IK/245
11 March 1998
GENEVA, 10 March (UN Information Service) -- Secretary-General Kofi Annan will address the opening meeting of the fifty-fourth session of the Commission on Human Rights, which will review the state of human rights and fundamental freedoms in the world, from 16 March to 24 April at the Palais des Nations.
Procurement reform, outsourcing and the chronically late issuance of documents were among the topics discussed this morning by the Fifth Committee (Administrative and Budgetary), as it began the first part of its resumed session, which will last until 27 March.