Press Release

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ON LIBERIA INCLUDES

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION IN TRAVEL BAN LIST

On 22 March 2004, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1521 (2003) concerning Liberia, approved the inclusion of additional information in the Date of Birth field for the following individuals included in the list of persons subject to the travel restrictions imposed by paragraph 4 (a) of resolution 1521 (2003):

un agency says Desert locust situation extremely serious in north-west Africa,

More efforts needed to prevent plague from developing

ROME, 23 March (FAO) -- Despite control operations, the desert locust situation continues to be extremely serious in North-West Africa, according to the latest update by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Commission on Population and Development                   

Thirty-seventh Session                                     

3^rd and 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

GLOBAL FORUM ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE TO BE HELD

AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 25 – 26 MARCH

The complex and contentious issue of Internet governance will be the focus of a Global Forum to be held from 25 to 26 March at United Nations Headquarters, as part of the sixth meeting of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force.

Human Rights Committee

Eightieth Session

2178^th and 2179^th Meetings (AM & PM)

POLYGAMY, FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION UNACCEPTABLE, SAYS CHAIRMAN

AS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES REVIEW OF UGANDA’S REPORT

COMMISSION APPROVES SPECIAL SITTING ON SITUATION IN OCCUPIED

PALESTINE FOLLOWING ASSASSINATION OF SHEIKH YASSIN

Countries Speaking on Right to Development Call

For International Aid, Fair Economic and Trading Systems

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-eighth General Assembly                              

EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR CONDEMNS KILLING OF AID WORKER IN SOMALIA

NEW YORK, 23 March (OCHA) -– The international humanitarian community is condemning an attack in Somaliland which has left one aid worker dead and two others injured.  On 19 March, staff of the German Agency for Technical Assistance were ambushed outside Berabera in Somaliland.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, DISTURBED BY ESCALATION OF FIGHTING IN NEPAL,

APPEALS FOR RESUMPTION OF PEACE PROCESS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISPATCHES ENVOY TO EQUATORIAL GUINEA

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