Security Council

4744^th Meeting (PM)

CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NEEDED IN TIMOR-LESTE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

The Security Council could take satisfaction from its contribution to the progress in Timor-Leste, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for that country, Kamalesh Sharma, told the Council this afternoon.

Committee on Information

Twenty-fifth Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

‘THE UNITED NATIONS MATTERS, AND ITS VOICE MUST BE HEARD’, COMMITTEE

ON INFORMATION TOLD, AS IT BEGINS CURRENT SESSION

AT LEAST ONE THIRD OF IRAQ’S SPRING CROP UNSCATHED,

FIRST FAO PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 28 April (FAO) -- At least one third of Iraq's critical spring grain crop appears to have emerged unscathed from the conflict, according to preliminary surveys conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS THIRTIETH SESSION

High Commissioner for Human Rights Cites Support For Anti-Torture Efforts

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 28 April (UN Information Service) -- The Committee against Torture opened this morning its spring three-week session, hearing an address from the High Commissioner for Human Rights and adopting its agenda.  The session will run through 16 May.

WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES

CONCLUDES SIXTY-NINTH SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 25 April (UN Information Service) -- The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights concluded today a week-long session during which it examined allegations concerning over 30 countries.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

PM Meeting

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES NEED AID TO MEET JOHANNESBURG TARGETS ON DRINKING WATER,

SANITATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD

At Round Table, Current Anti-Poverty Efforts Described

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

2^nd Meeting (AM)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OPENS SESSION’S HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT; IMPLEMENTING SUMMIT COMMITMENTS, COMMISSION’S FUTURE WORK HIGHLIGHTED

UNEP APPLAUDS ENVIRONMENT DECISION BY COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI/GENEVA, 25 April (UNEP) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) welcomes today's decision by the United Nations Commission on Human Rights emphasizing the strong link between human rights and a healthy environment.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan left Vienna late in the afternoon of Wednesday, 23 April, for Geneva.

REPRESENTATIVES OF GREECE, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

EXCHANGE VIEWS PURSUANT TO INTERIM ACCORD

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