| Press Release DCF/441 |
CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM ROMANIA,
AS WELL AS INCOMING AND OUTGOING PRESIDENTS
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release AFR/949 HR/4767 |
UN EXPERT DEEPLY CONCERNED ABOUT SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN DARFUR
(Reissued as received.)
GENEVA, 27 May (UN Information Service) -- The Special Representative of the Secretary-General on human rights defenders, Hina Jilani, is deeply concerned about the situation of human rights defenders in the Sudan and particularly those working in the Darfur region.
| Press Release AFR/947 IHA/911 |
UN RESPONDS TO HUMANITARIAN NEEDS IN NIGERIA
NEW YORK, 26 May (OCHA) -- In the wake of inter-communal violence that has reportedly left nearly 500 dead and some 50,000 displaced, United Nations humanitarian agencies are bringing aid to people in Bauchi and NassarawaStates.
| Press Release AFG/254 SOC/NAR/905 |
UN COUNTER-NARCOTICS CHIEF TO ADDRESS SEVERE DRUG CULTIVATION,
TRAFFICKING SITUATION DURING VISIT TO AFGHANISTAN
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release SG/SM/9332 AFR/946 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES SUDAN POLITICAL, POWER-SHARING AGREEMENTS
AS ‘MAJOR STEP FORWARD’, URGES PROGRESS ON DARFUR
Following is the text of a statement attributable to the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SG/A/874 BIO/3572 |
CAROLYN MCASKIE APPOINTED SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE
OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR BURUNDI
| Press Release SEA/1798 |
EXPERTS ASSESS ACHIEVEMENTS OF SEABED AUTHORITY, AS COMMEMORATION
OF AUTHORITY’S TENTH ANNIVERSARY CONTINUES
(Reissued as received.)
KINGSTON, 25 May (International Seabed Authority) -- The achievements of the International Seabed Authority were reviewed this afternoon in Kingston, in the first of two panel discussions organized by the Authority as part of its tenth anniversary celebrations, which began Tuesday morning.
| Press Release SEA/1797 |
UN SECRETARY-GENERAL COMMENDS SEABED AUTHORITY’s INSPIRING WORK, JAMAICAN Prime
Minister PLEDGES continued SUPPORT, During TENTH ANNIVERSARY Commemoration
(Reissued as received.)
| Press Release SAG/257 |
Locust situation in North-west Africa very worrying, according to FAO
Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal
Told to Prepare against Possible Locust Invasions
(Reissued as received.)
ROME, 26 May (FAO) -- The locust situation in Northwest Africa is very worrying despite intensive control activities, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) warned today.
| Press Release NGO/541 |
Committee on NGOs
