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:

UN RELIEF MISSION TO JENIN REFUGEE CAMP REVEALS MONUMENTAL DESTRUCTION

Note to Correspondents

SPECIAL COORDINATOR FOR MIDDLE EAST PEACE PROCESS

CALLS SITUATION IN JENIN CAMP ‘APPALLING’

UNITED NATIONS FELLOWSHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

AWARDED TO CANDIDATES FROM 18 COUNTRIES

GENEVA, 16 April (UN Information Service) -- The Selection Committee of the United Nations Fellowship Programme in International Law met in New York on Tuesday, 9 April 2002, under the chairmanship of Hans Corell, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel.

NICOSIA MEETING REVIEWS SITUATION IN OCCUPIED TERRITORIES SINCE SEPTEMBER 2000

Israeli Courts Cite Security Considerations

As Reason for Human Rights Violations by Israeli Soldiers

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

UNITED NATIONS MEETING ON QUESTION OF PALESTINE OPENS IN NICOSIA

Secretary-General Says Leaders Must Bring Their People Back from Edge of Abyss

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

FOOD CRISIS THREATENS SEVERAL COUNTRIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA

NAIROBI/ROME, 16 April (FAO) -- More than 4 million people in southern Africa are threatened by serious food shortages, because of declining food production caused by prolonged dry spells, floods and disruption of farming activities, according to a report released today by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who arrived in Geneva late on Thursday, 11 April, from Rome, addressed the fifty-eighth session of the Commission of Human Rights at the Palais des Nations early on Friday morning.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Rome from Madrid in the afternoon of Wednesday, 10 April.