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

BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION IS VALUABLE PARTNER

OF UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the eighth meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC), delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze,
Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva, in Yerevan, on 18 April:

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

First Session (Resumed)

10^th Meeting (PM)

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

First Session (Resumed)

9^th Meeting* (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO ROME STATUTE ELECT LUIS MORENO OCAMPO

AS PROSECUTOR OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, meeting in its second resumed first session this morning, elected Luis Moreno Ocampo of Argentina as Prosecutor of the Court.

UN DRUG COMMISSION CONCLUDES MINISTERIAL SEGMENTS;

ADOPTS MEASURES TO ENHANCE DRUG CONTROL EFFORTS

(Reissued as received.)

UN MINISTERIAL MEETING FOCUSES ON LINKS BETWEEN DRUG TRAFFICKING

AND OTHER FORMS OF ORGANIZED CRIME

(Reissued as received.)

DRUG COMMISSION CONTINUES MINISTERIAL-LEVEL MEETING

TO REVIEW EFFORTS TO TACKLE GLOBAL DRUG PROBLEM

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 16 April (UN Information Service) -- Ministers assessed progress achieved and difficulties encountered in meeting the goals and targets set out in the Political Declaration adopted at the 1998 General Assembly special session, particularly with regard to cannabis.