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS TULIAMENI KALOMOH OF NAMIBIA AS HIS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR LIBERIA
Biographical Note Secretary-General Kofi Annan has appointed Tuliameni Kalomoh, Permanent Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Namibia, as his Special Representative for Liberia. Mr. Kalomoh will visit New York for briefings at Headquarters next week, after which he will travel to Monrovia to take up his new assignment....
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