ON CHERNOBYL DISASTER ANNIVERSARY, SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DRAMATIC

 

EXPANSION OF DEVELOPMENT ASSISTANCE TO COUNTRIES MOST AFFECTED

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

SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE REAFFIRMS SUPPORT FOR EXPERT GROUP’S WORK

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1533 (2004) of 12 March 2004, was recently made aware of the existence of allegations pertaining to the work of the Group of Experts on the Democratic Republic of the Congo. 

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Following is the press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, delivered today by Security Council President Wang Guangya (China):

Members of the Council heard a briefing from Mr. Guéhenno on recent political developments in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where the Transition is entering a key phase;

LATIN AMERICA’S TREATY PROHIBITING NUCLEAR WEAPONS ‘INSPIRING LANDMARK’

 

FOR DISARMAMENT, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO MEXICO MEETING

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Conference of States Parties and Signatories of Treaties that Establish Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zones, in Tlatelolco, Mexico, 26-28 April:

GOVERNMENTS WILL LAUNCH GLOBAL CAMPAIGN TO ELIMINATE 12 MOST HAZARDOUS CHEMICALS,

AS PARTIES TO STOCKHOLM CONVENTION MEET 2-6 MAY

(Reissued as received.)

SECURITY, DEVELOPMENT, HUMAN RIGHTS ALL ESSENTIAL FOR LIFE ‘IN LARGER

FREEDOM’, CRIME CONGRESS HIGH-LEVEL MEETING TOLD

Government Efforts to Combat Organized Crime,

Corruption, Terrorism Indispensable in New Collective Security System

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL DISPATCHES TEAM TO VERIFY SYRIAN WITHDRAWAL FROM LEBANON

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

UN SAYS BIRD FLU OUTBREAK IN DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA CONTAINED

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 25 April (FAO) -- The recent outbreak of avian influenza in North Korea (DPRK) has been successfully contained, the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) said today, urging the country to continue surveillance on the affected farms and elsewhere to ensure that no residual infection remains.

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, who had left New York on Tuesday evening, 19 April, accompanied by his wife Nane, arrived in Jakarta, Indonesia, on the morning of Thursday, April 21, following stopovers in Frankfurt, Germany, and Singapore.

Eleventh un crime congress concludes with adoption of Bangkok declaration

 

calling for action against organized crime, terrorism

Other Matters Addressed Include Human Trafficking,

Money-Laundering, Corruption, Cybercrime, Restorative Justice

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)