Security Council

4737^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL RE-ESTABLISHES PANEL INVESTIGATING SOMALIA ARMS EMBARGO

VIOLATIONS, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1474 (2003)

COUNTRIES TELL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF EFFORTS,

CHALLENGES OF PROMOTING CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

(Reissued as received.)

SIX RAPPORTEURS ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

UNDER DEBATE ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 8 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights this morning heard statements from six Special Rapporteurs and Chairman-Rapporteurs of working groups on matters related to civil and political rights. 

2003 FELLOWSHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AWARDED; PROGRAMME

TO TAKE PLACE IN THE HAGUE 7 JULY-15 AUGUST

GENEVA, 7 April (UN Information Service) -- The Selection Committee of the United Nations Fellowship Programme in International Law met in New York on Friday, 4 April 2003, under the chairmanship of Hans Corell, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, Legal Counsel of the United Nations.

SECRETARY-GENERAL INFORMS SECURITY COUNCIL OF APPOINTMENT

OF RAFEEUDDIN AHMED AS SPECIAL ADVISER

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY DISTURBED’ AT REPORTS OF MASSACRES IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO; DEMANDS RESPECT FOR CIVILIANS’ HUMAN RIGHTS

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES EFFORTS OF INTER-PARLIAMENTARY UNION

TO PROVIDE GREATER SUPPORT TO UNITED NATIONS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the 108^th Inter-Parliamentary Conference in Santiago de Chile, as delivered by José Antonio Ocampo, Executive Secretary, Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC):

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES CÔTE D’IVOIRE AGREEMENT ON GOVERNMENT

OF RECONCILIATION AS ‘MAJOR PROGRESS TOWARDS PEACE’

Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the agreement establishing a government of reconciliation in Côte d’Ivoire, delivered on his behalf by his Special Representative, General Albert Tévoedjré, in Yamoussoukro on 3 April:

RAFEEUDDIN AHMED NAMED SPECIAL ADVISER BY SECRETARY-GENERAL

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

Security Council

4736^th Meeting (PM)

WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME NEEDS $1.8 BILLION TO ADDRESS AFRICAN

FOOD EMERGENCY, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD