SPECIAL ENVOY OF SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR MYANMAR TO VISIT YANGON, 19 - 22 MARCH

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

Mr. Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will visit Yangon from 19 to 22 March 2002, to continue his effort to help facilitate the national reconciliation process in Myanmar.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ENCOURAGES GOVERNMENTS, CIVIL SOCIETY TO ASSESS ACTION TAKEN

TO PROMOTE EQUALITY, DIVERSITY, TOLERANCE

New Ways Needed to Address Racism, Intolerance,

He Says in Message on Day to Eliminate Discrimination

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination, 21 March:

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO RESOLUTION 1267 (1999)

ADDS TWO ENTITIES TO ITS CONSOLIDATED LIST

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) has added the following two entities to its consolidated list:

-- Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation – Bosnia Herzegovina

-- Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation – Somalia

Security Council

4494^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ETHIOPIA/ERITREA MISSION UNTIL 15 SEPTEMBER,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1398 (2002)

Security Council

4492^nd & 4493^rd Meetings* (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, ADOPTS AIDE-MEMOIRE IDENTIFYING

13 CORE OBJECTIVES FOR PROTECTING CIVILIANS IN ARMED CONFLICT

Humanitarian Affairs Under-Secretary-General Briefs Council,

Says Text Result of ‘Unprecedented Cooperation’ between Council, Secretariat

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UN COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS OF $1.8 BILLION

(Delayed in transmission)

GENEVA, 13 March (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Ambassador Sverre Bergh Johansen (Norway), has today approved awards of $1,765,851,513.89 for compensation.

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS TO HOLD FIFTY-EIGHTH SESSION

AT PALAIS DES NATIONS FROM 18 MARCH TO 26 APRIL

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 15 March (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights will hold its fifty-eighth session at the Palais des Nations in Geneva from

18 March to 26 April 2002.

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

52^nd Meeting (PM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS THAT GENERAL ASSEMBLY AUTHORIZE ONLY PART

OF RESOURCES NEEDED FOR FOLLOW-UP TO DURBAN RACISM CONFERENCE

Approves Four Draft Texts on Financing

Of Special Political Missions, New Office Space at Addis Ababa

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

51^st Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES DISCUSSION OF UNITED NATIONS FINANCIAL SITUATION

Citing Absence of Other Sources of Interim Financing,

Under-Secretary-General for Management Says Cross-Borrowing Likely to Continue

SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOLLOWING DECISION IN LOCKERBIE TRIAL APPEAL,

SAYS FAMILIES CAN PERHAPS NOW CLOSE 'TRAGIC CHAPTER'

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan: