HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS WELCOMES SIXTIETH RATIFICATION

OF STATUTE OF INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT

GENEVA, 11 April (UN Information Service) -- Following is a statement issued by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Mary Robinson on the occasion of the deposit of the sixtieth instrument of ratification of the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court:

CATASTROPHIC CONDITIONS IN JENIN CAMP AS ISRAEL

MAKES MASS ARRESTS AT TRAINING CENTRE

Camp Residents in Nablus Area Asked to Leave Shelters,

Large-Scale Israeli Military Operation under Way in Camp

DIFFICULT SITUATION OF AFRICA AND COUNTRIES IN CONFLICT IN SUPPORT

OF OLDER PEOPLE HIGHLIGHTED AT AGEING ASSEMBLY IN MADRID

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Developing countries’ difficult situation, which exacerbated the situation of older people there, was particularly true for countries trapped in cycles of violent conflict, the Vice-Minister for Social Assistance of Angola, Maria Da Luz, told the Second World Assembly on Ageing this afternoon.

Secretary-General Kofi Annan departed New York on 6 April and arrived in Madrid, Spain, on Sunday, 7 April, to begin a weeklong visit to Europe that would also take him to Rome and Geneva.

UN INTERNATIONAL MEETING TO SUPPORT MIDDLE EAST PEACE

TO CONVENE IN NICOSIA, CYPRUS, 16 - 17 APRIL

Disarmament Commission

250^th Meeting (AM)

DISARMAMENT COMMISSION DICUSSES POSSIBLE DELAY IN HOLDING 2002 SUBSTANTIVE SESSION

The Disarmament Commission will meet next week to decide whether or not to delay its 2002 substantive session owing to extraordinary circumstances, primarily the packed United Nations calendar.

Disarmament Commission                                      DC/2829*

CHALLENGE PRESENTED BY POVERTY, IMPORTANCE OF INTER-GENERATIONAL SOLIDARITY

AMONG THEMES RAISED AS AGEING ASSEMBLY CONTINUES IN MADRID

Speakers Describe Important Role of National Action Plans

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Security Council

4511^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXPRESSES SUPPORT FOR JOINT STATEMENT ON MIDDLE EAST ISSUED

TODAY BY UN, UNITED STATES, RUSSIAN FEDERATION, EUROPEAN UNION

Training Seminar on Internet for French-speaking African Permanent Missions

held in New York, from 4 to 11 April

NEW YORK, 10 April (DPI) -- The United Nations Department of Public Information (DPI) and the International Organization of la Francophonie (OIF) are holding a Training Seminar on the Internet for French-speaking African Permanent Missions at United Nations Headquarters in New York, from 4 to 11 April.