Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

269^th Meeting (PM)

QUARTET ‘ROAD MAP’ FOR TWO STATES WAY OUT OF ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN CRISIS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, AS PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE OPENS SESSION

ALARMING SHORTAGE OF NON-FOOD ITEMS TO COMBAT CRISIS

IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, UNITED NATIONS WARNS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 14 February (UN Information Service) -– The United Nations today launched its mid-term review of the 2002/2003 Consolidated Appeal (CAP) for the humanitarian crisis in southern Africa, placing special emphasis on the urgent need for tens of millions of dollars’ worth of non-food items.

Commission for Social Development

Forty-first Session

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

NEEDS OF AGEING, YOUTH, DISABLED PERSONS, FAMILY ADDRESSED

IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION’S DISCUSSION

Speakers Also Stress Importance of Capacity-Building,

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES ESTABLISHMENT OF PANEL OF EMINENT PERSONS

ON UN RELATIONS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY

Following is today’s statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the establishment of the Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations Relations with Civil Society:

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED BY VIOLENCE IN BOLIVIA,

APPEALS FOR DIALOGUE, RESPECT FOR DEMOCRACY

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

The Secretary-General is concerned about the violent incidents that took place in Bolivia yesterday and deplores the loss of life.

Security Council

4706^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS 7 FEBRUARY BOMB ATTACK IN BOGOTA,

SAYS ACT OF TERRORISM THREATENS PEACE, SECURITY

Resolution 1465 (2003) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this afternoon condemned “in the strongest terms” last week’s bomb attack in Bogota, Colombia, characterizing it as an act of terrorism that threatened peace and security. 

Security Council

4705^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED ON URGENCY OF ENDING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS,

CULTURE OF IMPUNITY IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Security Council

4704^th Meeting (AM)

BEST PATH TOWARDS MIDDLE EAST PEACE REMAINS QUARTET’S ROAD MAP,

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Launch of the United Nations

Literacy Decade

UNITED NATIONS LITERACY DECADE (2003-2012) LAUNCHED AT NEW YORK HEADQUARTERS

Let “Literacy for All” Be Battle Cry, Says Deputy Secretary-General

Let “literacy for all” be the battle cry for the next decade, said Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at this morning’s launch at Headquarters of the United Nations Literacy Decade:  Education for All.

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES FERNANDO HENRIQUE CARDOSO, FORMER PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL,

TO LEAD HIGH-LEVEL REVIEW OF UN-CIVIL SOCIETY RELATIONS

Asking for a sweeping assessment of interaction between the United Nations and civil society organizations, and recommendations for improvements, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso to chair a blue-ribbon panel on relations with civil society.