Special Committee on

 Peacekeeping Operations

185^th Meeting (AM)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS BEGINS

 

REVIEW OF REPORT ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

Stressing Sense of Urgency, Determination

To Address Problem, Department Head Outlines Measures Taken So Far

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE DELEGATION Concludes visit TO BERMUDA

 

NEW YORK, 4 April (Department of Political Affairs) -- A delegation from the Special Committee on decolonization led by Julian R. Hunte of Saint Lucia, ended its four-day visit to Bermuda on 31 March 2005.  The invitation was extended by the United Kingdom, as the administering Power, on the request of the Bermuda Independence Commission, and supported by the Government of Bermuda.

BOLD, FAR-REACHING UN REFORM URGENT, NECESSARY, SAYS

 

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ONTARIO ADDRESS

 

Following is Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s address to a conference at WaterlooUniversity -- “The UN:  Adapting to the 21st Century” -- 3 April:

Thank you, Michael [Doyle], for that very warm introduction.

NEW HEAD OF EUROPEAN COMMISSION DELEGATION SUBMITS APPOINTMENT LETTER

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Fernando M. Valenzuela, of Spain, the new head of the delegation of the European Commission to the United Nations, today submitted his letter of appointment to UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SRI LANKA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Prasad Kariyawasam, Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

ITURI’S DISPLACED NOW FACING CHOLERA EPIDEMIC

 

BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1 April (OCHA) -- Humanitarian workers in Ituri are calling for increased security in the Kakwa displaced camp after a cholera epidemic was declared in the area on Sunday.

UNITED NATIONS WELCOMES ESTABLISHMENT OF INTERNATIONAL FUND FOR RWANDA

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION ADDS BUILDING BLOCK

TO GLOBAL ANTI-TERRORISM STRATEGY, IN REMARKS TO AD HOC COMMITTEE

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly Resolution 51/210 on the adoption of a draft International Convention on Nuclear Terrorism, in New York, 1 April:

Background Release

OUTER SPACE LEGAL SUBCOMMITTEE TO HOLD 44TH SESSION IN VIENNA

 

(Reissued as received.)

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN APRIL 2005

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in April, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

1 February-22 April