COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS APPROVES THREE RESOLUTIONS

ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 22 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights adopted three resolutions this morning on the subject of economic, social and cultural rights.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York in the evening of Monday, 14 April, and arrived in Athens the following morning.

He was invited by the European Union to address the European conference on Thursday, the 17th, and took advantage of the presence of European leaders in the Greek capital on Wednesday to hold a series of bilateral meetings.

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION ADOPTS MEASURES ON SITUATIONS IN CUBA,

BELARUS, DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, BURUNDI

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 17 April (UN Information Service) -- The Commission on Human Rights adopted resolutions this afternoon on situations of human rights in Cuba, Belarus, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Burundi.

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.)

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

First Session (Resumed)

10^th Meeting (PM)

BLACK SEA ECONOMIC COOPERATION ORGANIZATION IS VALUABLE PARTNER

OF UNITED NATIONS SYSTEM, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is the message by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the eighth meeting of the Council of Ministers of Foreign Affairs of the Black Sea Economic Cooperation Organization (BSEC), delivered by Sergei Ordzhonikidze,
Director-General, United Nations Office at Geneva, in Yerevan, on 18 April:

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

First Session (Resumed)

9^th Meeting* (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO ROME STATUTE ELECT LUIS MORENO OCAMPO

AS PROSECUTOR OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

The Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court, meeting in its second resumed first session this morning, elected Luis Moreno Ocampo of Argentina as Prosecutor of the Court.

DRUG COMMISSION CONTINUES MINISTERIAL-LEVEL MEETING

TO REVIEW EFFORTS TO TACKLE GLOBAL DRUG PROBLEM

(Reissued as received.)

VIENNA, 16 April (UN Information Service) -- Ministers assessed progress achieved and difficulties encountered in meeting the goals and targets set out in the Political Declaration adopted at the 1998 General Assembly special session, particularly with regard to cannabis.

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICAN REPUBLIC BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on the Central African Republic by Security Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico):

Members of the Council heard a briefing by the Special Representative of the Secretary-General, General Lamine Cissé.