Security Council

4316^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL FORWARDS NAMES OF 64 JUDGES FOR FORMER YUGOSLAVIA TRIBUNAL

TO GENERAL ASSEMBLY, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1350 (2001)

Having decided to consider the nomination of ad litem judges for the International Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia, the Security Council forwarded a list of 64 judges to the General Assembly this afternoon.

Security Council

4315^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS MANDATE OF WESTERN SAHARA MISSION UNTIL 30 JUNE,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1349 (2001)

Background Release

FOCUSING ON DPI ROLE IN FURTHERING MILLENNIUM DECLARATION GOALS, COMMITTEE

ON INFORMATION TO MEET AT HEADQUARTERS 30 APRIL – 11 MAY

                                                            Note No. 5663

Round-up of Session

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES FIFTY-SEVENTH SESSION

Appoints Special Rapporteur for Indigenous People; Ends Mandates

Of Special Representative on Rwanda, Special Rapporteur on the Former Yugoslavia

(Reissued as received.)

Commission on Sustainable Development

Ninth Session

12^th Meeting (AM)

COMMISSION ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TO CONTINUE INFORMAL CONSULTATIONS

WITH VIEW TO CONCLUDING CURRENT SESSION LATER TODAY

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PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR WORLD SUMMIT ON SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT

TO HOLD ORGANIZATIONAL SESSION AT HEADQUARTERS, 30 APRIL - 2 MAY

The Commission on Sustainable Development acting as the Preparatory Committee for the World Summit on Sustainable Development, to take place during the last half of 2002 in Johannesburg, South Africa, will hold its organizational session at Headquarters from 30 April to 2 May.

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR GREATER ASSISTANCE FOR CHERNOBYL VICTIMS

Following is the text of remarks made yesterday evening by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the opening ceremony of an exhibition titled “Black Wind, White Land -- Living with Chernobyl”:

Disarmament Commission

2001 Substantive Session

247^th Meeting (AM) and Round-up

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION REVIEWS APPROACHES TO NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT

AND CONVENTIONAL ARMS CONTROL, AS IT CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION

The Disarmament Commission concluded its substantive session for 2001 this morning with the adoption of its final report and reports of its two working groups, as orally revised.

STRONGER PREVENTION EFFORT NEEDED TO HALT HIV/AIDS, UN POPULATION FUND

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR TELLS AFRICAN SUMMIT

ABUJA, Nigeria, 27 April (UNFPA) -— A stepped-up effort to prevent the spread of infection is the only way to end the scourge of HIV/AIDS, the Executive Director of the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) said today in a statement to the African Summit on HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Other Related Infectious Diseases.