Security Council

4490^th Meeting (AM)

UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL BRIEFS SECURITY COUNCIL ON DEVELOPMENTS IN AFGHANISTAN,

INCLUDING WOMEN’S DAY OBSERVANCE, CHALLENGES TO INTERIM ADMINISTRATION

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Plenary

96^th Meeting (AM)

GENERAL ASSEMBLY URGES FINALIZATION OF INTERNATIONAL CERTIFICATION

SCHEME FOR ROUGH DIAMONDS

Success of ‘Kimberley Process’ a Matter of Life and Death

For Southern Africa, Says Botswana as Assembly Adopts Text on Conflict Diamonds

Security Council

4488^th Meeting (AM)

‘YOU CAN STILL LEAD YOUR PEOPLES AWAY FROM DISASTER’, SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL,

ADDRESSING PALESTINIAN, ISRAELI LEADERS IN SECURITY COUNCIL STATEMENT

united nations finance for development conference

attracting wide international participation

Fifty Heads of State Expected for Summit Segment in Monterrey

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

48^th Meeting (AM)

FIFTH COMMITTEE CONCLUDES CONSIDERATION OF FINANCING OF UN MISSION

IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

Secretariat Responds to Delegates’ Concerns

Over Rules Governing Evaluation, Award of Outsourced Contracts in DRC

Security Council

4489^th Meeting (Night)

SECURITY COUNCIL DEMANDS IMMEDIATE CESSATION OF ALL VIOLENCE IN MIDDLE EAST;

AFFIRMS VISION OF TWO STATES, ISRAEL AND PALESTINE

SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL MIDDLE EAST CRISIS ‘WORST IN TEN YEARS;’

CALLS ON PALESTINIANS, ISRAELIS TO ‘LEAD YOUR PEOPLES AWAY FROM DISASTER’

Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council’s 12 March meeting on the situation in the Middle East:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

47^th Meeting (AM)

ACABQ RECOMMENDS $450-MILLION BUDGET FOR UN MISSION IN DRC -–

$87 MILLION LESS THAN FIGURE REQUESTED BY SECRETARIAT

Several Speakers Express Disappointment

At Lack of Data to Justify Secretariat’s Demands

RITSUMEIKAN ASIA PACIFIC UNIVERSITY AND UNIVERSITY FOR PEACE

SIGN AGREEMENT OF COOPERATION

Security Council

4487^th Meeting* (AM and PM)

WIDE SUPPORT EXPRESSED IN SECURITY COUNCIL FOR PROPOSED PEACE, RECONCILIATION

CONFERENCE ON SOMALIA IN NAIROBI IN APRIL