Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fifth Session

4^th Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT HOLDS PANEL DISCUSSION

ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH, RIGHTS

Population Trends, HIV/AIDS, Abortion among Issues Addressed

By Experts from Ireland, Chile, South Africa, Russian Federation

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fifth Session

3^rd Meeting (AM)

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT FOCUSES ON REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH,

RIGHTS, WITH SPECIAL REFERENCE TO HIV/AIDS

UN EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN AT WORSENING HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN WEST BANK

(Reissued as received.)

GAZA, 2 April (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), has expressed deep concern at the worsening humanitarian situation in the West Bank following the Israeli military assaults on Ramallah, Bethlehem, Tulkarm and Qalqilya.

Human Rights Committee

Seventy-fourth Session

2006^th Meeting* (PM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE BRIEFED ON OUTCOME OF DURBAN WORLD CONFERENCE

AGAINST RACISM, RACIAL DISCRIMINATION

Background Release

SECOND UN WORLD ASSEMBLY ON AGEING TO CONVENE IN MADRID, 8-12 APRIL

Objectives:  To Promote ‘A Society

The Secretary-General departed New York on Monday, 25 March, to attend the Summit of the League of Arab States, which would take place in Lebanon on Wednesday and Thursday.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED AT DEATH OF HER MAJESTY QUEEN ELIZABETH,

THE QUEEN MOTHER

The following statement was issued on 30 March by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General shares the sadness of the British people at the news of the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

PRESS STATEMENT ON MIDDLE EAST BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement on the Middle East by the President of the Security Council, delivered by Gennady Gatilov (Russian Federation):

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN APRIL

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for April:

Security Council

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fifth Session

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT OPENS 35^TH SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

The Commission on Population and Development today opened its thirty-fifth session, with reproductive rights and reproductive health with special reference to HIV/AIDS as its theme.  The session will last through 5 April.