Note to Correspondents

WORLD PRESS PHOTO EXHIBITION OPENS AT HEADQUARTERS 3 MAY

In observance of World Press Freedom Day, an exhibition of the best press photographs of 2004 will open in the North-East Gallery of the General Assembly Visitors’ Lobby at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, 3 May.  This travelling exhibition of winning images selected at World Press Photos’ worldwide 2005 photojournalism contest in Amsterdam will remain on display through 29 May.

Round-up

COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS OF MIGRANTS CONCLUDES SECOND SESSION

Adopts Provisional Guidelines for States Parties’ Initial Reports

(Reissued as received)

UN HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS APPOINTS

CHIEF FOR NEPAL MONITORING OPERATION

(Reissued as received.)

CONTINUED ASSISTANCE CRUCIAL TO TIMOR-LESTE’S LONG-TERM SECURITY, STABILITY,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DILI MEETING

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the International Symposium on United Nations Peacekeeping Operations in Post-Conflict Timor-Leste:  Accomplishments and Lessons Learned, in Dili, 28-29 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN NEW DELHI LECTURE, SAYS UN REFORM AIMS TO ENHANCE FREEDOM

THROUGH PURSUIT OF DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS GOALS

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s public lecture at the India International Centre, entitled “In Larger Freedom -- the changing role of the United Nations”, in New Delhi, 28 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES ESTABLISHMENT OF IRAQ’S TRANSITIONAL GOVERNMENT

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CÔTE D’IVOIRE PRESIDENT’S ANNOUNCEMENT

ON ELIGIBILITY OF PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Security Council

5171^st Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES ONE-YEAR POLITICAL MISSION IN TIMOR-LESTE,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1599 (2005)

UN Office Will Remain until 20 May 2006, Supporting

Development of Police, Border Patrol, Other Critical Institutions

Security Council

5170^th Meeting (AM)

security council extends western saharamission until 31 october,

unanimously adopting resolution 1598 (2005)

 

The Security Council, reaffirming its commitment to assist the parties in Western Sahara to achieve a just, lasting and mutually acceptable political solution, extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 31 October.

Note to Correspondents

WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY TO BE COMMEMORATED AT HEADQUARTERS 3 MAY,

SEMINAR ON ‘FANNING THE FLAME OF TOLERANCE: THE ROLE OF THE MEDIA’

The third seminar in the Unlearning Intolerance series of the United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) titled “Fanning the Flame of Tolerance:  The Role of the Media” will be held at United Nations Headquarters on 3 May 2005 from 9:50 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.