SECRETARY-GENERAL DEEPLY CONCERNED OVER FIGHTING IN LIBERIA;

URGES ALL PARTIES TO ENSURE PROTECTION OF CIVILIANS

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON CÔTE D’IVOIRE BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Côte d’Ivoire delivered today by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

Members of the Security Council are deeply concerned by the incidents that took place at Daloa on 26 March 2003 during the demonstration organized by the “Jeunes Patriotes”.

Security Council

4732^nd Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL APPROVES ADJUSTMENTS TO IRAQ ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1472 (2003)

Security Council

4731^st Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS DEADLINE FOR NOMINATION OF ‘AD LITEM’ JUDGES

FOR RWANDA TRIBUNAL UNTIL 15 APRIL

The Security Council this afternoon extended the deadline for the nomination of ad litem judges for the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda until

15 April, as the number of nominations received fell short of the minimum specified in the Tribunal’s Statute.

Security Council

4730^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS AFGHANISTAN MISSION UNTIL 28 MARCH 2004,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1471 (2003)

Security Council

4729^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS SIERRA LEONE MISSION UNTIL 30 SEPTEMBER,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1470 (2003)

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission in Sierra Leone (UNAMSIL) for six months, beginning 30 March 2003.

Security Council

4728^th Meeting (AM)

SECURITY COUNCIL TOLD PEACE AGREEMENT BETWEEN PAPUA NEW GUINEA, BOUGAINVILLE

CAN BE FULLY IMPLEMENTED BY YEAR’S END, DESPITE SERIOUS OBSTACLES

UNFPA, EUROPEAN UNION SIGN 22 MILLION EURO AGREEMENT

(Reissued as received.)

NEW YORK, 28 March (UNFPA)–- UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, and the European Union signed an agreement yesterday for a 22 million euro, three-year Reproductive Health Initiative for Youth in Asia, which will be implemented in seven countries.

Note to Correspondents

NOBEL PRIZE WINNER AMARTYA SEN, DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR PAUL DEMENY TO PRESENT

KEYNOTE ADDRESSES ON POPULATION, EDUCATION AND DEVELOPMENT

Media Invited to Attend Addresses

Scheduled for 1, 2 April, Press Briefing on 3 April

EXPERTS DESCRIBE SITUATIONS IN SUDAN, SOUTH-EAST EUROPE AND AFGHANISTAN

Commission on Human Rights Continues Debate on Occupied Arab Territories

(Reissued as received.)