TSUNAMI RELIEF EFFORT MUST BE DONE RIGHT, USED AS MODEL FOR FUTURE,

SAYS SPECIAL ENVOY AT HEADQUARTERS CONFERENCE

UN Humanitarian Affairs Office, Business Roundtable

Host Meeting on Public/Private Partnership in Disaster Relief

TIMOR-LESTE AT ‘CRITICAL JUNCTURE’, NEEDS STEADFAST INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO DILI MEETING

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the Timor-Leste and development partners meeting -– “Redefining Partnerships to Ensure a Better Future” –- in Dili, 25 to 26 April:

‘AROUND-THE-CLOCK’ CAPABILITY NEEDED TO SUCCESSFULLY FIGHT

 

CYBERCRIME, WORKSHOP TOLD

Speakers Stress Importance of International Cooperation;

UNODC Urged to Provide Technical Assistance to Member States

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

CRIME CONGRESS HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT OPENS WITH CHALLENGE TO MEET GROWING

THREATS OF TERRORISM, MASS DESTRUCTION WEAPONS, CYBERCRIME

Speakers Also Focus on Need for Action

To Counter Organized Crime, Corruption, Poverty

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

REGIONAL SHOCKS DETAILED BY UN’S ECONOMIC, SOCIAL SURVEY FOR ASIA, PACIFIC

(Reissued as received.)

BANGKOK, 25 April (UN Information Service) -- The 2005 “Economic and Social Survey of Asia and the Pacific:  Dealing with Shocks” was launched on Monday, 25 April 2005 in Bangkok by Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Executive Secretary Kim Hak-Su.

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES PEACEFUL ELECTION IN TOGO,

 

SAYS SHOULD PROVIDE SOUND PLATFORM FOR TRANSITION

The following statement was issued on 24 April by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

Security Council

5168^th Meeting (AM)*

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED BY CHAIRMEN OF ANTI-TERRORISM COMMITTEES;

CALLS FOR STRENGTHENED COOPERATION, ENHANCED INFORMATION SHARING

Presidential StatementRecallsMemberState Obligation to Report

On Implementation of Resolutions 1267 (1999), 1373 (2001), 1540 (2004)

PROMOTING SOCIAL PROGRESS, BETTER LIVING STANDARDS AS IMPORTANT NOW AS fifty

YEARS AGO, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN ADDRESS TO ASIAN-AFRICAN SUMMIT

Underlining Need for Compromise in Seeking Global Deal,

He Says United Nations Institutions Should Reflect World of 2005, Not 1945

Following is the text of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Asian-African Summit in Jakarta, Indonesia, 22 April:

Round-Up of Session

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS CONCLUDES SIXTY-FIRST SESSION AFTER ADOPTING,

86 RESOLUTIONS, 16 DECISIONS, 4 STATEMENTS BY CHAIRMAN

53-Member Body Establishes Mandates for 5 Independent

Experts, Including on Minorities, Sudan, Transnational Corporations

(Reissued as received.)

WORKSHOP ON CRIMINAL JUSTICE REFORM HIGHLIGHTS NEED

 

FOR RESTORATIVE JUSTICE AS ALTERNATIVE TO PRISON

Measures Discussed Include Mediation,

Conciliation, Compensation for Victims, Community Service

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)