Panel Discussion on                                        

ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMES APPOINTMENT

OF INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON AFGHANISTAN

(Reissued as received.)

The Secretary-General arrived in Moscow from Vienna on Sunday afternoon, 4 April, and had an early working dinner with former Prime Minister Evgeni Primakov.

Press Statement on Guinea-Bissau by Security Council President

Following is today’s statement to the press on Guinea-Bissau by Security Council President Gunter Pleuger (Germany):

Members of the Security Council heard a briefing from Mr. David Stephen, Representative of the Secretary-General and Head of the United Nations Peace-Building Office in Guinea-Bissau (UNOGBIS) during informal consultations on 6 April 2004.

Security Council                                           

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON SALE OF CHILDREN, INDEPENDENT EXPERT

ON VIOLENCE AGAINST CHILDREN PRESENT REPORTS

Commission Continues Debate on Rights of Child

(Reissued as received.)

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WARNS

OF THREATS TO GAINS ON WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS

As Commission Continues Consideration of Women’s Human Rights,

Speakers Raise Issues on Human Trafficking, HIV/AIDS Infection, Domestic Violence

(Delayed in transmission.)

Committee on the Inalienable Rights                        

 of the Palestinian People                                 

278^th Meeting (AM)