Security Council

4515^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL, TAKING UP MIDDLE EAST SITUATION, HEARS DISCUSSION OF PROPOSAL

BY SECRETARY-GENERAL FOR DEPLOYMENT OF MULTINATIONAL FORCE

CONTINUED UN CONCERN AT GAZA FOOD SHORTAGES

GAZA, 18 April (UNRWA) -- The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA) has protested to the Israeli military authorities at the tight security measures imposed on the Gaza Strip that are causing shortages of basic foodstuffs.

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS TOM KÖNIGS OF GERMANY AS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE

IN GUATEMALA, HEAD OF MINUGUA

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

NGOS URGE SECRETARY-GENERAL TO VISIT OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

Plan of Action Holds Israel Responsible for Reparations to Palestinians

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

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

GLOBAL WARMING TRIGGERS GLACIAL LAKES FLOOD THREAT

Himalayan Mountain Lakes at High Risk

Of Bursting Banks, with Devastating Consequences for People and Property

GENEVA/LONDON/NAIROBI, 16 April (UN Information Service) -- Nearly 50 lakes, high in the Himalayas, could burst their banks sending millions of gallons of deadly floodwaters swirling down valleys, putting at risk tens of thousands of lives, scientists are warning.

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

63^rd Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON LAW OF SEA BRIEFED BY SECRETARY-GENERAL

OF INTERNATIONAL SEABED AUTHORITY

PRESS STATEMENT ON BOUGAINVILLE BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is today’s press statement on Bougainville by the President of the Security Council, Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):

Members of the Security Council heard a briefing from Ambassador Noel Sinclair [head of the United Nations Political Office in Bougainville] on Bougainville, Papua New Guinea.