The following statement was issued today by the Office of the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:
The Human Rights Committee this morning concluded its sixty-eighth session - held at United Nations Headquarters from 13 to 31 March - following consideration of reports submitted by the Republic of the Congo, United Kingdom (Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man), Mongolia and Guyana under article 40 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights.
The Security Council this morning, resuming its consideration of the humanitarian situation in Iraq, increased the amount of money that Iraq may use to purchase oil spare parts and equipment to $600 million under the programme of humanitarian assistance known as oil-for-food.
The newly formed United Nations Geographic Information Working Group concluded its first meeting on collaboration in the fields of cartography and geographic information science at Headquarters on 30 March 2000.
Panel Discussion on Making Globalization Work For Development: What Role for United Nations? to Be Held at Headquarters
Conducts Second Reading of Two Key Texts, Elements of Crimes; Rules of Procedures and Evidence
In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the new Chairmen of the United Nations security bodies for April:
Security Council
Robert R. Fowler (Canada) succeeds Anwarul Karim Chowdhury (Bangladesh) as President of the Security Council.
Military Staff Committee
Committee Will Meet Again 8 May to 2 June
