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

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPALLED AT KILLING OF RED CROSS WORKER IN AFGHANISTAN

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

The Secretary-General was appalled to learn of the brutal killing yesterday of Richard Munguía, a delegate of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Uruzgan province in southern Afghanistan.

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.