PALESTINIANS, ISRAELIS, INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NEED POLITICAL WILL

FOR SUCCESSFUL ROAD MAP, KYIV MEETING ON MIDDLE EAST TOLD

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

KYIV, 14 May –- The “Road Map” was a clear trade-off that hardly met the needs of Palestinians and Israelis, a representative of the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation, said this morning at the International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace in Kyiv.

MYANMAR SPECIAL ENVOY TO VISIT YANGON 6-10 JUNE

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

Razali Ismail, the Special Envoy of the Secretary-General for Myanmar, will visit Yangon from 6 to 10 June 2003.  It will be his tenth mission as Special Envoy.

                                                            SG/SM/8704

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE RULES ON COMPLAINTS OF VIOLATIONS FROM INDIVIDUALS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 13 May (UN Information Service) -- An independent expert body has found violations of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights in five countries.

FORMER IMF DIRECTOR CAMDESSUS:  1.1 BILLION PEOPLE

IN WORLD ARE WITHOUT CLEAN, SAFE WATER

Increased Spending of $100 Billion a Year

Needed to Provide Safe Water in Developing Countries

(Reissued as received.)

BRIGHTER PROSPECTS FOR GLOBAL INVESTMENT?

Investment Agencies Think Worst May Be Over, Says New UNCTAD Survey

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on NGOS

13^th & 14^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NGO COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ONE ORGANIZATION FOR CONSULTATIVE STATUS

WITH ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COUNCIL, DEFERS DECISION ON 14 OTHERS

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) today recommended one organization for special consultative status with the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) and deferred decisions on the applications of 14 others.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSIONER CONCERNED AT KILLINGS IN CONGO-KINSHASA’S ITURI,

SAYS STRONGER RIGHTS PRESENCE MAY BE NECESSARY

(Reissued as received.)

HUMAN TRAFFICKING, ESPECIALLY IN WOMEN AND CHILDREN,

TO BE FOCUS OF UN CRIME COMMISSION MEETING

40-Member Body to Hold Twelfth Session in Vienna from 13 - 22 May 2003

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 13 May (UN Information Service) -- Human trafficking, especially in women and children, will be the focus of discussion at the twelfth session of the United Nations Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice beginning today.

EMPLOYERS AND UNIONS JOIN FORCES TO FIGHT HIV/AIDS, IN JOINT STATEMENT

ISSUED AT UN GLOBAL COMPACT DIALOGUE