Under-Secretary-general ENCOURAGED BY PROGRESS

ON CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS FOR DARFUR, SUDAN

NEW YORK, 8 April (Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs) -- “I am encouraged by the positive signals that a humanitarian ceasefire may soon be signed by parties to the conflict in Darfur, Sudan”, said United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland.

ICC Pays Tribute to Rwandan Victims

(Reissued as received.)

THE HAGUE, 7 April (ICC) -- Upon the occasion of the tenth Anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda, the International Criminal Court held this morning a commemorative event in memory of the victims.

On behalf of the International Criminal Court the following statement was delivered by President Philippe Kirsch:

Secretary-general saddened at deaths of six un peacekeepers

in democratic republic of congo

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

Secretary-General pays tribute to Rwandans for ‘remarkable resilience

and great dignity’ in recovering from genocide

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the ceremony commemorating the tenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, in Kigali, delivered by Ibrahim Gambari, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General on Africa:

Tragedy in Rwanda underscored value of finding alternativeS to violence,

General Assembly President says at meeting on 1994 genocide

Following is the statement by General Assembly President Julian R. Hunte (Saint Lucia) at the Assembly’s meeting commemorating the International Day of Reflection on the 1994 Genocide in Rwanda today:

‘we must remember the victims’, says secretary-general in message to headquarters

observance of 10TH anniversary of genocide in rwanda

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the ceremony and “minute of silence” at United Nations Headquarters marking the tenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, delivered today by Catherine Bertini, Under-Secretary-General for Management:

‘risk of genocide remains frightEningly real’, secretary-general tells human

rights commission as he launches action plan to prevent genocide

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva today:

It is good that we have observed those minutes of silence together.

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Press Statement on Guinea-Bissau by Security Council President

Following is today’s statement to the press on Guinea-Bissau by Security Council President Gunter Pleuger (Germany):

Members of the Security Council heard a briefing from Mr. David Stephen, Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Peace-Building Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) during informal consultations on 6 April 2004.