Background Release

OUTER SPACE LEGAL SUBCOMMITTEE TO HOLD 44TH SESSION IN VIENNA

 

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION ADDS BUILDING BLOCK

TO GLOBAL ANTI-TERRORISM STRATEGY, IN REMARKS TO AD HOC COMMITTEE

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks to the Ad Hoc Committee established by General Assembly Resolution 51/210 on the adoption of a draft International Convention on Nuclear Terrorism, in New York, 1 April:

Ad Hoc Committee on Assembly

Resolution 51/210

35^th Meeting (AM)

AD HOC COMMITTEE ADOPTS DRAFT NUCLEAR TERRORISM CONVENTION,

CULMINATION OF NEGOTIATIONS BEGUN IN 1998

Strengthens International Legal Framework

Against One of World’s Most Urgent Threats, Says Secretary-General

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

42^nd Meeting (PM)

UN INTERNAL INVESTIGATIVE CAPACITY, PROCUREMENT REFORM, SPECIAL POLITICAL

MISSIONS AMONG ISSUES ADDRESSED IN BUDGET COMMITTEE TEXTS

First Part of Resumed Session to Conclude Next Week

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-Third Session

2280^th Meeting* (AM)

MONITORING BODY FOR INTERNATIONAL CIVIL POLITICAL RIGHTS COVENANT

CONCLUDES THREE-WEEK HEADQUARTERS SESSION

Requests Sudan to Submit Special Report

On Compliance with Key Articles of Treaty by Close of Year

Fifty-Ninth General Assembly

Second Committee

42^nd Meeting (PM)

ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL COMMITTEE APPROVES RECOMMENDATIONS

 

AIMED AT ENHANCING, REVITALIZING WORK

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN APRIL 2005

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in April, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

1 February-22 April

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ENVOY DEPARTS FOR EGYPT, JORDAN, SYRIA, LEBANON

 

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

Background Release

UN COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT TO MEET IN NEW YORK, 4 - 8 APRIL

Theme: Population, Development and HIV/AIDS, with Particular Emphasis on Poverty

The theme of the thirty-eighth session of the Commission on Population and Development, meeting at United Nations Headquarters (Conference Room 3) from 4 to 8 April, will be population, development and HIV/AIDS, with particular emphasis on poverty.

Security Council

5157^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL URGES COMMITMENT TO PEACEFUL ELECTORAL PROCESS IN GUINEA-BISSAU

In Presidential Statement, Council Also Strongly Condemns Any Attempt

To Incite Violence or Impede Efforts towards Peace, Stability, Development