SECRETARY-GENERAL TO ADDRESS BOARD OF GLOBAL FUND

TO FIGHT AIDS, TUBERCULOSIS, MALARIA

Secretary-General Kofi Annan will address the Board of the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria on 23 April at 12 noon in the Economic and Social Council Chamber at Headquarters in New York.  Accredited journalists are invited to attend.  The 23-member Board is holding its second meeting from 22 to 24 April in New York. 

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

64^th Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON LAW OF SEA URGED TO SUPPORT EURO

AS CURRENCY OF REFERENCE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL

In a brief meeting this morning, the States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea were urged to support the euro as the currency of reference for the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea.

Security Council

4515^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, TAKING UP MIDDLE EAST SITUATION, HEARS DISCUSSION OF PROPOSAL

BY SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR DEPLOYMENT OF MULTINATIONAL FORCE

Security Council

4514^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, WELCOMING ANGOLA CEASEFIRE, EXTENDS MANDATE

OF SANCTIONS MONITORING MECHANISM UNTIL 19 OCTOBER

CONTINUED UN CONCERN AT GAZA FOOD SHORTAGES

GAZA, 18 April (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has protested to the Israeli military authorities at the tight security measures imposed on the Gaza Strip that are causing shortages of basic foodstuffs.

UN FINDS ONE IN TWELVE CHILDREN DIES BEFORE AGE FIVE

Updated Report Asserts That Healthy, Educated Children

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SEALS AGREEMENT TO IMPROVE

UN ASSISTANCE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED

NEW YORK, 18 April (OCHA) -- The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Kenzo Oshima, and the Representative of the Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons, Francis Deng, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 17 April to improve United Nations efforts to respond to the severe crisis of internal displacement around the world.

NGOS URGE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

Plan of Action Holds Israel Responsible for Reparations to Palestinians

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

DECLARATION, ISSUED AT CLOSE OF NICOSIA MEETING,

STATES ISRAELI OCCUPATION CORE OF CONFLICT

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

NICOSIA, 17 April –- Following is the full text of the Nicosia Declaration approved at the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace held in Nicosia, Cyprus, 16 and 17 April:

INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN SUPPORT OF MIDDLE EAST PEACE APPROVES NICOSIA DECLARATION

Speakers at Closing Meeting Stress Urgency of Ending

Israeli Occupation, Establishing Palestinian State as Key to Peace in Region

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)