SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES FERNANDO HENRIQUE CARDOSO, FORMER PRESIDENT OF BRAZIL,

TO LEAD HIGH-LEVEL REVIEW OF UN-CIVIL SOCIETY RELATIONS

Asking for a sweeping assessment of interaction between the United Nations and civil society organizations, and recommendations for improvements, Secretary-General Kofi Annan today appointed former Brazilian President Fernando Henrique Cardoso to chair a blue-ribbon panel on relations with civil society.

Commission for Social Development

Forty-first Session

5^th & 6^th Meetings (AM & PM)

NEEDS OF AGEING, YOUTH, DISABLED PERSONS, FAMILY ADDRESSED

IN SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION’S DISCUSSION

Speakers Also Stress Importance of Capacity-Building,

Security Council

4704^th Meeting (AM)

BEST PATH TOWARDS MIDDLE EAST PEACE REMAINS QUARTET’S ROAD MAP,

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Security Council

4706^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CONDEMNS 7 FEBRUARY BOMB ATTACK IN BOGOTA,

SAYS ACT OF TERRORISM THREATENS PEACE, SECURITY

Resolution 1465 (2003) Adopted Unanimously

The Security Council this afternoon condemned “in the strongest terms” last week’s bomb attack in Bogota, Colombia, characterizing it as an act of terrorism that threatened peace and security. 

LITERACY A PREREQUISITE FOR A HEALTHY, JUST, PROSPEROUS WORLD, DEPUTY

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS AT LAUNCH OF UN LITERACY DECADE

Following is the text of remarks as delivered today, by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to mark the launch of the United Nations Literacy Decade:

Security Council

4705^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL BRIEFED ON URGENCY OF ENDING HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS,

CULTURE OF IMPUNITY IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Committee on Relations

with Host Country

215^th Meeting (PM)

DELAYS IN OBTAINING ENTRY VISAS, PARKING PROGRAMME DIFFICULTIES

ISSUES RAISED AT HOST COUNTRY COMMITTEE MEETING

Meeting for the first time this year, the Committee on Relations with the Host Country today heard complaints over delays in obtaining entry visas and difficulties with the new parking programme.

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONCERNED BY VIOLENCE IN BOLIVIA,

APPEALS FOR DIALOGUE, RESPECT FOR DEMOCRACY

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

The Secretary-General is concerned about the violent incidents that took place in Bolivia yesterday and deplores the loss of life.

SECRETARY-GENERAL ANNOUNCES ESTABLISHMENT OF PANEL OF EMINENT PERSONS

ON UN RELATIONS WITH CIVIL SOCIETY

Following is today’s statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan on the establishment of the Panel of Eminent Persons on United Nations Relations with Civil Society:

FOOD INSECURITY LIKELY TO WORSEN IN NORTHERN UGANDA

NEW YORK, 12 February (OCHA) -- In Uganda, a persistent lack of security and funding shortfalls are placing already vulnerable populations in greater danger.