When the Secretary-General met with President Laurent Kabila of the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Harare, Zimbabwe, on 3 June at the Organization of African Unity (OAU) Summit, the first matter he raised with the President was human rights and the humanitarian situation regarding Rwandan refugees in that country.
Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the John Fitzgerald Kennedy Library, in Boston, Massachusetts, today:
The Secretary-General has been following with concern the reports of the recent violent incidents in East Timor which have resulted in the loss of life and are causing considerable human suffering.
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GENEVA, 6 June (UN Information Service) -- The Committee on the Rights of the Child adjourned this morning its three-week fifteenth session by issuing conclusions and recommendations on reports submitted to it by six countries.
NEW YORK, 5 May (DDSMS) -- Thirty-nine public administration experts from developing and developed countries and those with economies in transition set out recommendations for promoting sound governance, at the thirteenth Meeting of Experts on the United Nations Programme in Public Administration and Finance, which met at Headquarters from 27 May to 4 June.
