PRESS STATEMENT ON SUDAN BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement by Joël W. Adechi (Benin), President of the Security Council:

Security Council

5120^th Meeting (AM)

UNITED NATIONS SEEKS NEARLY $3 MILLION TO ASSIST FLOOD VICTIMS IN GUYANA

UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS EXPRESS SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT SITUATION IN NEPAL

GENEVA, 8 February (UN Information Service) -- The following statement was issued today by nine United Nations human rights experts, whose names appear below:

UN EXPERT SUPPORTS MEASURE TO ALLOW INDIVIDUALS TO LODGE COMPLAINTS

OF ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS VIOLATIONS

 

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 8 February (UN Information Service) -- The Special Rapporteur of the Commission on Human Rights on the right to education, Vernor Muñoz, issued the following statement today:

“The Special Rapporteur attended the fifth World Social Forum in Porto Alegre from 26 to 31 January 2005.

International Covenant on Civil

and Political Rights

30^th Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS ELECT

 

ELIzABETH PALM OF SWEDEN TO HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED TOGO’S POWER TRANSFER NOT DONE

‘IN FULL RESPECT’ OF CONSTITUTION

The Secretary-General is concerned that the transfer of power that has taken place in Togo following the death of President Eyadema has not been done in full respect of the provisions of the Constitution.

The Secretary-General re-emphasizes the need for constitutionality and respect for the rule of law.

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PALESTINIAN ELECTION SUCCESS AUSPICIOUS, BUT SITUATION REMAINS FRAGILE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN STATEMENT TO PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement at the opening of the 2005 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, in New York, 7 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES QUICK ACTION TO PRESERVE ‘PRICELESS TREASURE’

OF AFRICAN ROCK ART, IN VIDEO MESSAGE

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message for the Trust for African Rock Art:

TERRORISM THREAT TO ALL CIVILIZED COUNTRIES, ANATHEMA TO ALL FAITHS, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO RIYADH COUNTER-TERRORISM CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the International Counter-Terrorism Conference in Riyadh, 5 to 8 February, delivered by Javier Rupérez, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate: