Security Council

4743^rd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME UNTIL 3 JUNE

Resolution 1476 Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this afternoon extended the “oil-for-food” programme for Iraq, as adjusted by its resolution 1472 (2003) and which was to expire on   12 May, until 3 June.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TURKEY’S CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL CELEBRATES DIVERSITY IN SPIRIT

OF FRIENDSHIP, PEACE, FAITHFULLY REFLECTING UN’S IDEAS

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the International Children’s Festival, delivered by Jakob Simonsen, United Nations Development Programme Resident Coordinator, in Anatolia, 23 April:

Security Council

4742^nd Meeting (AM)

KOSOVO HAS ‘SOME WAY TO GO’ IN ESTABLISHING REPRESENTATIVE, FUNCTIONING

INSTITUTIONS, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Provisional Institutions of Self-Government Hampered

FAO/WHO LAUNCH EXPERT REPORT ON DIET, NUTRITION AND PREVENTION OF CHRONIC DISEASES

Close Cooperation between Health and Agriculture

Sectors Needed to Address Growing Global Burden of Chronic Diseases

(Reissued as received.)

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS 10 RESOLUTIONS

ON RACISM, CIVIL AND POLITICAL RIGHTS

Commission Extends Mandate of Working

Group on Arbitrary Detention for Three Years

(Reissued as received.)

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS MEASURES ON CIVIL

AND POLITICAL RIGHTS, WOMEN, ‘SPECIFIC GROUPS’

Extends Mandates of Special Rapporteurs

on Independence of Judges and Lawyers, Violence against Women

(Reissued as received.)

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SECRETARY-GENERAL’S HUMANITARIAN ENVOY FOR CÔTE D’IVOIRE

IN ABIDJAN TO LAUNCH NEW APPEAL

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

First Session (Resumed)

12^th Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONCLUDE SESSION

WITH ADOPTION OF DRAFT REPORT

Background Release

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR THE 2005 NUCLEAR NON-PROLIFERATION TREATY

REVIEW CONFERENCE TO MEET IN GENEVA 28 APRIL – 9 MAY

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS 10 RESOLUTIONS AND DECISION

ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

Renews Mandates of Independent Expert on Structural

Adjustment Policies, Special Rapporteurs on Right to Food, Adequate Housing

(Reissued as received.)