Preparatory Commission for

International Criminal Court

35^th Meeting (AM)

INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT WILL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JULY 2002,

AS 10 STATES DEPOSIT RATIFICATION INSTRUMENTS AT HEADQUARTERS

Sixty-six Countries Have Now Ratified Treaty -– 60 Were Required;

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMES SIXTIETH RATIFICATION

OF STATUTE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

GENEVA, 11 April (UN Information Service) -- Following is a statement issued by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson on the occasion of the deposit of the sixtieth instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court:

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:

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.

CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY POVERTY, IMPORTANCE OF INTER-GENERATIONAL SOLIDARITY

AMONG THEMES RAISED AS AGEING ASSEMBLY CONTINUES IN MADRID

Speakers Describe Important Role of National Action Plans

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York on 6 April and arrived in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday, 7 April, to begin a weeklong visit to Europe that would also take him to Rome and Geneva.

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES BUSINESS, LABOUR ORGANIZATIONS, CIVIL SOCIETY

TO MAINTAIN MOMENTUM OF GLOBAL COMPACT

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Ceremony of Adherence to the Global Compact, Madrid, 9 April:

Security Council

4511^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR JOINT STATEMENT ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUED

TODAY BY UN, UNITED STATES, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, EUROPEAN UNION

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.

CATASTROPHIC CONDITIONS IN JENIN CAMP AS ISRAEL

MAKES MASS ARRESTS AT TRAINING CENTRE

Camp Residents in Nablus Area Asked to Leave Shelters,

Large-Scale Israeli Military Operation under Way in Camp