Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

63^rd Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON LAW OF SEA BRIEFED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL

OF INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY

PRESS STATEMENT ON BOUGAINVILLE BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today’s press statement on Bougainville by the President of the Security Council, Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):

Members of the Security Council heard a briefing from Ambassador Noel Sinclair [head of the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville] on Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON REPATRIATION OF KUWAITIS,

THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS

Following is the text of today’s press statement on the question of repatriation of Kuwaiti and third country nationals, delivered by the President of the Security Council, Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):

PRESS STATEMENT ON ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BOUNDARY COMMISSION

DECISION BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the press statement on the 13 April decision by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, delivered by the President of the Security Council, Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):

GHANAIAN RURAL HEALTH INNOVATOR, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NGO

WIN UNITED NATIONS POPULATION AWARD

NEW YORK, 17 April 2002 (UNFPA) –- Dr. Kwasi Odoi-Agyarko, the leader of an innovative rural health programme in Ghana, and EngenderHealth, a non-governmental organization that trains and gives technical assistance to reproductive health service providers in developing countries, will share the 2002 United Nations Population Award.

PANELLISTS EXAMINE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO CONTAIN

MIDDLE EAST CRISIS, RESUME DIALOGUE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

NICOSIA, 17 April –- The events of Sabra and Shatila were being repeated today in the Palestinian occupied territory, Jerusalem Times publisher Hanna Siniora said this morning at the International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace.

GLOBAL WARMING TRIGGERS GLACIAL LAKES FLOOD THREAT

Himalayan Mountain Lakes at High Risk

Of Bursting Banks, with Devastating Consequences for People and Property

GENEVA/LONDON/NAIROBI, 16 April (UN Information Service) -- Nearly 50 lakes, high in the Himalayas, could burst their banks sending millions of gallons of deadly floodwaters swirling down valleys, putting at risk tens of thousands of lives, scientists are warning.

Disarmament Commission                                      DC/2829*

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF MARSHALL ISLANDS PRESENT CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Alfred Capelle, the new Permanent Representative of Marshall Islands to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today. 

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF SRI LANKA PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

(Based on information received from the Protocol and Liaison Service.)

Chithambaranathan Mahendran, the new Permanent Representative of Sri Lanka to the United Nations, today presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.