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SG/SM/8675-HR/CN/1043
24/04/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8675
HR/CN/1043


HUMAN RIGHTS –- WHETHER CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL OR CULTURAL –- ARE

UNIVERSAL, MUST BE UPHELD IN EVERY COUNTRY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


Following is the statement, as delivered, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva today:

SC/7739-IK/352
24/04/2003
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SC/7739
IK/352


PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ/KUWAIT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT


Following is today’s statement to the press on Iraq/Kuwait by Security Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico):


Members of the Security Council listened to the presentation of the eleventh report of the Secretary-General according to paragraph 14 of Resolution 1284.

SC/7738
24/04/2003
Press Release
SC/7738


Security Council

4743rd Meeting (PM)


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME UNTIL 3 JUNE


Resolution 1476 Adopted Unanimously


The Security Council this afternoon extended the “oil-for-food” programme for Iraq, as adjusted by its resolution 1472 (2003) and which was to expire on   12 May, until 3 June.

PI/1473
24/04/2003
Press Release
PI/1473


Background Release


COMMITTEE ON INFORMATION TO MEET FROM 28 APRIL TO 9 MAY


Ongoing Reform of Information Department to Be Main Focus of Discussion


The twenty-fifth session of the Committee on Information, which makes recommendations to the General Assembly on the policy and activities of the Department of Public Information (DPI), will open on Monday, 28 April, against the backdrop of the Department’s ongoing reform of its activities.