Security Council

4510^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL MEETS AGAIN ON MIDDLE EAST, AT REQUEST OF ARAB GROUP,

WITH SPEAKERS DEMANDING IMPLEMENTATION OF RECENT RESOLUTIONS

Many Stress Need for Deployment of International Observer Force,

UN BODIES ADDRESS AGEING ASSEMBLY’S MAIN COMMITTEE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Six United Nations bodies addressed the Main Committee of the Second World Assembly on Ageing this afternoon, presenting their views and reporting on the relevant experiences on the ageing of the world population. 

UN:  ‘END THE HORROR IN THE CAMPS’

GAZA, 7 April (UNRWA) -- Peter Hansen, Commissioner General of the United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA), has called on the Israeli military to cease its bloody assault on Palestinian refugee camps in the West Bank.

ROLE OF OLDER PEOPLE, FIGHTING POVERTY AND SUPPPORT FOR FAMILIES

AMONG THEMES STRESSED AT AGEING ASSEMBLY, MADRID

Issues of Ageing Must Be in Mainstream of Global Agenda, Says ECOSOC President

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Commission on Population and Development

Thirty-fifth Session

7^th Meeting (AM)

COMMISSION ON POPULATION AND DEVELOPMENT CALLS FOR CONTINUED RESEARCH

ON POPULATION, REPRODUCTIVE RIGHTS, REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH

As 35^th Session Ends, Commission Adopts Agenda

-- ‘Population, Education, Development’ –- for Next Session

Commission on Sustainable Development

Acting as Preparatory Committee for

 World Summit on Sustainable Development

4^th Meeting (PM)

PREPARATORY COMMITTEE FOR SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT SUMMIT CONCLUDES THIRD SESSION

Final Session Will Be Held in Bali, Indonesia, 27 May-7 June;

Human Rights Committee

Seventy-fourth Session

2011^th Meeting (AM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE CONCLUDES WORK OF SEVENTY-FOURTH SESSION

‘THE MOST PRODUCTIVE IN HISTORY’, SAY EXPERTS

Reports of Gambia, Viet Nam, New Zealand,

Yemen, Republic of Moldova to Be Considered at Seventy-Fifth Session

Security Council

4506^th Meeting* (AM & PM)

FIFTY-EIGHT SPEAKERS ADDRESS SECURITY COUNCIL IN DAY-LONG MIDDLE EAST DEBATE;

STRESS NEED TO IMPLEMENT COUNCIL'S CALL FOR CEASEFIRE, ISRAELI WITHDRAWAL

CORRECTION

      On page 22 of Press Release SC/7352 issued 3 April, the speaker from Lebanon should be:  HOUSSAM ASAAD DIAB (Lebanon).

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PRESS STATEMENT ON CYPRUS BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

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

Security Council

4507^th Meeting (AM & PM)

ON LAST DAY OF 10-YEAR TENURE, EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF WORLD FOOD PROGRAMME

BRIEFS COUNCIL ON ROLE OF FOOD AID IN CONFLICT SETTLEMENT