CRIMINALIZATION OF COMPUTER WRONGDOING PREREQUISITE

FOR COMBATING CYBERCRIME, WORKSHOP TOLD

Speakers in Crime Congress Workshop Address Evolving Nature

Of Cybercrime, Digital Divide, Harmonization of Laws, Cooperation with Private Sector

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

WORKSHOP ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM HIGHLIGHTS NEED

 

FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AS ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON

Measures Discussed Include Mediation,

Conciliation, Compensation for Victims, Community Service

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO REGIONAL SUMMIT, CALLS ON BURUNDI’S LEADERS

TO TAKE LAST STEP TOWARDS MEETING ASPIRATIONS OF THEIR PEOPLE

He Pledges Continued United Nations Support for Electoral Process

PROMOTING SOCIAL PROGRESS, BETTER LIVING STANDARDS AS IMPORTANT NOW AS fifty

YEARS AGO, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN ADDRESS TO ASIAN-AFRICAN SUMMIT

Underlining Need for Compromise in Seeking Global Deal,

He Says United Nations Institutions Should Reflect World of 2005, Not 1945

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Asian-African Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, 22 April:

Round-Up of Session

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES SIXTY-FIRST SESSION AFTER ADOPTING,

86 RESOLUTIONS, 16 DECISIONS, 4 STATEMENTS BY CHAIRMAN

53-Member Body Establishes Mandates for 5 Independent

Experts, Including on Minorities, Sudan, Transnational Corporations

(Reissued as received.)

INTERNALLY DISPLACED IN NEPAL OVERLOOKED, NEGLECTED,

 

UN EXPERT SAYS AFTER MISSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 22 April (UN Information Service) -- “Internally displaced persons in Nepal have been largely overlooked and neglected”, the Representative of the United Nations Secretary-General on the Human Rights of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) said today at the end of a mission to that country.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Thirteenth Session

17^th & 18^th Meetings (AM & PM)

TUNISIA SENDING FARMING EXPERTS TO TOGO UNDER SOUTH-SOUTH COOPERATION

AGREEMENT TO HELP TAKE FOOD SECURITY ACTIVITIES NATIONWIDE

 

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 22 April (FAO) -- Tunisia is sending 20 farming experts and technicians to Togo to work with local experts, as part of an agreement signed today between the two countries and the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Crime congress committee ii discusses strengths, weaknesses

of international legal regime to counter terrorism

Binding Obligation to Cooperate in Information Sharing, Extradition

A Plus, But Inability to Find Definition of Terrorism Constrains System

WORKSHOP IDENTIFIES CHALLENGES TO INTERNATIONAL LAW ENFORCEMENT

COOPERATION IN COUNTERING ORGANIZED CRIME

Key Issues Include Reciprocity, Political Offences,

Diverse Legal Systems, Lack of Information Channels

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)