SECURITY COUNCIL COMMITTEE ADDS 16 NAMES TO ITS LIST OF INDIVIDUALS WHOSE

FINANCIAL ASSETS SHOULD BE TRANSFERRED TO DEVELOPMENT FUND FOR IRAQ

The Chairman of the Security Council Committee established by resolution 1518 (2003) wishes to inform as follows:

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON HUMAN RIGHTS OF INDIGENOUS PEOPLE

ADDRESSES COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Representatives of Three United Nations Mechanisms

on Human Rights of Indigenous People Also Deliver Statements

(Reissued as received.)

Under-Secretary-general ENCOURAGED BY PROGRESS

ON CEASEFIRE NEGOTIATIONS FOR DARFUR, SUDAN

NEW YORK, 8 April (Office for the Coordination for Humanitarian Affairs) -- “I am encouraged by the positive signals that a humanitarian ceasefire may soon be signed by parties to the conflict in Darfur, Sudan”, said United Nations Under-Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs Jan Egeland.

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $186 MILLION

(Reissued as received.)

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.

Secretary-General calls on all those concerned in Iraq to respect

international law, particularly regarding protection of civilians

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

The Secretary-General has been following with grave preoccupation the deterioration in the security situation and loss of life in Iraq over the last few days.

UNITED NATIONS TO HOLD INTERNATIONAL MEETING ON IMPACT OF CONSTRUCTION

OF WALL IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

Meeting to be Held on 15 and 16 April at United Nations Office at Geneva

(Reissued as received.)