Current Year Projection Is More Cash, Better Assessments Collection, Lower Level Of Debt - A UN Better Prepared to Meet Responsibilities Member States Gave It
Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the second meeting of representatives of the United Nations system and the Caribbean Community and its associate institutions, which will be held in the Bahamas on 27 and 28 March:
(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)
(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)
KINGSTON, 22 March -- Meeting in Kingston this morning, the Council of the International Seabed Authority elected by acclamation Sakiusa S. Rabuka (Fiji) as its President for the 2000 session.
(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)
KINGSTON, 22 March -- The Council of the International Seabed Authority, resuming its discussion on draft regulations for mineral exploration, devoted its informal proceedings this afternoon in Kingston to regulation 32, the key clause on protection and preservation of the marine environment.
(Received from the International Seabed Authority.)
Addressing the Security Council this afternoon following an open briefing by the Secretariat on the situation in Bosnia and Herzegovina, that country's representative warned against viewing the entire Balkans region as "one indistinguishable mess"; ultimately, ethnic diversity would be an advantage rather than an obstacle.
The Human Rights Committee this afternoon expressed its dissatisfaction with responses provided by Mongolia to the questions it posed. The 18-member expert Committee had asked about that countrys compliance with the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The Human Rights Committee this morning reviewed paragraphs 24, 25 and 26 of article 3 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, as part of its continued consideration of a draft general comment on that article.
