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SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES COMMITMENT, COURAGE OF MURDERED KOSOVO POLICE OFFICERS,

SAYS STARK SIGNAL OF DISTANCE STILL TO BE TRAVELLED IN BUILDING PEACE

Following is Secretary-General’s Kofi Annan message to the ceremony commemorating police officers killed in Kosovo, delivered by Harri Holkeri, Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Kosovo, in Pristina, 30 March:

AFGHANISTAN WILL NEED CONTINUED INTERNATIONAL ASSISTANCE UNTIL TRANSITION

IS COMPLETE, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS BERLIN CONFERENCE

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the International Conference on Afghanistan in Berlin, delivered today by Lakhdar Brahimi, Special Adviser to the Secretary-General:

PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN APRIL

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for April:

Security Council

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN APRIL 2004

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in April, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRESENTS FINAL SETTLEMENT PLAN FOR CYPRUS,

SAYS ‘OFFERS THE BEST AND FAIREST’ CHANCE FOR PEACE

Following are Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s remarks at the closing of Cyprus talks in Bürgenstock, 31 March:

Thank you all for joining me here this evening.  The hour is late, but the cause is urgent.

The time for negotiation and consultation is over.

Countries from Asia and Pacific Discuss Eleventh United Nations Congress

on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice

(Reissued as received.)

IN CASE OF MEXICAN NATIONALS SENTENCED TO DEATH, INTERNATIONAL COURT OF JUSTICE FINDS

UNITED STATES HAS BREACHED OBLIGATIONS UNDER VIENNA CONSULAR RELATIONS CONVENTION

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL BELIEVES NATIONAL CONVENTION TO DRAFT NEW CONSTITUTION

FOR MYANMAR MUST BE ALL-INCLUSIVE

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

The Secretary-General notes with interest the announcement by the Government of Myanmar that it will convene a National Convention to draft a new constitution on 17 May 2004.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS DEVASTATING CONFLICT IN DARFUR, SUDAN, MUST STOP;

CALLS FOR EFFECTIVE HUMANITARIAN CEASEFIRE

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, distributed at the ceasefire talks on Darfur, Sudan, in N'Djamena, Chad, on 31 March:

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ADDRESSED BY OFFICE FOR SECURITY

AND COOPERATION IN EUROPE, BRAZIL

Also Concludes Debate on Economic, Social, Cultural Rights