Security Council

5168^th Meeting (AM)*

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED BY CHAIRMEN OF ANTI-TERRORISM COMMITTEES;

CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED COOPERATION, ENHANCED INFORMATION SHARING

Presidential StatementRecallsMemberState Obligation to Report

On Implementation of Resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001), 1540 (2004)

UN SAYS BIRD FLU OUTBREAK IN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA CONTAINED

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 25 April (FAO) -- The recent outbreak of avian influenza in North Korea (DPRK) has been successfully contained, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, urging the country to continue surveillance on the affected farms and elsewhere to ensure that no residual infection remains.

REGIONAL SHOCKS DETAILED BY UN’S ECONOMIC, SOCIAL SURVEY FOR ASIA, PACIFIC

(Reissued as received.)

BANGKOK, 25 April (UN Information Service) -- The 2005 “Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific:  Dealing with Shocks” was launched on Monday, 25 April 2005 in Bangkok by Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Executive Secretary Kim Hak-Su.

TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT MUST BE DONE RIGHT, USED AS MODEL FOR FUTURE,

SAYS SPECIAL ENVOY AT HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE

UN Humanitarian Affairs Office, Business Roundtable

Host Meeting on Public/Private Partnership in Disaster Relief

NEW OLIVE AGREEMENT COMES UP FOR ADOPTION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 22 April (UNCTAD) -- Member States of the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) will meet for five days beginning Monday to consider adoption of a new International Agreement on Olive Oil and Table Olives.

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.)