Ad Hoc Committee on Jurisdictional                         

Immunities of States and Their Property                    

7^th Meeting (AM)

AD HOC COMMITTEE NEGOTIATING CONVENTION ON JURISDICTIONAL

SECRETARY-GENERAL CONCERNED BY ALARMING DETERIORATION

OF SECURITY, HUMAN RIGHTS IN HAITI

The following statement was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on 27 February:

UNITED NATIONS AGENCIES APPLAUD NEW POLITICAL

FOCUS ON HUNGER AND RURAL POVERTY

(Reissued as received.)

PARIS/ROME, 1 March (FAO/WFP/IFAD) -- In a meeting today with French President Jacques Chirac, the heads of the three Rome-based UN food agencies welcomed the renewed vigour with which hunger and rural poverty are being addressed.

Security Council

4919^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL AUTHORIZES DEPLOYMENT OF MULTINATIONAL FORCE TO HAITI

FOR 3 MONTHS, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1529 (2004)

Declares Readiness to Establish Follow on Stabilization

Force to Support Peaceful, Consitutional Political Process

FIRST SESSION OF COMMITTEE ON PROTECTION OF RIGHTS

OF MIGRANTS IN GENEVA FROM 1 TO 5 MARCH

Committee to Elect Bureau, Establish its Rules of Procedure,

Draw Up General Guidelines on Reports to be Submitted by States Parties

(Reissued as received.)

RELIEF SUPPLIES BEING STOLEN FROM RECIPIENTS IN SUDAN

NEW YORK, 27 February (OCHA) -– Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Sudan’s Darfur region report that armed militias are robbing them of the aid they have received from United Nations agencies and non-governmental organizations.

Economic and Social Council                                

2004 Organizational Session                                

6^th Meeting (PM)

UN REPORT SAYS THOUSANDS IN SOMALIA THREATENED BY FOOD SHORTAGES

NEW YORK, 27 February (OCHA) -- More than 200,000 people in Somalia's northern and central regions face extreme food shortages due to a prolonged drought considered the worst in 30 years, a new report has warned.

SECRETARY-GENERAL OFFERS UN’S CONTINUED COMMITMENT AS AFRICAN UNION

BEGINS CONSOLIDATING COMMON STRATEGY FOR PEACE, SECURITY

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the extraordinary session of the Assembly of the African Union, in Sirte, 27 February, delivered by Tuliameni Kalomoh, United Nations Assistant Secretary-General for Political Affairs.

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN MARCH 2004

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