Secretary-General asks human rights commissioner to create body

to investigate 25 march events in cote d’ivoire

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON CYPRUS BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s press statement on Cyprus by Security Council President Gunter Pleuger (Germany):

Security Council                                           

Press Statement on Darfur, sudan, by security council president

The following press statement on Darfur, Sudan, was delivered today by Security Council President Gunter Pleuger (Germany):

The Security Council was briefed today on the humanitarian situation in the Darfur region of the Sudan by Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Jan Egeland.

Note to Correspondents

COLLEGE MODEL UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE TO MEET AT UN HEADQUARTERS ON 6, 10 APRIL

The United Nations will host the Annual National Model United Nations Conference (NMUN) on Tuesday, 6 April, and Saturday, 10 April.

UNITED NATIONS FELLOWSHIP Programme IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

TO BE HELD FROM 5 JULY TO 13 AUGUST IN THE HAGUE

Selection Committee Awards 20 Fellowships

(Reissued as received.)

CHAIRPERSON OF WOMEN’s anti-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

ADDRESSES human rights COMMISSION

General Debate on Civil, Political Rights Concludes

(Reissued as received.)

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION CALLS

FOR GREATER TOLERANCE, FEWER ALIBIS

NGOs Level Charges, Raise Issues in Discussion on Civil and Political Rights

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly                              

Clean Development Mechanism ready to register first projects

(Reissued as received.)