SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE RESTORATION OF DEMOCRATIC INSTITUTIONS

IN NEPAL, AFTER CONSITUTIONAL MONARCHY DISSOLVES GOVERNMENT

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

Special Committee on

 Peacekeeping Operations

182^nd & 183^rd  Meetings* (AM & PM)

As special committee concludes debate, troop contributors say peacekeeping burden

 

falls disproportionately on developing countries

Challenge Is How to Involve Regional

Organizations without Regionalizing Peacekeeping, Speaker Adds

those responsible for darfur crimes must be held accountable, Secretary-General

 

says as he transmits commission of inquiry report to Security Council

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the report of the International Commission of Inquiry on Darfur issued today in New York:

SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS FORMER UNITED STATES PRESIDENT CLINTON

POSITION OF TSUNAMI SPECIAL ENVOY

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

BIRD FLU REMAINS CONSTANT THREAT AND COULD WORSEN, SAYS FAO

Countries Need to Step Up Control

Efforts —- More Emphasis on Animal Health Issues Needed

(Reissued as received.)

HUGE INVESTMENTS IN WATER, AGRICULTURE AND ECOSYSTEMS NEEDED TO REDUCE

HUNGER AND POVERTY, SAYS FAO IN MESSAGE TO CONFERENCE IN THE HAGUE

(Reissued as received.)

The Hague, 31 January (FAO) -- Investments in agriculture and ecosystems in poor countries are essential to reduce by half the number of hungry people by 2015, Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) Deputy Director-General David Harcharik said today in The Hague.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN FEBRUARY 2005

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

Meetings continued from previous month:

24 January-4 February

Round-Up

COMMITTEE ON RIGHTS OF CHILD CONCLUDES THIRTY-EIGHTH SESSION

Adopts Conclusion on Reports from Sweden, Albania,

Luxembourg, Austria, Belize, Bahamas, Iran, Togo, Bolivia, Nigeria

(Reissued as received; delayed in transmission.)

UNITED NATIONS COUNTER-NARCOTICS CHIEF CALLS FOR INTERNATIONAL

ARREST WARRANTS AGAINST AFGHAN DRUG TRAFFICKERS

(Reissued as received.)

INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON HUMAN RIGHTS IN AFGHANISTAN TO VISIT

COUNTRY FROM 31 JANUARY TO 6 FEBRUARY

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 31 January (UN Information Service) -- Cherif Bassiouni, the Independent Expert on Human Rights in Afghanistan, will conduct an official mission to that country from 31 January to 6 February 2005.