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:

SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN WARNS

OF THREATS TO GAINS ON WOMEN’S HUMAN RIGHTS

As Commission Continues Consideration of Women’s Human Rights,

Speakers Raise Issues on Human Trafficking, HIV/AIDS Infection, Domestic Violence

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United Nations Organizes Space Technology Workshop in Sudan

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Security Council