eleventh un crime congress opens in bangkok with focus

 

on organized crime, terrorism

Elected President of Congress, Thai Justice Minister Stresses

Need for International Community to Build New Security Consensus

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Committee on Information

Twenty-seventh Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

Fifty-ninth General Assembly

Fourth Committee

28^th Meeting (PM)

ROBUST CAPACITY-BUILDING VITAL FOR RULE-OF-LAW ASSISTANCE TO POST-CONFLICT

SOCIETIES, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IN MESSAGE TO CRIME PREVENTION CONGRESS

Creation of Dedicated Assistance Unit Will Help

Societies Emerging from Instability, He Tells Bangkok Meeting

UN HUMANITARIAN OFFICE DONOR SUPPORT GROUP VISITS GUINEA

CONAKRY, 18 April (OCHA) -– A 15-member delegation of the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) Donor Support Group, represented by Belgium, Canada, the European Community Humanitarian Office, France, Germany, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland, United Kingdom and the United States will arrive in Conakry, from Abidjan tomorrow for a three-day visit to Guinea.

disarmament WORKSHOP ON small arms, light weapons for Beijing, 19 to 21 april

NEW YORK, 15 April (Department for Disarmament Affairs) -– A United Nations workshop on small arms and light weapons will be held in Beijing, China, from 19 to 21 April 2005.  Organized by the Regional Centre for Peace and Disarmament in Asia and the Pacific of the Department for Disarmament Affairs, the meeting is hosted by China with generous support from Japan and Switzerland.

SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES ELECTION OUTCOME IN NORTHERN CYPRUS, WELCOMES

 

RENEWED EVIDENCE OF COMMITMENT TO PEACEFUL RESOLUTION

 

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

Security Council

5163^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL WIDENS ARMS EMBARGO ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

 

TO INCLUDE TRAVEL BAN, ASSETS FREEZE ON VIOLATORS

 

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES DIALOGUE TO RESOLVE ECUADOR’S CONSTITUTIONAL CRISIS

The following statement was issued on Saturday, 16 April, by the Spokesman for UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General is following with concern the latest developments in Ecuador.  The present crisis may aggravate an already unstable situation.

‘PIECES IN PLACE’ ON GLOBAL DEAL TO PROMOTE DEVELOPMENT, SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN REMARKS TO HEADQUARTERS PANEL

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the panel of finance and development cooperation ministers and experts, held as part of the Commission on Sustainable Development, in New York, 18 April: