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.

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES GRATITUDE TO NIGERIA FOR MAKING

‘MAGNIFICENT UN HOUSE’ IN ABUJA A REALITY

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the inauguration of UN House in Abuja, Nigeria, on 29 January:

Security Council

5116^th Meeting* (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS GEORGIAMISSION UNTIL 31 JULY 2005,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1582 (2005)

Ethiopia reaps bumper harvest, but more than 2 million people

will need food aid this year

New Safety Net Programme to Benefit 5 Million People Who Face Chronic Hunger

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on Elimination of

Discrimination against Women

683^rd Meeting (PM)

UN-AFFILIATED UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE APPOINTS NEW RECTOR

 

NEW YORK, 27 January (University for Peace) -- Maurice Strong, Chair of the Council of the University for Peace (UPEACE), who is also Special Adviser to United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan, announced today the appointment of Julia Marton-Lefèvre to the position of Rector of UPEACE.

Security Council

5117^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS VIOLENCE ALONG BLUE LINE BETWEEN ISRAEL AND LEBANON,

EXTENDS MANDATE OF UNIFIL UNTIL 31 JULY

Resolution 1583 (2005) Adopted Unanimously

RISKS OF FLOODING CONTINUE IN GUYANA

NEW YORK, 28 January (OCHA) -- Risks of further flooding continue in Guyana due to more rain over the past days, warned the United Nations Disaster Assessment and Coordination (UNDAC) team.  The team has been sent in response to a request of the Government of Guyana after flooding in that country.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY DISTURBED’ BY ATTACK ON DARFUR VILLAGE,

CALLS ON PARTIES TO COMPLY FULLY WITH CEASEFIRE AGREEMENT

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

Secretary-General calls on people of iraq to exercise

 

their democratic rights in Sunday’s election

The following statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the elections in Iraq was issued today: