HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE RULES ON COMPLAINTS OF VIOLATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 13 May (UN Information Service) -- An independent expert body has found violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in five countries.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER CONCERNED AT KILLINGS IN CONGO-KINSHASA’S ITURI,

SAYS STRONGER RIGHTS PRESENCE MAY BE NECESSARY

(Reissued as received.)

Permanent Forum on Indigenous Issues

Second Session

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)                              

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT MUST BE BASED ON CULTURAL FOUNDATION, MANAGEMENT

CAPACITY OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE CONCERNED, PERMANENT FORUM TOLD

PALESTINIANS, ISRAELIS, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NEED POLITICAL WILL

FOR SUCCESSFUL ROAD MAP, KYIV MEETING ON MIDDLE EAST TOLD

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

KYIV, 14 May –- The “Road Map” was a clear trade-off that hardly met the needs of Palestinians and Israelis, a representative of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, said this morning at the International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace in Kyiv.

EMPLOYERS AND UNIONS JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS, IN JOINT STATEMENT

ISSUED AT UN GLOBAL COMPACT DIALOGUE

UNITED NATIONS CONFERENCE ON TRADE AND DEVELOPMENT HOLDS NEW YORK

STRATEGY SESSION TO ASSESS KEY ECONOMIC ISSUES

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF PRINCE SADRUDDIN AGA KHAN,

FORMER REFUGEE HIGH COMMISSIONER, ‘LIFELONG FRIEND’ OF UN

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS ‘HEINOUS ACTS OF TERRORISM’

IN RUSSIAN FEDERATION, SAUDI ARABIA

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘EXCEPTIONAL CONTRIBUTION’ OF REPUBLIC OF KOREA

TO UNITED NATIONS, IN MESSAGE TO KOREA SOCIETY DINNER

Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan to the annual dinner of the Korea Society, in honour of Roh Moo-hyun, President of the Republic of Korea, delivered by Maurice F. Strong, Special Adviser and Personal Envoy of the Secretary-General, in New York on 12 May:

QUEST FOR PEACE BETWEEN ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS AT HISTORIC JUNCTURE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO KYIV SUPPORT MEETING

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace, delivered by Danilo Türk, Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs, in Kyiv, on 13 May: