Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

179^th Meeting (PM)

Commission on Sustainable Development                      

Twelfth Session                                            

Disarmament Commission                                     

2004 Substantive Session                                   

HUMANITARIAN CRISIS LOOMING IN WESTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

NEW YORK, 19 April (OCHA) -- A humanitarian crisis is looming as more than 40,000 Congolese have been expelled from Angola into desperate conditions in the Bandundu and WesternKasaiProvinces of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.

PROSECUTOR RECEIVES REFERRAL OF SITUATION IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

(Reissued as received.)

Secretary-General urges uganda rebels to respond positively

to president’s call for dialogue

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

security council committee on liberia includes additional information in travel ban

On 14 April 2004, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia, approved the inclusion of additional information in the Alias field for the following individual included in the list of persons subject to the travel restrictions imposed by paragraph 4 (a) of resolution 1521 (2003):

Mr. James Dennis

Press Statement ON cyprus by Security Council President

Following is the press statement on Cyprus delivered by Security Council President Gunter Pleuger (Germany):

united states welcomes recommendations of un envoy lakhdar brahimi

on interim government for iraq, as it briefs security council

Ad Hoc Committee on Scope of                               

 Legal Protection under Convention