UNFPA EMERGENCY MEDICAL SUPPLIES ARRIVE IN BAGHDAD

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NEW YORK, 11 June (UNFPA) –- A new shipment of emergency reproductive health supplies, intended to meet the urgent needs of Iraqi women, arrived in Baghdad on 9 June.  The supplies, provided by the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), were dispatched on a UNFPA/United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) convoy that crossed the border from the Iranian city of Kermanshah.

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPOINTS SERGIO VIEIRA DE MELLO

AS HIS SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE FOR IRAQ

CHAIR OF SECURITY COUNCIL IRAQ SANCTIONS COMMITTEE SAYS PROCEDURES

CONCERNING FLIGHTS TO IRAQ NO LONGER VALID

The Chairman of the Security Council Committee established by resolution

661 (1990) concerning the situation between Iraq and Kuwait wishes to make the following statement concerning flights to Iraq:

EXPERTS URGE INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION ON REHABILITATING MESOPOTAMIAN MARSHLANDS

SECRETARY-GENERAL PLEDGES UN SUPPORT TO IRAQ IN ‘COMPLEX AND DIFFICULT’

TASKS AHEAD, IN MESSAGE TO SECURITY COUNCIL

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to today’s Security Council meeting on “The Situation between Iraq and Kuwait” in New York:

DEPUTY SECRETARY-GENERAL REITERATES UN COMMITMENT TO AID IRAQIS, NOTES HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE DEPENDENT ON AVAILABILITY OF RESOURCES

Following is the text of remarks, as delivered, by Deputy Secretary-General Louise Fréchette to today’s Security Council meeting on “Response to the Humanitarian Situation in Iraq”, in New York:

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE

LOSS OF EVIDENCE OF PAST ABUSES IN IRAQ

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GENEVA, 16 May (UN Information Service) -- Following is a statement issued today by United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Sergio Vieira de Mello:

UN-HABITAT BEGINS SURVEY OF WAR DAMAGED HOUSING STOCK IN IRAQ

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UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STAFF RETURN TO BAGHDAD TODAY

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SECRETARY-GENERAL APPEALS TO SECURITY COUNCIL TO SET ASIDE

PAST DIFFERENCES ON IRAQ AND FIND NEW UNITY

Following is the statement, as delivered, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Security Council meeting on 30 April, devoted to wrapping up the Council’s work for the current month: