SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES CENTRAL AFRICAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE’S TIRELESS

EFFORTS FOR PEACE, IN MESSAGE TO KINSHASA MINISTERIAL MEETING

AFRICA’S ‘NEW SPIRIT OF DEMOCRATIC EMPOWERMENT’, CONTINENT’S SOBERING CHALLENGES

HIGHLIGHTED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS AT HARVARD’S KENNEDY SCHOOL

Following is the text of the Godkin Lecture delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the Kennedy School of Government, Harvard University, on 24 April:

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

69^th Meeting (PM)

LAW OF SEA MEETING APPROVES DECISION ON FINANCIAL ARRANGEMENTS,

PARTICIPATION OF SUBSIDIARY BODIES

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

68^th Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION BRIEFED ON DEEP SEABED MINING

PROSPECTS BY EXPERT PANEL FROM INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY

Director of Seafarer’s Rights Centre Also Addresses Meeting

Security Council

4521^st Meeting* (AM)

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL PRENDERGAST BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON AFGHANISTAN,

SAYS RECENT PROGRESS ENCOURAGING, BUT BY NO MEANS ASSURED

Security Challenges Remain, Substantial Financial Assistance Still Required;

Background Release

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSION

IN GENEVA, FROM 29 APRIL TO 17 MAY

Panel Scheduled to Consider Reports from Sweden, Uzbekistan,

Denmark, Venezuela, Norway, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Russian Federation

(Reissued as received.)

Background release

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS TO HOLD

TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSION FROM 29 APRIL TO 17 MAY

Committee Scheduled to Consider Efforts

Of Czech Republic, Ireland, Benin, United Kingdom, Trinidad and Tobago

(Reissued as received.)

JOINT OIL-DATA TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE:  CONCRETE MANIFESTATION

OF PRODUCER-CONSUMER DIALOGUE

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 25 April (DESA) -- The late 1990s saw extremely volatile oil markets, which some observers ascribed partly to inadequate and opaque statistics.  The criticism, whether justified or not, has inspired a new look at the availability and reliability of oil data.

SECURITY COUNCIL SANCTIONS COMMITTEE ADDS NEW INDIVIDUALS

AND ENTITIES TO ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 25 April (Department of Political Affairs) -- The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) on 24 April 2002 decided to add the entities and individuals listed below to its consolidated list.

TOKYO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY DRUG CONTROL CONFERENCE FOCUSES

ON SYNTHETIC STIMULANTS, AFGHAN DRUG PROBLEM

(Reissued as received.)