Fifty-eighth General Assembly                              

CONFERENCE ON DISARMAMENT HEARS STATEMENTS FROM ROMANIA,

ALGERIA AND UNITED STATES

In Farewell Remarks, Japanese Representative Says

‘Breath of Fresh Air’ Needed for Conference to Carry Out its Work

(Reissued as received.)

NEW DELHI FORUM OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN WORLD’S COMMITMENT

TO REVERSING GLOBAL TB INCIDENCE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the second Stop TB Partners’ Forum in New Delhi, 24 March:

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘SHOCKED AND OUTRAGED’ AT KILLING

OF UN MISSION POLICE OFFICERS IN KOSOVO

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR REDUCTION OF TENSIONS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN COLOMBIA

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

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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.