COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS STARTS DEBATE ON RIGHT TO DEVELOPMENT

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

270^th Meeting (AM)

AFRICAN UNION ADMITTED AS OBSERVER TO COMMITTEE ON PALESTINIAN RIGHTS

Observer for Palestine Expresses Concern That War

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session (Resumed)

14^th Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN FAILS TO ADOPT DRAFT AGREED CONCLUSIONS

ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, AS IT CLOSES FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION

LOW-LEVEL DU CONTAMINATION IN BOSNIA AND HERZEGOVINA, UNEP CALLS FOR PRECAUTION

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SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONDOLEEZZA RICE DISCUSS HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN IRAQ

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HEADQUARTERS CEREMONY, ACCEPTS PIN SYMBOLIZING ‘SHARED MEMORY OF LOST FRIENDS’, UNITY IN PURSUING PEACE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon accepting the first lapel pin highlighting the importance of staff security in New York on

25 March:

Security Council

4725^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS WESTERN SAHARA MISSION UNTIL 31 MAY,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1469 (2003)

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 31 May.

PRESS STATEMENT ON WESTERN SAHARA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Western Sahara delivered today by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Deputy Prime Minister of Belgium Delivers Address

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HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS OF GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, PORTUGAL

AND ANGOLA ADDRESS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Commission Continues Consideration of Racism,

Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and all Forms of Discrimination

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