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

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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

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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:

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HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TO CONSIDER REPORTS OF GEORGIA, SWEDEN, HUNGARY, GAMBIA,

18 MARCH – 15 APRIL

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

50^th Meeting (AM)

SECRETARIAT PRESENTS FINAL EXPENDITURES OF SOME $2.56 BILLION

FOR 2000-2001 BIENNIUM

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL LOUISE FRÉCHETTE

ON UNITED NATIONS REFORM, AT HEADQUARTERS, 6 MARCH

GLOBAL CONFERENCE TO FOCUS ON KEY ROLE INVESTMENT IN CHILDREN CAN PLAY

IN PROMOTING PEACE, SECURITY

United Nations Special Session on Children, Postponed

In September, Brings World Leaders Back to New York Eight Weeks from Today