NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY ‘TRUE CORNERSTONE’ OF GLOBAL SECURITY,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERALON AGREEMENT’S THIRTY-FIFTH ANNIVERSARY

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement on the thirty-fifth anniversary of the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT), issued in New York, 4 March:

Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS PIERRE SCHORI AS NEW

 

SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

The Secretary-General has decided to appoint Pierre Schori of Sweden to succeed Albert Tévoédjrè as his Special Representative for Côte d’Ivoire, effective 1 April 2005.  Mr. Schori has been a Distinguished Visiting Professor at AdelphiUniversity in New York since 2004.

OSCE COULD PLAY KEY ROLE IN KOSOVO’S STANDARDS

 

REVIEW PROCESS, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

 

Chairman Briefs Council on Organization’s Expertise

In Minority Issues, Policing, Institution-Building, Conflict Resolution

FIFTY-FIFTH SESSION OF THE UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 8 TO 10 MARCH

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA. 4 March (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its fifty-fifth session from 8 to 10 March 2005 under the Presidency of Ambassador Tassos Kriekoukis (Greece).

BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF UNITED NATIONS VOLUNTARY FUND

 

FOR INDIGENOUS POPULATIONS CONCLUDES 18th SESSION

 

(Reissued as received.)

ARAB COUNTRIES TO MEET IN CAIRO FROM 6 – 8 MARCH TO DISCUSS STRENGTHENING

NATIONAL INSTITUTIONS TO PROMOTE AND PROTECT HUMAN RIGHTS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 4 March (UN Information Service) -- Representatives of national institutions, governments and civil society from throughout the Arab region will meet in Cairo from 6 to 8 March to discuss establishing or strengthening national institutions for the promotion and protection of human rights.

EXPERTON HUMAN RIGHTS IN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA ENDS VISIT TO JAPAN

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 4 March (UN Information Service) -- The Special Rapporteur on the situation of human rights in the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, Vitit Muntarbhorn, issued the following statement in Tokyo on 3 March at the end of his visit to Japan which started on 24 February:

United Nations INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE

 

TO BE HELD AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA 8 - 9 MARCH

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 4 March (UN Information Service) -- The Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People will convene a United Nations International Meeting on the Question of Palestine on 8 and 9 March 2005 at the United Nations Office at Geneva. 

Commission on Sustainable Development

Preparatory Meeting

10^th & 11^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Round-Up

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT PREPARATORY MEETING CONCLUDES WEEK-LONG SESSION;

WILL FORWARD POLICY OPTIONS ON WATER, SANITATION, HOUSING TO COMMISSION

Proposed Measures Will Be

Focus of Commission Meeting in April

UNIDO, SANDOZ SPONSOR GLOBAL PARTNERS SYMPOSIUM AGAINST DISEASE, POVERTY

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 4 March (UNIDO) -- Some 80 participants and experts from all over the world and from several international organizations attended the Global Partners Symposium organized by the United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), in cooperation with Sandoz.