COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS MEASURES ON CIVIL

AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, WOMEN, ‘SPECIFIC GROUPS’

Extends Mandates of Special Rapporteurs

on Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Violence against Women

(Reissued as received.)

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS 10 RESOLUTIONS

ON RACISM, CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

Commission Extends Mandate of Working

Group on Arbitrary Detention for Three Years

(Reissued as received.)

[OCHA]

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S HUMANITARIAN ENVOY FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

IN ABIDJAN TO LAUNCH NEW APPEAL

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York in the evening of Monday, 14 April, and arrived in Athens the following morning.

He was invited by the European Union to address the European conference on Thursday, the 17th, and took advantage of the presence of European leaders in the Greek capital on Wednesday to hold a series of bilateral meetings.

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

First Session (Resumed)

11^th Meeting (AM) 

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT’S PRESIDENT, NEWLY ELECTED PROSECUTOR

ADDRESS STATES PARTIES, OUTLINE COURT’S INITIAL CHALLENGES

National Audit Office of United Kingdom

UN LAUNCHES PLAN TO ADDRESS EMERGENCY NEEDS IN HAITI

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS 10 RESOLUTIONS AND DECISION

ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

Renews Mandates of Independent Expert on Structural

Adjustment Policies, Special Rapporteurs on Right to Food, Adequate Housing

(Reissued as received.)

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS APPROVES THREE RESOLUTIONS

ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 22 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights adopted three resolutions this morning on the subject of economic, social and cultural rights.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ADOPTS MEASURES ON SITUATIONS IN CUBA,

BELARUS, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, BURUNDI

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 17 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights adopted resolutions this afternoon on situations of human rights in Cuba, Belarus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi.

Background Release

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE 2005 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY

REVIEW CONFERENCE TO MEET IN GENEVA 28 APRIL – 9 MAY