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HR/CT/616
20/03/2002
Press Release
HR/CT/616


Human Rights Committee

Seventy-fourth Session

1989th & 1990th Meetings (AM & PM)


HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TAKES UP SWEDEN'S FIFTH REPORT ON COMPLIANCE


WITH INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL, POLITICAL RIGHTS


Delegation Introduces National Action Plan 2002-2004;

Experts Question Impact of Anti-Terrorist Measures on Human Rights

DEV/2380
20/03/2002
Press Release
DEV/2380


IMPORTANCE OF COHERENCE IN DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AT ALL LEVELS EMPHASIZED


BY SPEAKERS IN ROUND TABLE AT FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE


(Received from a UN Information Officer.)


MONTERREY, 20 March -- The need for coherence in development policies at all levels was among the many issues stressed by speakers in Ministerial Round Table B1 held this morning as part of the International Conference on Financing for Development.

AFR/392-SC/7336
20/03/2002
Press Release
AFR/392
SC/7336


PRESS STATEMENT ON ANGOLA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL


Following is the text of today's press statement on Angola by the President of the Security Council, Ole Peter Kolby (Norway):


Under-Secretary-General Gambari briefed the Council today on the latest developments in Angola.


Members of the Council welcomed the recent political development including the Angolan Government’s statement of 13 March.

AFR/390-SC/7335
20/03/2002
Press Release
AFR/390
SC/7335


PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL


Following is the text of today’s press statement on Burundi by the President of the Security Council, Ole Peter Kolby (Norway):

SG/SM/8168
19/03/2002
Press Release
SG/SM/8168


SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO OBSERVANCE BY ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN FAMILIES,


SAYS EVENT SHOULD SPUR ALL TO HELP END 'THIS LONG SEASON OF TEARS'


      Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to the observance by the "Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace" in New York on 19 March: