Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

271^st Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS EXPRESS CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER RECENTLY RELEASED

‘ROAD MAP’ FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘WARMLY WELCOMES’ STEPS BY INDIA, PAKISTAN

TO EASE TENSIONS, IMPROVE RELATIONS

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

The Secretary-General warmly welcomes the series of reciprocal steps India and Pakistan have recently taken to ease tensions and improve bilateral relations.  He hopes that these steps, starting with Prime Minister Vajpayee’s statement on

Security Council

4752^nd Meeting (PM)

‘WE MUST NOT FALL INTO COMPLACENCY’ IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM,

PRIME MINISTER OF SPAIN TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Council Considers Measures to Combat Terrorism

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED AT DEATH OF WALTER SISULU,

HERO OF SOUTH AFRICA’S ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENT

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

Security Council

4751^st Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS SANCTIONS AGAINST LIBERIA UNTIL 7 MAY 2004,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1478 (2003)

Also Places 10-Month Ban on Import of Liberian Timber

The Security Council this afternoon extended existing sanctions against Liberia until 7 May 2004, and added a 10-month ban on the import of its timber.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

7^th Meeting (PM)

SMALL ISLAND STATES, REVIEW OF 1994 BARBADOS ACTION PLAN

FOCUS IN SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

46^th Meeting (AM)

COST OF 11 UN PEACEKEEPING MISSIONS ESTIMATED AT $2.3 BILLION FOR 2003-2004,

FIFTH COMMITTEE TOLD, AS RESUMED SESSION OPENS

Scheduled to End 30 May, Budget Committee

GREATER POLITICAL COMMITMENT NEEDED TO PUT FAMILIES AT CENTRE OF PUBLIC POLICY, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN INTERNATIONAL DAY MESSAGE

Following is Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan’s message on the International Day of Families, observed 15 May:

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on the Democratic Republic of the Congo delivered today by the Security Council President Munir Akram (Pakistan):

CHALLENGES OF RAPID URBANIZATION AT HEART OF MILLENNIUM ANTI-POVERTY GOALS,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO UN-HABITAT SESSION

Following is the message of Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan to the nineteenth session of the Governing Council of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) delivered by Executive Director Anna Tibaijuka, in Nairobi on 5 May: