PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Central Africa by Security Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico):

Members of the Council heard a briefing by the Assistant Secretary-General, Tuliameni Kalomoh. 

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA MINISTERIAL SESSION CONCLUDES,

RECOMMENDS HOLDING FORUM ON PALESTINE RECONSTRUCTION

Background Release

STATES PARTIES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TO MEET

AT HEADQUARTERS, 21 – 23 APRIL

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS HEARS INDEPENDENT EXPERTS EXPRESS

CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN HAITI, SOMALIA

Debate Continues on Specific Groups and Individuals,

Effective Functioning of Human Rights Mechanisms, Other Items

(Reissued as received.)

Disarmament Commission

2003 Substantive Session

256^th Meeting (PM)

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION CONCLUDES SESSION WITHOUT PROPOSALS

TO ADVANCE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, CONFIDENCE-BUILDING

DRUG COMMISSION BEGINS MINISTERIAL-LEVEL MEETING TO REVIEW

EFFORTS TO TACKLE GLOBAL DRUG PROBLEM

Ministers Assess Implementation of Action Plans

Adopted at 1998 General Assembly Special Session

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES BEIJING TALKS INVOLVING UNITED STATES,

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, CHINA

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the statement to the press on Burundi, delivered today by Security Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico):

Security Council

4741^st Meeting (AM)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL MIDDLE EAST PROCESS

APPEARS TO BE ON VERGE OF RESTARTING, USING QUARTET ‘ROAD MAP’

Noting ‘Grim Reality’ on Ground, Says Path Charted by UN, European Union,

United States, Russian Federation Only Realistic Hope for Ending Current Violence

IRAQ FARMERS URGENTLY NEED PARTS, FUEL FOR SPRING HARVEST,

SAYS UNITED NATIONS FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION

ROME, 16 April (FAO) -- Farmers in Iraq are in urgent need of spare parts and fuel for combine harvesters and tractors for the upcoming spring harvest, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today.