HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONDEMNS SUICIDE ATTACK

IN TEL AVIV AND CALLS FOR PEACE IN MIDDLE EAST

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 1 May (UN Information Service) --- The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Sergio Vieira de Mello, is appalled by the latest suicide bombing in Tel Aviv, which resulted in three people being killed and some 50 wounded earlier today.

Commission on Sustainable Development

Eleventh Session

AM & PM Meetings

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION HOLDS DIALOGUE WITH CIVIC GROUPS; STRENGTHENED

INVOLVEMENT IN IMPLEMENTING JOHANNESBURG GOALS STRESSED

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Third Committee

61^st Meeting (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES DEEP SADNESS OVER LIVES LOST,

INJURIES AND DESTRUCTION IN TURKISH EARTHQUAKE

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

Background Release

COMMITTEE ON ECONOMIC, SOCIAL AND CULTURAL RIGHTS TO HOLD

THIRTIETH SESSION FROM 5 TO 23 MAY 2003

Will Consider Reports of Luxembourg, Brazil, New Zealand, Iceland and Israel

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STAFF RETURN TO BAGHDAD TODAY

(Reissued as received.)

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN MAY 2003

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in May, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

14 April-2 May      International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO), Committee, Montreal

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

10^th Meeting (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS ISRAELI INCURSIONS AGAINST PALESTINIANS

CONTRADICT INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO RESTART PEACE PROCESS

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

Committee on Information                              PI/1478*

Twenty-fifth Session                                         1 May 2003