PRESS STATEMENT ON BURUNDI BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today’s press statement on Burundi by the President of the Security Council, Ole Peter Kolby (Norway):

Human Rights Committee

Seventy-fourth Session

1989^th & 1990^th Meetings (AM & PM)

HUMAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE TAKES UP SWEDEN'S FIFTH REPORT ON COMPLIANCE

WITH INTERNATIONAL COVENANT ON CIVIL, POLITICAL RIGHTS

Delegation Introduces National Action Plan 2002-2004;

Experts Question Impact of Anti-Terrorist Measures on Human Rights

SECRETARY-GENERAL EXPRESSES HOPE THAT LATEST MIDEAST VIOLENCE

WILL NOT DETER PARTIES FROM SEEKING POLITICAL SOLUTION

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

IMPORTANCE OF COHERENCE IN DEVELOPMENT POLICIES AT ALL LEVELS EMPHASIZED

BY SPEAKERS IN ROUND TABLE AT FINANCING FOR DEVELOPMENT CONFERENCE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

MONTERREY, 20 March -- The need for coherence in development policies at all levels was among the many issues stressed by speakers in Ministerial Round Table B1 held this morning as part of the International Conference on Financing for Development.

PRESS STATEMENT ON ANGOLA BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of today's press statement on Angola by the President of the Security Council, Ole Peter Kolby (Norway):

Under-Secretary-General Gambari briefed the Council today on the latest developments in Angola.

Members of the Council welcomed the recent political development including the Angolan Government’s statement of 13 March.

The Secretary-General flew to San Jose, Costa Rica, in the evening of Friday, 15 March.

NEED FOR COHERENCE BETWEEN, WITHIN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS STRESSED

IN MINISTERIAL ROUND TABLE AT DEVELOPMENT FINANCING CONFERENCE

(Received from a UN Information Officer.)

Background Release

COMMISSION ON LIMITS OF CONTINENTAL SHELF CONVENES

TO EXAMINE SUBMISSION OF RUSSIAN FEDERATION

SECRETARY-GENERAL, IN MESSAGE TO OBSERVANCE BY ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN FAMILIES,

SAYS EVENT SHOULD SPUR ALL TO HELP END 'THIS LONG SEASON OF TEARS'

      Following is the message of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Kieran Prendergast, Under-Secretary-General for Political Affairs, to the observance by the "Israeli-Palestinian Bereaved Families for Peace" in New York on 19 March:

Fifty-sixth General Assembly

Fifth Committee

53^rd Meeting (AM)

CONCLUDING RESUMED SESSION, FIFTH COMMITTEE RECOMMENDS RESTORATION

OF INTERNET SERVICES FOR PERMANENT MISSIONS

Approving 12 Texts without Vote, Committee Endorses

Financing Levels for MONUC, Tribunals, but Defers Decision on Separation Age