Security Council                                           

Security Council                                           

UN REPORT SAYS WORLD URBAN POPULATION OF 3 BILLION TODAY

EXPECTED TO REACH 5 BILLION BY 2030

UNITED NATIONS ISSUES ‘WORLD POPULATION POLICIES 2003’

NEW YORK, 24 March (Department of Economic and Social Affairs) -- The Population Division has issued World Population Policies 2003, which contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available on the population policy situation for all 194 Member and non-Member States of the United Nations.

Commission on Population and Development                   

Thirty-seventh Session                                     

5^th and 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

UN ICT TASK FORCE, WIRELESS INTERNET INSTITUTE UNVEIL

WIRELESS UNIVERSAL CONNECTIVITY INITIATIVES

Note to Correspondents

DAY OF SOLIDARITY WITH DETAINED AND MISSING STAFF MEMBERS, 25 MARCH

TO STRESS RISKS FACED BY UN STAFF, REPORTERS AROUND WORLD

Human Rights Committee                                     

REPRESENTATIVE ON SITUATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS IN CUBA CITES

‘UNPRECEDENTED WAVE OF OPPRESSION’ IN THE COUNTRY

Construction of Security Barrier Criticized as Commission

Concludes Debate on Situation in Occupied ArabTerritories

(Reissued as received.)

COMMISSION STARTS GENERAL DEBATE ON VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

IN OCCUPIED ARABTERRITORIES, INCLUDING PALESTINE

Concludes Discussion on Right to Development

(Reissued as received.)