Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENTATIVE OF GREECE PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

The new Permanent Representative of Greece to the United Nations, Adamantios Th. Vassilakis, presented his credentials today to Secretary-General Kofi Annan.

Biographical Note

NEW PERMANENT REPRESENATIVE OF HUNGARY PRESENTS CREDENTIALS

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

Laszlo Molnar, the new Permanent Representative of Hungary to the United Nations, presented his credentials to Secretary-General Kofi Annan today.

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LATEST ECONOMIC REPORT ON AFRICA TO BE RELEASED IN MAY

ADDIS ABABA, 16 April (ECA) -- The latest Economic Report on Africa (ERA) 2002, an annual flagship publication of the Economic Commission for Africa that provides a unique perspective on the continent's socio-economic development progress, will be published in May.

REFORM OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM TO BE FOCUS OF UN CRIME COMMISSION MEETING

40-Member Body to Hold Eleventh Session in Vienna, 16 to 25 April

VIENNA, 16 April (UN Information Service) -- The reform of the criminal justice system will be the main theme of discussion at the eleventh session of the UN Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice to be held here starting this morning.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ADDRESSING INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN SUPPORT OF MIDEAST PEACE,

SUGGESTS ‘THIRD-PARTY MECHANISMS’ MAY BE VITAL IN DEFUSING CRISIS

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

62^nd Meeting (PM)

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON LAW OF SEA EXAMINE

2003 DRAFT BUDGET OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL

The States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea met briefly this afternoon to consider the 2003 draft proposed budget of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

FIRST TRAINING COURSE IN BRAZIL FOR DELINEATION OF OUTER LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL

SHELF BEYOND 200 NAUTICAL MILES, RIO DE JANEIRO, 3 TO 8 MARCH

Between 3 and 8 March 2002, in Rio de Janeiro, the Brazilian Government hosted a five-day training course on the delineation of the outer limits of the continental shelf beyond 200 nautical miles.

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

61^st Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION OPEN TWELFTH MEETING

The States Parties to the Convention on the Law of the Sea this morning opened their twelfth meeting by welcoming three new members -- Bangladesh, Madagascar and Hungary -- as they marked the Convention’s twentieth anniversary. The total number of parties to the Convention now stands at 138.

PRESS STATEMENT ON ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BOUNDARY COMMISSION DECISION

by President of Security Council

Following is the text of today's press statement by Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation), President of the Security Council, on the decision of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission: