ATOMIC ENERGY AGENCY DESCRIBES DISASTROUS IMPACT, ‘LESSONS LEARNED’

FIFTEEN YEARS AFTER CHERNOBYL ACCIDENT

VIENNA, 25 April (IAEA) -- When the news of an accident at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant came out, it shocked the world.  The accident was by far the most devastating in the history of nuclear power, and the people of the region continue to live with its consequences.

Security Council

4314^th Meeting (PM)*

IN PRESIDENTIAL STATEMENT, SECURITY COUNCIL SAYS LACK OF PROGRESS ON KEY ISSUES

REGARDING CONFLICT IN ABKHAZIA, GEORGIA, IS UNACCEPTABLE

The continued lack of progress on key issues concerning a comprehensive settlement of the conflict in Abkhazia, Georgia, was unacceptable, the Security Council stressed in a statement this afternoon.

LIBRARIES IN BAHRAIN, CHINA, GEORGIA, MEXICO AND UNITED STATES

DESIGNATED UNITED NATIONS DEPOSITORY LIBRARIES

                                                            Note No. 5661

Fifty-fifth General Assembly

Plenary

99^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY ELECTS TWO ADDITIONAL JUDGES

FOR RWANDA INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL TRIBUNAL

The General Assembly this morning elected Winston Churchill Matanzima Maqutu (Lesotho) and Arlette Ramaroson (Madagascar) as judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR), following two rounds of voting.  Their terms of office will commence as soon as possible.

TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE BY DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL LOUISE FRÉCHETTE

AT HEADQUARTERS, 24 APRIL 2001

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN TENTH ANNIVERSARY MESSAGE, PRAISES ACCOMPLISHMENTS

OF EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION AND DEVELOPMENT

   Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the occasion of the tenth anniversary of the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development, delivered on his behalf by Danuta Hubner, Executive Secretary of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe in London on 22 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES ‘PROFOUND HUMANITY AND INTEGRITY’

OF JULIUS K. NYERERE AT NEW YORK MEMORIAL MASS

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the memorial mass in honour of the late Mwalimu Julius K. Nyerere in New York on 20 April:

It is a great honour for me to join you all for this memorial mass in honour of the late Mwalimu Julius Nyerere. 

Security Council

4312^th Meeting (AM & PM)

COUNCIL HEARS CALLS TO END IMPUNITY FOR PERPETRATORS OF GENOCIDE AND GROSS

RIGHTS VIOLATIONS, AS IT DISCUSSES PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS IN CONFLICT

FIFTY-SECOND VOLUME OF UNITED NATIONS YEARBOOK PUBLISHED COVERING

ORGANIZATION’S MAJOR ACTIVITIES IN 1998