GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UN COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS

OF APPROXIMATELY $1.4 BILLION

CREDIBLE, INCLUSIVE TRANSITION OFFERS BEST HOPE FOR STABILITY

IN IRAQ, SECRETARY-GENERAL TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of remarks by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council meeting on Iraq today:

SECRETARY-GENERAL CALLS CAPTURE OF SADDAM AN IMPORTANT EVENT

Following is a statement issued today by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan:

The Secretary-General considers that the capture of Saddam Hussein, the epitome of the former regime, is an important event.  It offers an opportunity to give fresh impetus to the search for peace and stability in Iraq, on the basis of an inclusive and fully transparent process.

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION

TO HOLD FIFTIETH SESSION FROM 16 TO 18 DECEMBER

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 12 December -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its fiftieth session from 16 to 18 December 2003 under the Presidency of Ambassador Michael Steiner (Germany).

STATEMENT BY International Advisory and Monitoring Board for Iraq

Organizational Meeting of International Advisory and Monitoring Board

PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on Iraq by Security Council President Stefan Tafrov (Bulgaria):

ADVISORY BOARD ESTABLISHED TO MONITOR IRAQ DEVELOPMENT FUND TO MEET 5 DECEMBER

The following was issued by the Spokesman for Secretary-General Kofi Annan on Wednesday, 3 December:

ACTING HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS AND IRAQI HUMAN

RIGHTS MINISTER DISCUSS HUMAN RIGHTS IN IRAQ

(Reissued as received)

GENEVA, 4 December (UN Information Service) -- The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) has offered to make its expertise available to Iraqi officials and representatives of the country's civil society as they establish a legal framework to promote and protect human rights.

LIST ESTABLISHED PURSUANT TO SECURITY COUNCIL RESOLUTION 1483 (2003)

The Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait has designated the public entities listed below pursuant to resolution 1483, paragraphs

19 and 23:

SECRETARY-GENERAL’S STATEMENT TO SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING

ON CONCLUSION OF UN OIL-FOR-FOOD PROGRAMME FOR IRAQ

This is the text of the statement by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council this afternoon on the conclusion of the “oil-for-food” programme for Iraq: