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SC/7681
06/03/2003
Press Release
SC/7681


REFORMATTED AL QAEDA AND TALIBAN LIST


On 4 March 2003, the Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1267 (1999) issued a reformatted version of the list of individuals and entities belonging to or associated with the Taliban and Al Qaeda organizations.

WOM/1390
05/03/2003
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WOM/1390


Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

5th & 6th Meetings (AM & PM)


WOMEN’S SOCIAL, ECONOMIC INEQUALITY LEADS TO TRAFFICKING, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE,

EXPLOITATION, SAY SPEAKERS IN WOMEN’S COMMISSION


Note Women Represent ‘Staggering’ 70 Per Cent of Those in Poverty;

Why Is Most Dangerous Place for a Women Her Own Home? Delegate Asks

SG/SM/8623-AFR/573
05/03/2003
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SG/SM/8623
AFR/573


SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS G-8 CONTACT GROUP ON FOOD SECURITY

IN AFRICA THAT CONTINENT FACES DEADLY BURDENS


Following are remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan at the opening meeting of the G-8 Contact Group on Food Security in Africa in New York:


I am pleased to welcome you to the United Nations for this first meeting of your contact group.

SG/SM/8622
05/03/2003
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SG/SM/8622


SECRETARY-GENERAL GRAVELY CONCERNED AT ESCALATING VIOLENCE

BETWEEN ISRAELIS, PALESTINIANS


The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


The Secretary-General is gravely and increasingly concerned by the steady escalation in violence between Israelis and Palestinians, which has left

SG/SM/8621
05/03/2003
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SG/SM/8621


SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEASED WITH SECURITY COUNCIL SUPPORT

FOR HIS EFFORTS TO ASSIST PARTIES IN CYPRUS


The following statement was issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:


The Secretary-General was pleased with the support he received in the Security Council yesterday for his efforts to assist the parties in Cyprus reach a comprehensive settlement.

SC/7678-AFR/572
05/03/2003
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SC/7678
AFR/572


PRESS STATEMENT ON LIBERIA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT


Following is the statement to the press on Liberia, delivered today by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

SC/7677-AFR/571
05/03/2003
Press Release
SC/7677
AFR/571


PRESS STATEMENT ON GUINEA-BISSAU BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT


Following is the statement to the press on Guinea-Bissau, delivered today by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):


Members of the Security Council heard a briefing by David Stephen, Representative of the Secretary-General on the situation in Guinea-Bissau.