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SC/7730-AFG/221
15/04/2003
Press Release
SC/7730
AFG/221


PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT FOLLOWING BRIEFING BY CHAIR

OF COMMITTEE MONITORING TALIBAN, AL-QAIDA SANCTIONS


Following is today’s press statement by Security Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico), following a briefing by the Chair of the Committee monitoring implementation of sanctions against the Taliban and al-Qaida:

POP/862
15/04/2003
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POP/862


POPULATION AWARENESS LEADER WERNER FORNOS, FAMILY PLANNING ASSOCIATION OF KENYA

2003 UNITED NATIONS POPULATION AWARD WINNERS


NEW YORK, 14 April –- Population awareness advocate Werner Fornos and the Family Planning Association of Kenya have been named winners of the 2003 United Nations Population Award.  Mr. Fornos is the President of the United States-based Population Institute.

GA/10133
15/04/2003
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GA/10133


Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Plenary

83rd Plenary Meeting (AM)


GENERAL ASSEMBLY VOICES STRONG SUPPORT FOR ‘KIMBERLEY PROCESS’ SCHEME,

AIMED AT STEMMING USE OF DIAMONDS FOR FINANCING CONFLICT


Also Adopts Nine Texts Recommended by Budget Committee,

Approves Appointment of UNDP Administrator for Second Four-Year Term

SG/SM/8667-REC/109
14/04/2003
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SG/SM/8667
REC/109


EXPLORING ROOT CAUSES OF CONFLICT ONLY WAY TO BUILD ENDURING PEACE,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL IN MESSAGE TO BEIRUT MEETING


Following is Secretary-General Kofi Annan’s message to the twenty-second session of the Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), delivered by Mervat Tallawy, Executive Secretary, ESCWA, in Beirut on 14 April:

SG/SM/8666-ECOSOC/6042
14/04/2003
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SG/SM/8666
ECOSOC/6042


SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS UN NATURAL HOME FOR NEEDED DIALOGUE AMONG TRADE,

DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONS, IN STATEMENT TO HIGH-LEVEL ECOSOC MEETING


Following is the statement of Secretary-General Kofi Annan, delivered on his behalf by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette, to the special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with the Bretton Woods institutions and the World Trade Organization in New York on 14 April: