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

INTERNATIONAL MEETING IN SUPPORT OF MIDDLE EAST PEACE APPROVES NICOSIA DECLARATION

Speakers at Closing Meeting Stress Urgency of Ending

Israeli Occupation, Establishing Palestinian State as Key to Peace in Region

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

64^th Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON LAW OF SEA URGED TO SUPPORT EURO

AS CURRENCY OF REFERENCE FOR INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL

In a brief meeting this morning, the States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea were urged to support the euro as the currency of reference for the International Tribunal on the Law of the Sea.

Security Council

4514^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, WELCOMING ANGOLA CEASEFIRE, EXTENDS MANDATE

OF SANCTIONS MONITORING MECHANISM UNTIL 19 OCTOBER

‘TANGIBLE PEACE DIVIDEND’ ALREADY IN PLACE IN AFGHANISTAN,

UNDP ADMINISTRATOR TELLS PARTICIPANTS AT SPECIAL BRIEFING

MEMORANDUM OF UNDERSTANDING SEALS AGREEMENT TO IMPROVE

UN ASSISTANCE TO INTERNALLY DISPLACED

NEW YORK, 18 April (OCHA) -- The United Nations Emergency Relief Coordinator, Kenzo Oshima, and the Representative of the Secretary-General on Internally Displaced Persons, Francis Deng, signed a Memorandum of Understanding on 17 April to improve United Nations efforts to respond to the severe crisis of internal displacement around the world.

DECLARATION, ISSUED AT CLOSE OF NICOSIA MEETING,

STATES ISRAELI OCCUPATION CORE OF CONFLICT

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

NICOSIA, 17 April –- Following is the full text of the Nicosia Declaration approved at the United Nations International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace held in Nicosia, Cyprus, 16 and 17 April: