| Press Release AFR/395 SOC/NAR/840 |
AFRICAN GOVERNMENTS RESPOND TO INCREASING ILLICIT DRUG TRAFFICKING, ABUSE
Ministerial Meeting to Map out Drug Control Strategy
| Press Release SG/SM/8196 HR/CN/989 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL TO COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS: HUMAN RIGHTS
MUST NOT BE SACRIFICED TO COUNTER-TERRORISM
Following is the statement made today before the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva by Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
| Press Release SOC/4618 |
MAIN COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS ADOPTION OF DRAFT PLAN OF ACTION AND POLITICAL
DECLARATION TO PLENARY OF SECOND WORLD ASSEMBLY ON AGEING
(Received from a UN Information Officer.)
| Press Release SOC/4617 |
SPEAKERS AT AGEING ASSEMBLY IN MADRID ADDRESS ISSUES OF INTERNATIONAL
SOLIDARITY, WOMEN AND CONSEQUENCES OF CONFLICT
MADRID, 12 April -- The Second World Assembly on Ageing this morning heard speakers address issues of international solidarity, women and the consequences of war for social policies on ageing as it continued its general exchange of views.
| Press Release SOC/4619 |
Round-up
SECOND WORLD ASSEMBLY ON AGEING ADOPTS MADRID INTERNATIONAL PLAN OF ACTION
AND POLITICAL DECLARATION
Governments Affirm Concept of Society for All Ages
(Received from a UN Information Officer.)
| Press Release SG/SM/8195 |
SECRETARY-GENERAL CONDEMNS SUICIDE BOMB ATTACK IN JERUSALEM; CALLS ON PARTIES
TO COOPERATE WITH UNITED STATES SECRETARY OF STATE MISSION
The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Secretary-General condemns the suicide bomb attack today in Jerusalem. He reiterates his utter condemnation of such attacks against Israeli civilians as morally repugnant.
| Press Release L/3000 |
Preparatory Commission for
International Criminal Court
35th Meeting (AM)
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT WILL ENTER INTO FORCE ON 1 JULY 2002,
AS 10 STATES DEPOSIT RATIFICATION INSTRUMENTS AT HEADQUARTERS
Sixty-six Countries Have Now Ratified Treaty -– 60 Were Required;
| Press Release GA/SM/282 L/T/4367 |
General Assembly President Says Permanent International Criminal Court
WILL PROVIDE MUCH STRONGER DETERRENCE THAN AD HOC TRIBUNALS
Following is the message by Han Seung-soo, President of the General Assembly, to the ceremony marking the establishment of the International Criminal Court on 11 April 2002:
| Press Release SG/SM/8194 |
TRANSCRIPT OF PRESS CONFERENCE WITH PRESIDENT CARLO CIAMPI OF ITALY AND SECRETARY-GENERAL KOFI ANNAN IN ROME AND NEW YORK by videoconference, 11 APRIL
| Press Release HR/4583 |
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:
