SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR DEAL BY WORLD LEADERS

 

ON POVERTY, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS

 

Note to Correspondents

KING ABDULLAH II OF JORDAN TO ACCEPT FDR INTERNATIONAL

DISABILITY AWARD AT UNITED NATIONS, 23 MARCH

 

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-third Session

2264^th & 2265^th Meetings (AM & PM)*

DEATH PENALTY USE, PRISON CONDITIONS, WIDESPREAD VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN ISSUES

RAISED, AS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TAKES UP UZBEKISTAN’S REPORT

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN WORLD WATER DAY MESSAGE, CALLS RIGHT TO SAFE

DRINKING WATER BASIC TO SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN DIGNITY

Following is the text of General Assembly President Jean Ping’s message for World Water Day, 22 March 2005:

Millions of people around the world die and still suffer because the water they use for their daily needs is unsafe.

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRESENTS REPORT ‘IN LARGER FREEDOM’ TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY,

 

OUTLINING AMBITIOUS PLAN FOR UNITED NATIONS REFORM

 

Says Package Gives Equal Weight to Organization’s Three Great

Purposes – Development, Security, Human Rights – Underpinned by Rule of Law

UN EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR CALLS ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO AUTHORITIES

TO ASSUME THEIR RESPONSIBILITIES TOWARDS CONGOLESE POPULATION

GENEVA, 21 March (OCHA) -- The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Jan Egeland, called upon the Transitional Government of the Democratic Republic of the Congo to assume its responsibilities towards the Congolese people.

WINNERS OF UNEP’S “FOCUS ON YOUR WORLD” PHOTO COMPETITION ANNOUNCED

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI/AICHI, 18 March (UNEP) -- Images of deer, scavenging on a rubbish tip, the housing of the rich set against the slums of the poor and Buddhist monks solemnly draping cloth round a tree trunk have scooped the top prizes in the latest United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) International Photographic Competition on the Environment.

Note to Correspondents

UNU/UNITAR TRAINING WORKSHOP ON ENVIRONMENTAL GOVERNANCE

 

TO TAKE PLACE, 21 - 22 MARCH

The United Nations University (UNU) and the United Nations Institute for Training and Research (UNITAR) are organizing a workshop on “Environmental Governance:  The Role of Regional Frameworks to Promote Sustainable Development” on 21 and 22 March at Headquarters in conference room 6.

Committee on Charter

 and United Nations Role

248^th Meeting (AM)

ASSISTANCE TO THIRD STATES AFFECTED BY SANCTIONS AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED,

AS CHARTER COMMITTEE CONCLUDES 2005 SESSION

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-Third Session

2262^nd Meeting (AM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF REPORT BY MAURITIUS

 

Experts Commend Progress Made, But Cite Gaps in Constitutional Protection of Rights