UNITED NATIONS RIGHTS EXPERT CALLS FOR RELEASE OF AID WORKER ABDUCTED IN SOMALIA

GENEVA, 4 February (UN Information Service) -- The following statement was issued today by the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Somalia, Ghanim Alnajjar:

Background Release                             

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS FROM 4 TO 13 FEBRUARY;

MEMBERS TO DISCUSS PUBLIC SECTOR EFFECTIVENESS

                                                            SG/SM/9143

TRANSCRIPT OF JOINT PRESS CONFERENCE BY SECRETARY-GENERAL AND PRESIDENTS

OF FRANCE, BRAZIL AND CHILE AT PALAIS DES NATIONS, GENEVA, 30 JANUARY

UNITED NATIONS HOLDS TRAINING COURSE ON SATELLITE-AIDED SEARCH AND RESCUE

(Reissued as received.)

Note to Correspondents

CONFERENCE ON LIBERIA’S RECONSTRUCTION TO BE HELD AT HEADQUARTERS, 5 - 6 FEBRUARY;

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL, SECRETARY POWELL, LIBERIA’S BRYANT AMONG PARTICIPANTS

                                                            Note No. 5845

Note to Correspondents

JAMES JONAH TO SPEAK ON ‘RALPH BUNCHE AND THE INTEGRITY

OF THE INTERNATIONAL CIVIL SERVICE’, 5 FEBRUARY

LEAD ADDITIVES FOR GASOLINE, DEADLY PESTICIDE TARGETED FOR TRADE WATCH LIST

(Reissued as received.)

DISARMAMENT ADVISORY BOARD TO ADDRESS TERRORISM, WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION

AT FORTHCOMING NEW YORK SESSION, 4 - 6 FEBRUARY

NEW YORK, 3 February (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -- The Secretary-General’s Advisory Board on Disarmament Matters will meet for a three-day closed session in New York from 4 to 6 February 2004.  The last session of the Board was held in Geneva from 16 to 18 July 2003.  The Board meets twice a year.