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.

PRESS STATEMENT ON ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BOUNDARY COMMISSION

DECISION BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the press statement on the 13 April decision by the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission, delivered by the President of the Security Council, Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):

UNEP CONVENTION ON BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY

Governments to Advance Work on Cartagena Protocol on Biosafety

THE HAGUE, 17 April 2002 -- With the legally-binding Protocol on Biosafety gaining momentum towards its entry into force, delegates from over 160 governments as well as non-governmental, intergovernmental and indigenous and private sector organizations will meet here for continuing discussions from 22-26 April.

LATEST ECONOMIC REPORT ON AFRICA TO BE RELEASED IN MAY

ADDIS ABABA, 16 April (ECA) -- The latest Economic Report on Africa (ERA) 2002, an annual flagship publication of the Economic Commission for Africa that provides a unique perspective on the continent's socio-economic development progress, will be published in May.

PANELLISTS EXAMINE INTERNATIONAL EFFORTS TO CONTAIN

MIDDLE EAST CRISIS, RESUME DIALOGUE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

NICOSIA, 17 April –- The events of Sabra and Shatila were being repeated today in the Palestinian occupied territory, Jerusalem Times publisher Hanna Siniora said this morning at the International Meeting in Support of Middle East Peace.

SECURITY COUNCIL PRESS STATEMENT ON REPATRIATION OF KUWAITIS,

THIRD COUNTRY NATIONALS

Following is the text of today’s press statement on the question of repatriation of Kuwaiti and third country nationals, delivered by the President of the Security Council, Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation):

GHANAIAN RURAL HEALTH INNOVATOR, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH NGO

WIN UNITED NATIONS POPULATION AWARD

NEW YORK, 17 April 2002 (UNFPA) –- Dr. Kwasi Odoi-Agyarko, the leader of an innovative rural health programme in Ghana, and EngenderHealth, a non-governmental organization that trains and gives technical assistance to reproductive health service providers in developing countries, will share the 2002 United Nations Population Award.

Meeting of States Parties

to Law of Sea Convention

62^nd Meeting (PM)

STATES PARTIES TO CONVENTION ON LAW OF SEA EXAMINE

2003 DRAFT BUDGET OF INTERNATIONAL TRIBUNAL

The States Parties to the United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea met briefly this afternoon to consider the 2003 draft proposed budget of the International Tribunal for the Law of the Sea.

UNITED NATIONS FELLOWSHIPS IN INTERNATIONAL LAW

AWARDED TO CANDIDATES FROM 18 COUNTRIES

GENEVA, 16 April (UN Information Service) -- The Selection Committee of the United Nations Fellowship Programme in International Law met in New York on Tuesday, 9 April 2002, under the chairmanship of Hans Corell, Under-Secretary-General for Legal Affairs and United Nations Legal Counsel.

PRESS STATEMENT ON ERITREA-ETHIOPIA BOUNDARY COMMISSION DECISION

by President of Security Council

Following is the text of today's press statement by Sergey Lavrov (Russian Federation), President of the Security Council, on the decision of the Eritrea-Ethiopia Boundary Commission: