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SOC/4606
08/04/2002
Press Release
SOC/4606


UN BODIES ADDRESS AGEING ASSEMBLY’S MAIN COMMITTEE


(Received from a UN Information Officer.)


Six United Nations bodies addressed the Main Committee of the Second World Assembly on Ageing this afternoon, presenting their views and reporting on the relevant experiences on the ageing of the world population. 

SEA/1732
08/04/2002
Press Release
SEA/1732


INFORMAL CONSULTATIVE PROCESS ON OCEAN AFFAIRS TO HOLD THIRD MEETING

AT HEADQUARTERS, 8 - 15 APRIL


To Focus on Protection, Preservation of Marine Environment; Capacity-

Building, Regional Cooperation and Coordination, Integrated Ocean Management


The Third Meeting of the United Nations Consultative Process on Ocean Affairs will focus its one-week session, to be held at Headquarters from 8 to

SC/7357
08/04/2002
Press Release
SC/7357


PRESS STATEMENT ON MIDDLE EAST BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL


Following is the text of yesterday’s press statement on the Middle East by the President of the Security Council, Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):


The consultations of the Security Council were convened at the request of the Arab Group.


The members of the Security Council have met in their determination to ensure the implementation of resolutions 1397, 1402 and 1403.

PAL/1913
08/04/2002
Press Release
PAL/1913


UN:  ‘END THE HORROR IN THE CAMPS’


GAZA, 7 April (UNRWA) -- Peter Hansen, Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), has called on the Israeli military to cease its bloody assault on Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank.