EXPERT PANEL ON ILLEGAL EXPLOITATION OF RESOURCES IN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO

TO BEGIN WORK IN NAIROBI ON 24 MARCH

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

ON ASSASSINATION OF SERBIA’S PRIME MINISTER

Following is the press statement on the assassination of the Serbian Prime Minister, delivered today by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

Security Council

4717^th Meeting (Resumed) (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS FROM 53 SPEAKERS IN TWO DAYS ON IRAQ’S DISARMAMENT;

SOME STRESS IRAQ HAS NOT COOPERATED, MOST SAY INSPECTORS NEED MORE TIME

Security Council

4718^th Meeting (PM)

Security Council

4717^th Meeting* (PM)

AT REQUEST OF NON-ALIGNED COUNTRIES, SECURITY COUNCIL HEARS VIEWS

OF LARGER UN MEMBERSHIP ON DISARMAMENT OF IRAQ

PRESS STATEMENT ON DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on the Democratic Republic of the Congo by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

Members of the Council welcome the agreement reached among Congolese parties in Pretoria.  They stressed the importance of the transitional Government in the Democratic Republic of the Congo being established as soon as possible.

Security Council

4715^th Meeting (AM)

RECENT VIOLENCE, RISE IN ARMED GROUPS THREATEN SUCCESS IN TIMOR-LESTE,

PEACEKEEPING UNDER-SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Secretary-General Recommends UN Mission Enhance Capacity

Security Council

4714^th Meeting (AM)

UNITED NATIONS WEAPONS INSPECTORS REPORT TO SECURITY COUNCIL

ON PROGRESS IN DISARMAMENT OF IRAQ

Some Council Members Press for More Time, Strengthened

Inspections; Others Insist That Iraq Has Not Made Strategic Decision to Comply

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