SECRETARY-GENERAL EXTREMELY CONCERNED BY WIDESPREAD FIGHTING

IN IRAQ, OFFERS UN HELP IN CURRENT CRISIS

The following statement was issued Saturday, 7 August, by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION PAYS OUT $177.5 MILLION

(Reissued as received.)

RESTORING IRAQI MARSHLANDS PROJECT LAUNCHED BY UN ENVIRONMENT PROGRAMME

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI/PARIS, 23 July (UNEP) -- A multi-million dollar project to restore the environment and provide clean drinking water in the Marshlands of Mesopotamia was announced today by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

WOMEN’S ANTI-DISCRIMINATION COMMITTEE URGES IRAQ’S INTERIM GOVERNMENT

TO ENSURE GENDER EQUALITY AND NON-DISCRIMINATION OF WOMEN

The following statement was issued today by the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW):

Secretary-General calls for release of hostages

HELD BY IRAQI MILITANTS

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

The Secretary-General is deeply concerned about the threats to the lives of two Bulgarians and one Filipino national who are reportedly held hostage by Iraqi militants.

COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS OF $380.5 MILLION AT FIFTY-SECOND SESSION

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 2 July (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the presidency of Ambassador Michael Steiner (Germany), has concluded its fifty-second session today and approved awards of $380,532,962.70 for compensation.

SECRETARY-GENERAL REMEMBERS VICTIMS OF UN BAGHDAD HEADQUARTERS BOMBING

IN MESSAGE TO WESTMINSTER ABBEY THANKSGIVING SERVICE

SECRETARY-GENERAL welcomes IRAQ ‘back into family

of independent and sovereign nations’

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

PRESS STATEMENT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

ON HANDOVER OF SOVEREIGNTY TO IRAQ

Following is the press statement on Iraqi sovereignty delivered today by Security Council President Lauro L. Baja (Philippines):

FIFTY-SECOND SESSION OF UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL TO BE HELD FROM 29 JUNE TO 1 JULY

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 25 June (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its fifty-second session from 29 June to 1 July 2004 under the Presidency of Ambassador Michael Steiner (Germany).