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GA/SM/282-L/T/4367

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT SAYS PERMANENT INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT WILL PROVIDE MUCH STRONGER DETERRENCE THAN AD HOC TRIBUNALS

11/04/02
Press Release
GA/SM/282
L/T/4367


General Assembly President Says Permanent International Criminal Court


WILL PROVIDE MUCH STRONGER DETERRENCE THAN AD HOC TRIBUNALS


Following is the message by Han Seung-soo, President of the General Assembly, to the ceremony marking the establishment of the International Criminal Court on 11 April 2002:

SOC/4613

DIFFICULT SITUATION OF AFRICA AND COUNTRIES IN CONFLICT IN SUPPORT OF OLDER PEOPLE HIGHLIGHTED AT AGEING ASSEMBLY IN MADRID

10/04/2002
Press Release
SOC/4613


DIFFICULT SITUATION OF AFRICA AND COUNTRIES IN CONFLICT IN SUPPORT


OF OLDER PEOPLE HIGHLIGHTED AT AGEING ASSEMBLY IN MADRID


(Received from a UN Information Officer.)


Developing countries’ difficult situation, which exacerbated the situation of older people there, was particularly true for countries trapped in cycles of violent conflict, the Vice-Minister for Social Assistance of Angola, Maria Da Luz, told the Second World Assembly on Ageing this afternoon.

PI/1408

TRAINING SEMINAR ON INTERNET FOR FRENCH-SPEAKING AFRICAN PERMANENT MISSIONS HELD IN NEW YORK, FROM 4 TO 11 APRIL

10/04/2002
Press Release
PI/1408


Training Seminar on Internet for French-speaking African Permanent Missions

held in New York, from 4 to 11 April


NEW YORK, 10 April (DPI) -- The United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) and the International Organization of la Francophonie (OIF) are holding a Training Seminar on the Internet for French-speaking African Permanent Missions at United Nations Headquarters in New York, from 4 to 11 April.