UN MINISTERIAL MEETING FOCUSES ON LINKS BETWEEN DRUG TRAFFICKING

AND OTHER FORMS OF ORGANIZED CRIME

(Reissued as received.)

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.

Disarmament Commission

2003 Substantive Session

256^th Meeting (PM)

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION CONCLUDES SESSION WITHOUT PROPOSALS

TO ADVANCE NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, CONFIDENCE-BUILDING

PRESS STATEMENT ON CENTRAL AFRICA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

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

Members of the Council heard a briefing by the Assistant Secretary-General, Tuliameni Kalomoh. 

RIGHT TO LIVE FREE FROM INTIMIDATION, FORCED EXPULSION MUST BE RESPECTED,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOLLOWING REPORTS OF VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN IRAQ

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

Background Release

STATES PARTIES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT TO MEET

AT HEADQUARTERS, 21 – 23 APRIL

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS HEARS INDEPENDENT EXPERTS EXPRESS

CONCERN ABOUT HUMAN RIGHTS IN HAITI, SOMALIA

Debate Continues on Specific Groups and Individuals,

Effective Functioning of Human Rights Mechanisms, Other Items

(Reissued as received.)

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL COMMISSION FOR WESTERN ASIA MINISTERIAL SESSION CONCLUDES,

RECOMMENDS HOLDING FORUM ON PALESTINE RECONSTRUCTION

Security Council

4741^st Meeting (AM)

ASSISTANT SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL MIDDLE EAST PROCESS

APPEARS TO BE ON VERGE OF RESTARTING, USING QUARTET ‘ROAD MAP’

Noting ‘Grim Reality’ on Ground, Says Path Charted by UN, European Union,

United States, Russian Federation Only Realistic Hope for Ending Current Violence