REGIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON IMPLEMENTATION OF UN PROGRAMME OF ACTION

ON ILLICIT SMALL ARMS TRADE TO BE HELD IN ALGIERS, 11-13 APRIL

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Plenary

87^th & 88^th Meetings (AM & PM)

FAO FORECASTS GOOD WORLD CEREAL CROP FOR 2005

 

Meat Trade Seen Recovering, But Food Safety Concerns Persist

(Reissued as received.)

FUTURE OF SOCIETIES DEPENDS ON IMPROVING HEALTH OF EVERY MOTHER AND CHILD,

SAYS GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT, IN WORLD HEALTH DAY MESSAGE

Following is the message of Jean Ping (Gabon), President of the General Assembly, for World Health Day, observed 7 April:

Hundreds of thousands of women and millions of children die every year because they do not have access to quality health care.

SECRETARY-GENERAL OUTLINES MAJOR PROPOSALS TO REFORM UN HUMAN RIGHTS

 

MACHINERY, IN ADDRESS TO GENEVA HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s address to the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva, 7 April:

UNITED NATIONS EXPERT GROUP MEETING TO DISCUSS CHALLENGES

 

IN MEASURING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN

 

Security Council

5160^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL ESTABLISHES COMMISSION TO ASSIST INVESTIGATION

INTO BEIRUT BOMBING THAT KILLED FORMER LEBANESE PRIME MINISTER

 

Resolution 1595 (2005) Adopted Unanimously;

Asks for Completion of Investigation within Three Months

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPLAUDS INAUGURATION OF BUS SERVICE

 

ACROSS LINE OF CONTROL IN JAMMU AND KASHMIR

 

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

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-Eight Session

7^th Meeting (AM)

 

EXPECTED TO REACH 7 BILLION BY 2013, WORLD POPULATION

CURRENTLY STANDS AT 6.5 BILLION, COMMISSION TOLD

Major Trends Include Ageing; Urbanization of Population;

Reduction of Family Size, Fertility Levels; Increases in Family Planning

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $195 MILLION

(Reissued as received.)