UNITED NATIONS ISSUES APPEAL FOR DARFUR, SUDAN

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trade, hiv/aids, development, security key issues for strenghtened cooperation

between un, caribbean community, says Deputy Secretary-General

Following are Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette’s remarks to the third general meeting between representatives of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM) and the United Nations system in New York, 12 April:

It is a pleasure to welcome you to United Nations Headquarters.

Secretary-General welcomes freeing of long-held medical aid volunteer in dagestan

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

Ad Hoc Committee on Scope of                               

 Legal Protection under Convention                         

Secretary-General appeals for restraint, alarmed by increasing number

of civilian casualties in iraq

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Saturday, 10 April:

The Secretary-General has been following the recent developments in Iraq with great anxiety.

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $186 MILLION

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Secretary-general welcomes apparent suppport for CYPRUS plan

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

Secretary-General welcomes signing of ceasefire agreement in Sudan

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

ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS ESTABLISHES

 

INDEPENDENT COMMISSION OF INQUIRY FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 8 April (UN Information Service) – The Acting United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Bertrand Ramcharan, has established an Independent Commission of Inquiry to investigate alleged human rights violations committed during an anti-government protest in Côte d’Ivoire two weeks ago.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan arrived in Geneva from Moscow in the afternoon of Tuesday, 6 April.