LIBERIA’S HUMANITARIAN NEEDS INCREASE, AS SECURITY SITUATION DETERIORATES

UN COMMISSION PRESENTED WITH ‘SIGNS OF PROGRESS’

IN GLOBAL COUNTER-NARCOTIC EFFORTS

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PROFESSIONAL BASKETBALL PLAYER NENE HILARIO FEATURED

IN VIDEO SPOT TO RAISE AWARENESS

UN Office on Drugs and Crime PSA

To be Broadcast Worldwide through NBA Programming

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DR. CARLO URBANI ‘A HERO -- IN THE BEST AND TRUEST SENSE OF WORD’

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO MEMORIAL SERVICE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the memorial service for Dr. Carlo Urbani, delivered on his behalf by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) Resident Coordinator, Jordan Ryan, in Hanoi, 8 April:

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Security Council

4737^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL RE-ESTABLISHES PANEL INVESTIGATING SOMALIA ARMS EMBARGO

VIOLATIONS, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1474 (2003)

COUNTRIES TELL COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF EFFORTS,

CHALLENGES OF PROMOTING CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

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SIX RAPPORTEURS ADDRESS HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

UNDER DEBATE ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

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GENEVA, 8 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights this morning heard statements from six Special Rapporteurs and Chairman-Rapporteurs of working groups on matters related to civil and political rights. 

2003 FELLOWSHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW AWARDED; PROGRAMME

TO TAKE PLACE IN THE HAGUE 7 JULY-15 AUGUST

GENEVA, 7 April (UN Information Service) -- The Selection Committee of the United Nations Fellowship Programme in International Law met in New York on Friday, 4 April 2003, under the chairmanship of Hans Corell, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs, Legal Counsel of the United Nations.

SECRETARY-GENERAL INFORMS SECURITY COUNCIL OF APPOINTMENT

OF RAFEEUDDIN AHMED AS SPECIAL ADVISER

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