SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP CONCERN OVER HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN COLOMBIA

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

Human Rights Committee                                     

NEW DELHI FORUM OPPORTUNITY TO STRENGTHEN WORLD’S COMMITMENT

TO REVERSING GLOBAL TB INCIDENCE, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL

Following is the text of Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s video message to the second Stop TB Partners’ Forum in New Delhi, 24 March:

UNITED NATIONS ISSUES ‘WORLD POPULATION POLICIES 2003’

NEW YORK, 24 March (Department of Economic and Social Affairs) -- The Population Division has issued World Population Policies 2003, which contains the most comprehensive and up-to-date information available on the population policy situation for all 194 Member and non-Member States of the United Nations.

Security Council                                           

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS FOR REDUCTION OF TENSIONS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE

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

COMMISSION STARTS GENERAL DEBATE ON VIOLATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

IN OCCUPIED ARABTERRITORIES, INCLUDING PALESTINE

Concludes Discussion on Right to Development

(Reissued as received.)

GLOBAL FORUM ON INTERNET GOVERNANCE TO BE HELD

AT UN HEADQUARTERS, 25 – 26 MARCH

The complex and contentious issue of Internet governance will be the focus of a Global Forum to be held from 25 to 26 March at United Nations Headquarters, as part of the sixth meeting of the United Nations Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) Task Force.

Commission on Population and Development                   

Thirty-seventh Session                                     

3^rd and 4^th Meetings (AM & PM)

un agency says Desert locust situation extremely serious in north-west Africa,

More efforts needed to prevent plague from developing

ROME, 23 March (FAO) -- Despite control operations, the desert locust situation continues to be extremely serious in North-West Africa, according to the latest update by the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).