Security Council

4744^th Meeting (PM)

CONTINUED ENGAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITY NEEDED IN TIMOR-LESTE,

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

The Security Council could take satisfaction from its contribution to the progress in Timor-Leste, the Secretary-General’s Special Representative for that country, Kamalesh Sharma, told the Council this afternoon.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

2^nd Meeting (AM)

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION OPENS SESSION’S HIGH-LEVEL SEGMENT; IMPLEMENTING SUMMIT COMMITMENTS, COMMISSION’S FUTURE WORK HIGHLIGHTED

Committee on Information

Twenty-fifth Session

1^st Meeting (AM)

‘THE UNITED NATIONS MATTERS, AND ITS VOICE MUST BE HEARD’, COMMITTEE

ON INFORMATION TOLD, AS IT BEGINS CURRENT SESSION

AT LEAST ONE THIRD OF IRAQ’S SPRING CROP UNSCATHED,

FIRST FAO PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 28 April (FAO) -- At least one third of Iraq's critical spring grain crop appears to have emerged unscathed from the conflict, according to preliminary surveys conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

PM Meeting

DEVELOPING COUNTRIES NEED AID TO MEET JOHANNESBURG TARGETS ON DRINKING WATER,

SANITATION, SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION TOLD

At Round Table, Current Anti-Poverty Efforts Described

DESPITE ACHIEVEMENTS IN CHEMICAL DISARMAMENT, NO ROOM FOR COMPLACENCY,

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS STATES PARTIES TO CHEMICAL WEAPONS CONVENTION

      Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the First Review Conference of the States parties to the Chemical Weapons Convention, delivered by Enrique Roman-Morey, Director of the Disarmament Affairs Geneva Branch, at
The Hague today:

WORKING GROUP ON ENFORCED OR INVOLUNTARY DISAPPEARANCES

CONCLUDES SIXTY-NINTH SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 25 April (UN Information Service) -- The Working Group on Enforced or Involuntary Disappearances of the United Nations Commission on Human Rights concluded today a week-long session during which it examined allegations concerning over 30 countries.

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE OPENS THIRTIETH SESSION

High Commissioner for Human Rights Cites Support For Anti-Torture Efforts

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 28 April (UN Information Service) -- The Committee against Torture opened this morning its spring three-week session, hearing an address from the High Commissioner for Human Rights and adopting its agenda.  The session will run through 16 May.

REPRESENTATIVES OF GREECE, FORMER YUGOSLAV REPUBLIC OF MACEDONIA

EXCHANGE VIEWS PURSUANT TO INTERIM ACCORD

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

Secretary-General Kofi Annan left Vienna late in the afternoon of Wednesday, 23 April, for Geneva.