UNEP OUTLINES STRATEGY FOR PROTECTING PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT IN POST-WAR IRAQ

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 24 April (UNEP) -- A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on environmental conditions in Iraq offers a preliminary assessment of the main environmental threats facing the country, and recommends actions for immediate relief and long-term recovery.

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS APPROVES MEASURES ONPROMOTION

AND PROTECTION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, OTHER ISSUES

Extends Mandate of Special Representative

Secretary-General on Human Rights Defenders

UN SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS IRAQ SHOULD NOT DISTRACT

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS FROM OTHER VIOLATIONS

Commission Continues to Adopt Measures on Specific Groups

And Individuals, Civil and Political Rights, Indigenous Issues

(Reissued as received.)

COMMITTEE AGAINST TORTURE TO HOLD THIRTIETH SESSION

AT PALAIS WILSON FROM 28 APRIL TO 16 MAY 2003

Experts Scheduled to Consider Reports From Cambodia,

Azerbaijan, Iceland, Turkey, Slovenia, Belgium, and Republic of Moldova

(Reissued as received.)

IN MESSAGE FOR WORLD BOOK AND COPYRIGHT DAY, PRESIDENT

OF GENERAL ASSEMBLY CITES VALUE OF BOOKS, READING

Following is the message by Jan Kavan (Czech Republic), President of the General Assembly, for World Book and Copyright Day, observed 23 April:

Background Release

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT COMMISSION AT HEADQUARTERS 28 APRIL – 9 MAY,

WITH FOCUS ON IMPLEMENTING 2002 JOHANNESBURG SUMMIT OUTCOME

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS TURKEY’S CHILDREN’S FESTIVAL CELEBRATES DIVERSITY IN SPIRIT

OF FRIENDSHIP, PEACE, FAITHFULLY REFLECTING UN’S IDEAS

Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the International Children’s Festival, delivered by Jakob Simonsen, United Nations Development Programme Resident Coordinator, in Anatolia, 23 April:

Security Council

4742^nd Meeting (AM)

KOSOVO HAS ‘SOME WAY TO GO’ IN ESTABLISHING REPRESENTATIVE, FUNCTIONING

INSTITUTIONS, SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD

Provisional Institutions of Self-Government Hampered

FAO/WHO LAUNCH EXPERT REPORT ON DIET, NUTRITION AND PREVENTION OF CHRONIC DISEASES

Close Cooperation between Health and Agriculture

Sectors Needed to Address Growing Global Burden of Chronic Diseases

(Reissued as received.)

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

First Session (Resumed)

12^th Meeting (AM)

STATES PARTIES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT CONCLUDE SESSION

WITH ADOPTION OF DRAFT REPORT