Government ministers to decide on policies to reach goals

 

on water, sanitation, human settlements

 

Key Issues Include Financing, Utility Management, Service

Charges, Water Efficiency, Tenure Security and Low-Cost Housing Development

BIG DURIAN PRODUCTIONS PARTNERS WITH UNDP, UNEP

 

TO PRODUCE MULTIMEDIA ENVIRONMENT SHOW

 

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP MEETING TO DISCUSS CHALLENGES

 

IN MEASURING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS INAUGURATION OF BUS SERVICE

 

ACROSS LINE OF CONTROL IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR

 

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES MAJOR PROPOSALS TO REFORM UN HUMAN RIGHTS

 

MACHINERY, IN ADDRESS TO GENEVA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, 7 April:

Security Council

5160^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES COMMISSION TO ASSIST INVESTIGATION

INTO BEIRUT BOMBING THAT KILLED FORMER LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER

 

Resolution 1595 (2005) Adopted Unanimously;

Asks for Completion of Investigation within Three Months

FAO FORECASTS GOOD WORLD CEREAL CROP FOR 2005

 

Meat Trade Seen Recovering, But Food Safety Concerns Persist

(Reissued as received.)

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-Eight Session

7^th Meeting (AM)

 

EXPECTED TO REACH 7 BILLION BY 2013, WORLD POPULATION

CURRENTLY STANDS AT 6.5 BILLION, COMMISSION TOLD

Major Trends Include Ageing; Urbanization of Population;

Reduction of Family Size, Fertility Levels; Increases in Family Planning

Note to Correspondents

CAPITAL MASTER PLAN ON REFURBISHING UN HEADQUARTERS

 

The following note was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The United Nations Headquarters complex is in need of major renovation.

-- Regular maintenance cannot keep pace with deterioration.

-- A fire sprinkler system does not exist.

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $195 MILLION

(Reissued as received.)