Press Release

EIGHT UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS GRAVELY CONCERNED ABOUT REPORTED

WIDESPREAD ABUSES IN DARFUR, SUDAN

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GENEVA, 26 March (UN Information Service) -- The following statement was issued today by eight fact-finding experts of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights:

AGRICULTURE CRUCIAL TO COMBAT AFGHAN OPIUM ECONOMY, SAYS FAO

FAO Appeals for $60 million in Support

Of Farming Sector - Projects in Main Poppy-Producing Regions

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN WORLD HEALTH DAY MESSAGE, SAYS ROAD SAFETY

CAN PREVENT NEEDLESS SUFFERING, BUT DOES NOT HAPPEN BY CHANCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message on World Health Day, observed 7 April:

RWANDA GENOCIDE ‘MUST LEAVE US ALWAYS WITH A SENSE OF BITTER REGRET AND ABIDING

SORROW’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO NEW YORK MEMORIAL CONFERENCE

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the Memorial Conference on the Rwanda Genocide, organized by the Governments of Canada and Rwanda in New York, 26 March:

PRESS STATEMENT ON KOSOVO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the Security Council press statement on Kosovo delivered today by Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France):

PRESS STATEMENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

The following press statement on Côte d’Ivoire was delivered today by Security Council President Jean-Marc de La Sablière (France):

The members of the Security Council expressed grave concern at the events that occurred in Côte d’Ivoire, in particular in Abidjan, on 25 March.

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