Press Release

SECRETARY-GENERAL, ACCEPTING REPORT ON CHALLENGES OF FUTURE PEACE OPERATIONS,

SAYS TOMORROW’S TESTS WILL REQUIRE DEEPER, MORE CONSISTENT COLLABORATION

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, as he accepted the report “Challenges of Peace Operations:  Into the 21^st Century”, from Sweden’s Foreign Minister at a Headquarters seminar on 25 April:

SECRETARY-GENERAL PRAISES CENTRAL AFRICAN ADVISORY COMMITTEE’S TIRELESS

EFFORTS FOR PEACE, IN MESSAGE TO KINSHASA MINISTERIAL MEETING

Security Council

4521^st Meeting* (AM)

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL PRENDERGAST BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON AFGHANISTAN,

SAYS RECENT PROGRESS ENCOURAGING, BUT BY NO MEANS ASSURED

Security Challenges Remain, Substantial Financial Assistance Still Required;

JOINT OIL-DATA TRANSPARENCY INITIATIVE:  CONCRETE MANIFESTATION

OF PRODUCER-CONSUMER DIALOGUE

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 25 April (DESA) -- The late 1990s saw extremely volatile oil markets, which some observers ascribed partly to inadequate and opaque statistics.  The criticism, whether justified or not, has inspired a new look at the availability and reliability of oil data.

Background Release

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD TWENTY-EIGHTH SESSION

IN GENEVA, FROM 29 APRIL TO 17 MAY

Panel Scheduled to Consider Reports from Sweden, Uzbekistan,

Denmark, Venezuela, Norway, Luxembourg, Saudi Arabia, Russian Federation

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on Information                                    PI/1415

Security Council

4518^th & 4519^th Meetings (AM & PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, FOLLOWING BRIEFING BY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR KOSOVO,

WELCOMES PROGRESS, REAFFIRMS IMPORTANCE OF RULE OF LAW

Presidential Statement Also Condemns 8 April Attack in Mitrovica;

Council Hears from Serbia’s Deputy Prime Minister, 18 Others in Debate

TOKYO INTER-PARLIAMENTARY DRUG CONTROL CONFERENCE FOCUSES

ON SYNTHETIC STIMULANTS, AFGHAN DRUG PROBLEM

(Reissued as received.)

Committee on Information

Twenty-fourth Session

5^th Meeting (PM)

COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION DISCUSSES UN WEB SITE LANGUAGE PARITY,

INFORMATION SUPPORT FOR PEACEKEEPING OPERATIONS

Security Council

4517^th Meeting (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S SPECIAL ADVISER BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON ANGOLA;

SAYS RECENT AGREEMENT CREATES BRIGHTER PROSPECTS FOR LASTING PEACE

Describes Factors Necessary for Making Peace Process Irreversible