JAPANESE YOUTH CONTRIBUTE TO UN ANTI-DRUG EFFORTS

 

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED BY DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II,

 

SPIRITUAL GUIDE, TIRELESS ADVOCATE OF PEACE

 

Following is the statement of UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of Pope John Paul II, issued 2 April:

‘CALLING OURSELVES COLLEAGUES OF DAG HAMMARSKJÖLD IS A BADGE OF HONOUR WE ALL WEAR’

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, OPENING COMMEMORATIVE LECTURE SERIES

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to open the Dag Hammarskjöld Lectures and Conversations Series in New York, 4 April:

Let me start by saying that calling ourselves colleagues of Dag Hammarskjöld is a badge of honour we all wear.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO PARLIAMENTARIANS TO HELP ADVANCE UN REFORM

TO MEET 21^ST CENTURY CHALLENGES, IN MESSAGE TO MANILA MEETING

 

Following is UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the 112^th Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union, delivered by Robert Orr, Assistant Secretary-General for Policy Coordination and Strategic Planning, in Manila, 3 April:

ITURI’S DISPLACED NOW FACING CHOLERA EPIDEMIC

 

BUNIA, Democratic Republic of Congo, 1 April (OCHA) -- Humanitarian workers in Ituri are calling for increased security in the Kakwa displaced camp after a cholera epidemic was declared in the area on Sunday.

GENERAL ASSEMBLY PRESIDENT OFFERS CONDOLENCES ON DEATH OF POPE JOHN PAUL II

Following is the statement of Jean Ping, President of the United Nations General Assembly, on the death of Pope John Paul II, issued on 2 April:

Special Committee on

 Peacekeeping Operations

185^th Meeting (AM)

SPECIAL COMMITTEE ON PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS BEGINS

 

REVIEW OF REPORT ON SEXUAL EXPLOITATION

Stressing Sense of Urgency, Determination

To Address Problem, Department Head Outlines Measures Taken So Far

Security Council

5159^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS UN OPERATION IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE UNTIL 4 MAY,

 

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1594 (2005)

 

The Security Council decided this afternoon to extend for one month, until 4 May 2005, the mandate of the United Nations Operation in Côte d’Ivoire (UNOCI) and the French forces supporting it.

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-eight Session

1^st & 2^nd Meetings (AM & PM)

MATERNAL MORTALITY UNACCEPTABLY HIGH, POPULATION COMMISSION TOLD,

AS IT OPENS CURRENT SESSION

 

DECOLONIZATION COMMITTEE DELEGATION Concludes visit TO BERMUDA

 

NEW YORK, 4 April (Department of Political Affairs) -- A delegation from the Special Committee on decolonization led by Julian R. Hunte of Saint Lucia, ended its four-day visit to Bermuda on 31 March 2005.  The invitation was extended by the United Kingdom, as the administering Power, on the request of the Bermuda Independence Commission, and supported by the Government of Bermuda.