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SC/7701-IK/333

PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

21/03/2003
Press Release
SC/7701
IK/333


PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT


Following is the text of a statement to the press on Iraq by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):


The Members of the Security Council welcomed the Secretary General’s proposals concerning the emergency humanitarian plan in Iraq and decided that they provide a good working basis.


Council Members agreed on the need to take appropriate measures promptly to deal with the emergency humanitarian situation prevailing in the country.


The Members of the Council decided that a group of experts should meet tomorrow Saturday, 22 March, at 10 a.m., under the auspices of Germany as
Chairman of Committee 661, to begin discussions with a view to preparing a draft resolution.

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