Ad Hoc Committee on International Convention

against Reproductive Cloning of Human Beings

4^th & 5^th Meetings (AM & PM)

COMMITTEE CHARGED WITH ELABORATING CONVENTION TO BAN HUMAN CLONING

CONCLUDES FIRST SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS

Chairman Says ‘Basic Trends of Views’ Emerged

During Week-Long Focus on Policy, Technical, Ethical Questions

‘WE NEED TO RECOGNIZE THAT ALL POLITICS –- IN OUR ERA -– IS GLOBAL,

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN ADDRESS TO DICKINSON COLLEGE

In Struggle against Terrorism, There Is No

Alternative to International Cooperation, She States

Following is the text of an address on 28 February by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to Dickinson College, Carlisle, Pennsylvania:

DISPLACED PERSONS FROM AFGHANISTAN’S LARGEST CAMP BEGIN THEIR JOURNEY HOME

Commission for Social Development

Fortieth Session

(11^th Meeting resumed) (PM)

and Forty-first Session

1^st Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION FOR SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT REACHES AGREEMENT

ON INTEGRATION OF SOCIAL, ECONOMIC POLICIES

Members Adopt Text Inviting Economic and Social Council

To Examine Importance of Such Integration at High-Level Segment

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES OUTCOME OF SUMMIT AMONG PRESIDENTS

OF GUINEA, LIBERIA, SIERRA LEONE

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

The Secretary-General welcomes the outcome of the Summit among the Presidents of the three Mano River Union countries, Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone, held in Rabat under the auspices of His Majesty King Mohammed VI of Morocco.

‘NOBLE MISSION’ OF PEACE-BUILDING COMPLEX, LONG TERM AND DELICATE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN ADDRESS TO GERMANY’S BUNDESTAG

Following is the address of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, entitled “Building Sustainable Peace”, to Germany’s Bundestag in Berlin, on 28 February:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS ON ISRAELI DEFENCE FORCE

TO WITHDRAW FROM PALESTINIAN REFUGEE CAMPS

Implores Both Sides to Refrain from Actions Endangering Civilians

Following is a statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan in Berlin today:

PRESS STATEMENT ON MANO RIVER UNION SUMMIT BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement by the President of the Security Council, Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico), on yesterday’s summit meeting of the leaders of the Mano River Union:

Members of the Security Council welcomed the summit meeting held yesterday by the leaders of the Mano River Union (Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone).

PRESS STATEMENT ON KOSOVO BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Kosovo by the President of the Security Council, Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico):

Members of the Security Council were briefed by Hédi Annabi, Assistant Secretary-General for Peacekeeping Operations, on the situation in Kosovo.

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