SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘DEEPLY DEPLORES’ USE OF EXCESSIVE FORCE

BY ISRAEL IN GAZA REFUGEE CAMP

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

ALL MUST WORK TOGETHER TO COUNTER TERRORISM, PREVENT SPREAD

OF WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

Following is today’s statement as delivered by Secretary-General Kofi Annan, at the special meeting of the Security Council’s Counter-Terrorism Committee:

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.

Security Council

Counter-Terrorism Committee

SPECIAL MEETING OF SECURITY COUNCIL’S COUNTER-TERRORISM COMMITTEE HEARS

CALL FOR SYSTEMATIC INTERNATIONAL, REGIONAL COOPERATION

POLITICAL INERTIA EXACERBATES WATER CRISIS, SAYS WORLD WATER DEVELOPMENT REPORT First UN System-Wide Evaluation of Global Water Resources

(Reissued as received.)

Fifty-seventh General Assembly

Fifth Committee (Resumed)

42^nd Meeting (AM)                   

CONCLUDING REVIEW OF JUSTICE ADMINISTRATION IN UN SECRETARIAT, BUDGET COMMITTEE

HEARS U.S. STATEMENT SUPPORTING MOST RECOMMENDATIONS TO IMPROVE CURRENT SYSTEM

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session

5^th & 6^th 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

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.

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

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.