PRESIDENT OF UNITED NATIONS SECURITY COUNCIL AND CHAIRMAN

OF MILITARY STAFF COMMITTEE IN APRIL

In accordance with the principle of alphabetical rotation, the following are the President of the United Nations Security Council and the Chairman of the Military Staff Committee for April:

Security Council

FROM FARM TO TABLE:  A GLOBAL APPROACH TO FOOD SAFETY

Linking Food Chain

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 31 March (FAO) -- Food safety is a global issue which demands an integrated, global response.

But the answer to tackling the issue of food-borne hazards which know no geographical boundaries lies very close to home -- in the farms, fields, orchards and rivers, large or small -- where our food has its source.

Commission on Population and Development                  POP/856        

Thirty-sixth Session                                         31 March 2003

TENTATIVE SCHEDULE OF MEETINGS OF UNITED NATIONS BODIES IN APRIL 2003

The following is a tentative list of United Nations meetings scheduled to be held in April, including major meetings of intergovernmental organizations related to the United Nations:

Meetings continued from previous month:

Ad Hoc Committee on Assembly                                L/3028*

AIR POLLUTION FROM BAGHDAD FIRES POSES RISKS FOR HUMAN HEALTH

AND ENVIRONMENT, SAYS UNEP

(Reissued as received.)

AMMAN/NAIROBI, 30 March (UNEP) -- Toxic smoke from burning oil wells in southern Iraq and from oil-filled trenches and bomb-ignited fires in Baghdad are the clearest evidence so far that the current conflict may further damage Iraq's already highly stressed environment, according to the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS HEARS FROM SPECIAL RAPPORTEURS

ON SITUATIONS IN BURUNDI, MYANMAR

Minister of Justice of Togolese Republic Speaks

(Reissued as received.)

MINISTER OF STATE IN CHARGE OF EXTERNAL RELATIONS OF CAMEROON

ADDRESSES COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Commission Continues Consideration of Question of Violation

Of Human Rights in Occupied Arab Territories, Including Palestine

(Reissued as received.)

Disarmament Commission

2003 Substantive Session

252^nd & 253^rd Meetings (AM & PM)

‘CREEPING RETREAT’ FROM NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT, INCREASED PROLIFERATION RISK

AMONG ISSUES STRESSED, AS DISARMAMENT COMMISSION OPENS SESSION

HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE WORSENS, SAY UN OFFICIALS