UNITED NATIONS FELLOWSHIP Programme IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

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

Selection Committee Awards 20 Fellowships

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CHAIRPERSON OF WOMEN’s anti-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE

ADDRESSES human rights COMMISSION

General Debate on Civil, Political Rights Concludes

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SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON FREEDOM OF RELIGION CALLS

FOR GREATER TOLERANCE, FEWER ALIBIS

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

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Fifty-eighth General Assembly                              

Clean Development Mechanism ready to register first projects

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WORKSHOP AGREES on ACTION PLAN TO BOOST CAPITAL MARKETS IN North africa

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UN LAUNCHES APPEAL FOR SUDANESE REFUGEES IN CHAD

New York, 2 April (UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- Today, the United Nations launched a new appeal for over $30 million to provide aid to Sudanese refugees in Chad during 2004.

Because of the ongoing conflict in Darfur, some 110,000 Sudanese refugees are estimated to have fled to Chad from fighting in the Darfur region of western Sudan.

ADDITIONAL FUNDING URGENTLY NEEDED FOR ZIMBABWE

HARARE/GENEVA/NEW YORK, 2 April (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs) -- The United Nations in Zimbabwe is urgently seeking additional funds to meet massive humanitarian needs, especially for health care, safe water, sanitation, education, and recovery at household and community levels.

UNODC Launches Local Media Campaign in over 40 Countries

to Assist Victims of Human Trafficking

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Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Switzerland on Saturday, 27 March.