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

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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

 

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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

Ad Hoc Committee on Assembly

Resolution 51/210

35^th Meeting (AM)

AD HOC COMMITTEE ADOPTS DRAFT NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION,

CULMINATION OF NEGOTIATIONS BEGUN IN 1998

Strengthens International Legal Framework

Against One of World’s Most Urgent Threats, Says Secretary-General

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-Third Session

2280^th Meeting* (AM)

MONITORING BODY FOR INTERNATIONAL CIVIL POLITICAL RIGHTS COVENANT

CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK HEADQUARTERS SESSION

Requests Sudan to Submit Special Report

On Compliance with Key Articles of Treaty by Close of Year

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

42^nd Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE APPROVES RECOMMENDATIONS

 

AIMED AT ENHANCING, REVITALIZING WORK