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ECOSOC/6003
29/04/2002
Press Release
ECOSOC/6003


Economic and Social Council

2002 Organizational Session

4th Meeting (AM)


ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL SELECTS MEMBERS OF 20 SUBSIDIARY BODIES


United States among Those Elected to Commission on Human Rights

SC/7382
28/04/2002
Press Release
SC/7382


PRESS STATEMENT ON Middle East Situation BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT


Following is this evening's press statement on the Middle East by Security Council President Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):


The members of the Security Council heard a briefing by the Under-Secretary-General, Kieran Prendergast, on the sending of the fact-finding team to Jenin.

SG/SM/8215
26/04/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8215


SECRETARY-GENERAL, ON SIXTEENTH ANNIVERSARY OF CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT, INDICATES


SHIFT IN UN ASSISTANCE TOWARDS LONG-TERM DEVELOPMENT


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


Today, 26 April, marks the sixteenth anniversary of the accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine.

SG/SM/8214
26/04/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8214


SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY CONCLUDES FOUR-DAY MISSION TO MYANMAR


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


Razali Ismail, the Secretary-General’s Special Envoy for Myanmar, left Yangon Friday after concluding his four-day mission aimed at helping facilitate the national reconciliation process in Myanmar.

SG/SM/8213-SC/7380
26/04/2002
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SG/SM/8213
SC/7380


INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY WILL STILL HAVE CRUCIAL ROLE IN HELPING EAST TIMORESE


TO CONSOLIDATE NEW INSTITUTIONS, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL


The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan was delivered today at the Security Council meeting on the situation in East Timor:

SG/A/799-BIO/3421
26/04/2002
Press Release
SG/A/799
BIO/3421


Biographical Note


SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS PATRICIA DURRANT OF JAMAICA AS UNITED NATIONS OMBUDSMAN


The Secretary-General announced the appointment of Patricia Durrant of Jamaica as United Nations Ombudsman.  The appointment is at the Assistant Secretary-General level.


A career diplomat since 1971, Ms. Durrant has been accredited as Permanent Representative of Jamaica to the United Nations since 7 June 1995.

SEA/1744
26/04/2002
Press Release
SEA/1744


Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

70th Meeting (AM)


STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION CONCLUDE TWELFTH MEETING,


APPROVE $7.8 MILLION 2003 BUDGET FOR INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL


The States parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea concluded their twelfth meeting this morning, approving a $7.8 million budget for the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea for 2003.

SC/7381
26/04/2002
Press Release
SC/7381


PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT ON EAST TIMOR


Following is the press statement on East Timor delivered today by Security Council President Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):