DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES ANNUAL CANADIAN BAR ASSOCIATION MEETING

Following is the text of the address of Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to the annual meeting of the Canadian Bar Association in Montreal,

18 April:

                                                            SG/SM/8201

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

65^th Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO LAW OF SEA CONVENTION ELECT SEVEN NEW JUDGES

TO INTERNATIONAL SEA TRIBUNAL

In two meetings today, the States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea elected seven new judges to the International Tribunal of the Law of the Sea for nine-year terms, beginning 1 October. 

Security Council

4516^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL STRESSES URGENT NEED FOR HUMANITARIAN ACCESS TO PALESTINIANS,

WELCOMES FACT-FINDING TEAM TO EXAMINE EVENTS AT JENIN REFUGEE CAMP

Resolution 1405 (2002) Adopted Unanimously

FIRST-EVER GLOBAL GUIDELINES ADOPTED ON GENETIC RESOURCES; BIODIVERSITY CONFERENCE

WILL ALSO ACT ON FORESTS, INVASIVE SPECIES

Preparatory Commission for

International Criminal Court

37^th Meeting (AM)

SECRETARY-GENERAL ADDRESSES PREPARATORY COMMISSION FOR INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL

COURT AS IT CONCLUDES NINTH SESSION

SECRETARY-GENERAL NAMES LENA SUNDH (SWEDEN) DEPUTY SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

FOR DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Background Release

REORIENTATION OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC INFORMATION FOCUS,

AS COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION MEETS 22 APRIL – 2 MAY

NUMBER OF COUNTRIES IN SOUTHERN AFRICA WILL REQUIRE SIGNIFICANT INCREASE

SECRETARY-GENERAL WELCOMES AGREEMENT ON MADAGASCAR

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