Press Release

Sixtieth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

41^st Meeting (AM)

BUDGET COMMITTEE TAKES UP ISSUES OF UN INTERNAL JUSTICE SYSTEM,

FINANCING FOR 29 SPECIAL POLITICAL MISSIONS

Ombudsman Presents First Report

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-sixth Session

2351^st Meeting (AM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE URGES HONG KONG TO BOOST EFFORTS

TO ENSURE FREEDOMS OF PRESS, RELIGIOUS EXPRESSION

As Committee Concludes Review of Report, Representative Says Covenant

LOSS OF PEACEKEEPERS IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO REASON TO PRESS ON, SUCCEED

IN ‘NOBLE MISSION ’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL AT KINSHASA MEMORIAL SERVICE

UNITED NATIONS ASSISTS ECUADOR FOLLOWING FLOODS

LAUNCH OF GLOBAL PLAN A MILESTONE IN STRUGGLE AGAINST TUBERCULOSIS,

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD TB DAY

Following is the text of the message by UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on World TB Day, 24 March 2006:

‘CULTURE OF ACCOUNTABILITY IS THE BEST ANTIDOTE TO IMPUNITY’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

IN MESSAGE ON DAY FOR SOLIDARITY WITH DETAINED, MISSING STAFF

Special Committee on

Peacekeeping Operations

191^st Meeting (Night)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS CONCLUDES CURRENT SESSION,

ADOPTS REPORT CALLING FOR ENHANCED SECURITY OF PERSONNEL IN FIELD

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-sixth Session

2349^th & 2350^th Meetings* (AM & PM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TAKES UP REPORT OF HONG KONG

SPECIAL ADMINISTRATIVE REGION OF CHINA

Delegation Outlines Steps Taken to Address

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED AT RELEASE FROM PRISON OF IRANIAN JOURNALIST AKBAR GANJI

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan and Nane Annan arrived from Johannesburg, South Africa, in Antananarivo, Madagascar, in the evening of Wednesday, 15 March, on the second leg of his two-week Africa visit.