Panel Discussion on                                        

Secretary-general saddened at deaths of six un peacekeepers

in democratic republic of congo

The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the death of peacekeepers in the Democratic Republic of the Congo:

UNITED NATIONS WORKING GROUP CONCLUDES SESSION CONCERNING

DRAFT LEGISLATIVE GUIDE ON SECURED TRANSACTIONS

Disarmament Commission

2004 Substantive Session

259^th Meeting (PM)

United States Tables Proposals for Agenda in Disarmament Commission

‘risk of genocide remains frightEningly real’, secretary-general tells human

rights commission as he launches action plan to prevent genocide

Following is the text of the address by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva today:

It is good that we have observed those minutes of silence together.

ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMES APPOINTMENT

OF INDEPENDENT EXPERT ON AFGHANISTAN

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how can world community better respond should genocide loom again? asks

Deputy Secretary-General, at hEADqUARTERS rwanda panel

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks at a panel discussion on “A Decade after Rwanda:  the United Nations and the Responsibility to Protect”, in New York, 7 April:

Thank you all for coming to the United Nations to join in the global commemoration of the tenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda.

REPRESENTATIVE OF SECRETARY-GENERAL ON INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS,

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON DISABILITY ADDRESS COMMISSION

Commission Concludes General Debate on Rights

Of Children, Starts Discussion on Specific Groups and Individuals

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‘we must remember the victims’, says secretary-general in message to headquarters

observance of 10TH anniversary of genocide in rwanda

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan for the ceremony and “minute of silence” at United Nations Headquarters marking the tenth anniversary of the genocide in Rwanda, delivered today by Catherine Bertini, Under-Secretary-General for Management:

ICC Pays Tribute to Rwandan Victims

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THE HAGUE, 7 April (ICC) -- Upon the occasion of the tenth Anniversary of the Genocide in Rwanda, the International Criminal Court held this morning a commemorative event in memory of the victims.

On behalf of the International Criminal Court the following statement was delivered by President Philippe Kirsch: