UN HUMAN RIGHTS EXPERTS EXPRESS SERIOUS CONCERN ABOUT SITUATION IN NEPAL

GENEVA, 8 February (UN Information Service) -- The following statement was issued today by nine United Nations human rights experts, whose names appear below:

UNITED NATIONS SEEKS NEARLY $3 MILLION TO ASSIST FLOOD VICTIMS IN GUYANA

TERRORISM THREAT TO ALL CIVILIZED COUNTRIES, ANATHEMA TO ALL FAITHS, SAYS

SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO RIYADH COUNTER-TERRORISM CONFERENCE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the International Counter-Terrorism Conference in Riyadh, 5 to 8 February, delivered by Javier Rupérez, Executive Director, Counter-Terrorism Committee Executive Directorate:

SECRETARY-GENERAL URGES QUICK ACTION TO PRESERVE ‘PRICELESS TREASURE’

OF AFRICAN ROCK ART, IN VIDEO MESSAGE

 

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message for the Trust for African Rock Art:

RECENT CASES OF ‘MAD COW DISEASE’ ISOLATED INCIDENTS

 

Three Cases Detected in Canada, One in US

(Reissued as received.)

FORESTS CENTRAL TO ANTI-POVERTY, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT EFFORTS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO BRAZZAVILLESUMMIT

 

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

 of the Palestinian People

284^th Meeting (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED TOGO’S POWER TRANSFER NOT DONE

‘IN FULL RESPECT’ OF CONSTITUTION

The Secretary-General is concerned that the transfer of power that has taken place in Togo following the death of President Eyadema has not been done in full respect of the provisions of the Constitution.

The Secretary-General re-emphasizes the need for constitutionality and respect for the rule of law.

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United Nations Conferences and Observances

PALESTINIAN ELECTION SUCCESS AUSPICIOUS, BUT SITUATION REMAINS FRAGILE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN STATEMENT TO PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s statement at the opening of the 2005 session of the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People, in New York, 7 February: