Biographical Note

SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS TOSHIYUKI NIWA AS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR

OF UN CAPITAL MASTER PLAN MANAGEMENT PROJECT

Biographical Note                                            SG/A/829*

Security Council

4700^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL CALLS FOR FULL IMPLEMENTATION OF CÔTE D’IVOIRE PEACE

AGREEMENT, UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1464 (2003)

Welcomes Deployment of West African, French Troops;

                                                            PI/1456

2003 TRAINING CYCLE ON INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY TO BEGIN

AT HEADQUARTERS, 6 FEBRUARY

International Criminal Court

Assembly of States Parties

First Session (Resumed)

7^th Meeting (AM & PM)

STATES PARTIES TO INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT STATUTE ELECT

SEVEN OF REQUIRED 18 JUDGES

The first resumed session of the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court today elected seven of the required

International Covenant on Civil

and Political Rights

28^th Meeting (AM)

UN HUMANITARIAN ENVOY FOR CRISIS IN CÔTE D’IVOIRE VISITS GUINEA

NEW YORK, 4 February (Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs)   -- In Guinea today, Carolyn McAskie, the Secretary-General’s Humanitarian Envoy for the crisis in Côte d’Ivoire, is continuing her assessment of the impact of the crisis on neighbouring countries.

POWER STATIONS THREATEN PEOPLE AND WILDLIFE WITH MERCURY POISONING;

GLOBAL STUDY OF THIS HAZARDOUS HEAVY METAL RELEASED

UNEP's Governing Council 3 to 7 February

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI, 3 February (United Nations Environment Programme) -- Mercury poisoning of the planet could be significantly reduced by curbing pollution from power stations, a new report released by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) suggests.

UN STUDY EXPOSES ORIGINS, DIMENSIONS AND IMPACT OF AFGHANISTAN OPIUM ECONOMY,

POINTS TO ALTERNATIVE