PRESS STATEMENT ON CYPRUS BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is yesterday evening’s statement to the press on Cyprus by Security Council President Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore):

The members of the Council heard on 2 May a further interim report from

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SECURITY COUNCIL ASKS SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ESTABLISH TEAM TO ASSESS REQUIREMENTS

UN POPULATION FUND SEEKS $3.6 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

Protecting Pregnant Women a Top Priority

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISBANDING JENIN FACT-FINDING TEAM

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

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES TO SEE ‘DECISIVE PROGRESS’ IN UPCOMING CYPRUS TALKS

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

Alvaro de Soto, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus, briefed the members of the Security Council this afternoon on talks in Cyprus between

PRESS STATEMENT ON ERITREA, ETHIOPIA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

     Following is today's press statement on Eritrea and Ethiopia by Security Council President Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore):

Council Members were briefed by the Secretariat on the peace process between Eritrea and Ethiopia.

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TENSION BETWEEN PROTECTING SECURITY, DAMAGE TO FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS

FOCUS OF WORLD PRESS FREEDOM DAY OBSERVANCE AT HEADQUARTERS

GAZA FACING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

(Reissued as received.)

GAZA, 2 May (UNRWA) -- A humanitarian crisis is looming in the Gaza Strip as the Israeli authorities continue to block the entry of basic foodstuffs, medicines and fuel, and refuse to relax internal restrictions on the movement of all goods and personnel.

Has world lived up to its promises to children?

UN Member States Meet to Review Past Promises and to Set New Goals for Children

New York, 2 May –- An estimated 150 million of the world’s children are malnourished.  Nearly 11 million die before their fifth birthday. Over 120 million are still out of school.  Has the world lived up to its promises to children made at the 1990 World Summit for Children?