COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS MEASURESON SITUATIONS

IN NORTH KOREA, TURKMENISTAN, MYANMAR

Member States Reject Draft Resolutions on Situations in the Sudan, Zimbabwe

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES BEIJING TALKS INVOLVING UNITED STATES,

DEMOCRATIC PEOPLE’S REPUBLIC OF KOREA, CHINA

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

UN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME ASSISTS IN PROVIDING SHELTER

FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN NORTHERN IRAQ

AMMAN/NAIROBI, 15 April (UN-HABITAT) -- As the lead agency in the United Nations system for the shelter sector and in particular, for urban reconstruction and rehabilitation, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) has continued emergency assistance to new internally displaced people, IDPs, in northern Iraq.

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOLLOWING BRIEFING BY CHAIR

OF COMMITTEE MONITORING TALIBAN, AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS

Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico), following a briefing by the Chair of the Committee monitoring implementation of sanctions against the Taliban and al-Qaida:

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADOPTS RESOLUTIONS

ON SITUATION IN OCCUPIED ARAB TERRITORIES

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CATASTROPHIC LOSSES TO IRAQ’S CULTURAL HERITAGE

‘A WOUND INFLICTED ON ALL HUMANKIND’

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

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

83^rd Plenary Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOICES STRONG SUPPORT FOR ‘KIMBERLEY PROCESS’ SCHEME,

AIMED AT STEMMING USE OF DIAMONDS FOR FINANCING CONFLICT

Also Adopts Nine Texts Recommended by Budget Committee,

Approves Appointment of UNDP Administrator for Second Four-Year Term

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS ADDRESSED BY EXPERTS ON HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS,

INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBILITIES

Minister for Human Rights of Côte d'Ivoire Delivers Address

(Reissued as received.)

SECURITY COUNCIL 1267 (1999) COMMITTEE ADOPTS

ADDITIONAL GUIDELINES FOR CONDUCT OF WORK

INVESTMENT IN AFRICA NOW CAN MAKE SUSTAINABLE DIFFERENCE

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS CAPITAL MARKETS FORUM

Following is the text of remarks delivered today by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette at the African Capital Markets Forum in New York on 15 April: