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POP/820
02/04/2002
Press Release
POP/820


Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fifth Session

4th 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

PAL/1910
02/04/2002
Press Release
PAL/1910


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.

SG/SM/8183
01/04/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8183


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.

SC/7351
01/04/2002
Press Release
SC/7351


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):