SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS ERSKINE BOWLES AS DEPUTY

 

SPECIAL ENVOY FOR TSUNAMI RECOVERY

 

United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan appointed Erskine Bowles today as the Deputy Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery.  Mr. Bowles will support former President Bill Clinton in his capacity as the United Nations Special Envoy for Tsunami Recovery.  The Secretary-General announced President Clinton’s appointment last month.

MAJOR EFFORTS NEEDED TO BETTER MANAGE WORLD’S WATER – ‘OUR LIFELINE FOR SURVIVAL’

 

IN 21^ST CENTURY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN WORLD DAY MESSAGE

 

Following is United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message for World Water Day, observed 22 March:

GROUP OF EXPERTS ON CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS CONVENTION CONCLUDES TENTH SESSION

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GENEVA, 16 March (UN Information Service) -- The Tenth Session of the Group of Governmental Experts of the States Parties to the Convention on Prohibitions or Restrictions on the Use of Certain Conventional Weapons Which May be Deemed to be Excessively Injurious or to Have Indiscriminate Effects (CCW), concluded on Friday, 11 March 2005. 

MUCH OF UN MISSION DIRECT RESPONSE TO HORRORS OF NAZISM, HOLOCAUST,

 

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT JERUSALEM DINNER

 

Following are UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at a dinner hosted by Moshe Katsav, President of Israel, in Jerusalem, 15 March:

It is a great pleasure to be here, and I would like to express my gratitude to the Government and people of Israel for the warm welcome they have extended to all of us.

UNITED NATIONS HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS CALL FOR URGENT,

 

EFFECTIVE ACTION ON DARFUR, SUDAN

 

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Human Rights Committee

Eighty-Third Session

2258^th & 2259^th Meetings (AM & PM)

Changes to Iceland’s penal code aimed at combating terrorism

 

focus of debate in human rights committee

UN HAS ‘SACRED RESPONSIBILITY’ TO COMBAT HATRED, INTOLERANCE, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN REMARKS AT JERUSALEM HOLOCAUST MEMORIAL

Following are United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the inauguration of the Holocaust History Museum at Yad Vashem, in Jerusalem, 15 March:

I would like to thank the Government of Israel and Yad Vashem for inviting us to this ceremony.

‘GREEN GROWTH’ FOCUS OF SEOUL MINISTERIAL CONFERENCE 24-29 MARCH

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BANGKOK, 15 March (UN Information Services) -- The first high-level major environmental conference since the tsunami last December will be held in Seoul, Republic of Korea, 24-29 March 2005.

Human Rights Committee

Eighty-third Session

2256^th & 2257^th Meetings (AM & PM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF KENYA’S REPORT

ON COMPLIANCE WITH COVENANT ON CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

Experts Press for Greater Resolve by Government Regarding Troubling

Reports of Prisoner Mistreatment, Violence against Women, Forced Evictions

Security Council

5142^nd Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL RE-ESTABLISHES GROUP MONITORING SOMALIA ARMS EMBARGO

FOR FURTHER SIX MONTHS, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1587 (2005)

Report Says Recent Arms Shipments Strengthened Military Capacity

Of Elements Intending Violent Opposition to Transitional Government