Security Council

4743^rd 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.

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.

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