PRESS STATEMENT ON CYPRUS BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is yesterday evening’s statement to the press on Cyprus by Security Council President Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore):

The members of the Council heard on 2 May a further interim report from

UN POPULATION FUND SEEKS $3.6 MILLION FOR EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE

IN OCCUPIED PALESTINIAN TERRITORY

Protecting Pregnant Women a Top Priority

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4525^th Meeting (PM & Night)

SPEAKERS IN SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESS REGRET, DISAPPOINTMENT AT ISRAEL’S

REFUSAL TO COOPERATE WITH JENIN REFUGEE CAMP FACT-FINDING TEAM

Many Say Council Authority, Credibility Undermined; Lacking

Council Action, Arab Group Will Call for General Assembly Emergency Session

The Secretary-General, accompanied by his Special Coordinator for the Middle East Peace Process, Terje Roed-Larsen, travelled to Washington, D.C. in the afternoon of Thursday, 2 May, for discussions with the so-called “Quartet” on the situation in the Middle East.

PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Liberia delivered today by Security Council President Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore):

Members of the Council received a briefing by Assistant Secretary-General Ibrahima Fall on the Secretary-General's report on Liberia's compliance with paragraph 2 of resolution 1343 (document S/2002/494);

SECRETARY-GENERAL HOPES TO SEE ‘DECISIVE PROGRESS’ IN UPCOMING CYPRUS TALKS

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

Alvaro de Soto, the Secretary-General’s Special Adviser on Cyprus, briefed the members of the Security Council this afternoon on talks in Cyprus between

Has world lived up to its promises to children?

UN Member States Meet to Review Past Promises and to Set New Goals for Children

New York, 2 May –- An estimated 150 million of the world’s children are malnourished.  Nearly 11 million die before their fifth birthday. Over 120 million are still out of school.  Has the world lived up to its promises to children made at the 1990 World Summit for Children?

Committee on Information                                    PI/1421

 Twenty-fourth Session                                      2 May 2002

6^th Meeting (PM) and Round-up

GAZA FACING HUMANITARIAN CRISIS

(Reissued as received.)

GAZA, 2 May (UNRWA) -- A humanitarian crisis is looming in the Gaza Strip as the Israeli authorities continue to block the entry of basic foodstuffs, medicines and fuel, and refuse to relax internal restrictions on the movement of all goods and personnel.

PRESS STATEMENT ON ERITREA, ETHIOPIA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

     Following is today's press statement on Eritrea and Ethiopia by Security Council President Kishore Mahbubani (Singapore):

Council Members were briefed by the Secretariat on the peace process between Eritrea and Ethiopia.