HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS CONCERNED OVER POSSIBLE

LOSS OF EVIDENCE OF PAST ABUSES IN IRAQ

(Reissued as received.)

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

(Reissued as received.)

UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL STAFF RETURN TO BAGHDAD TODAY

(Reissued as received.)

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:

AT LEAST ONE THIRD OF IRAQ’S SPRING CROP UNSCATHED,

FIRST FAO PRELIMINARY ASSESSMENT

(Reissued as received.)

ROME, 28 April (FAO) -- At least one third of Iraq's critical spring grain crop appears to have emerged unscathed from the conflict, according to preliminary surveys conducted by the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO).

PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ/KUWAIT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is today’s statement to the press on Iraq/Kuwait by Security Council President Adolfo Aguilar Zinser (Mexico):

Members of the Security Council listened to the presentation of the eleventh report of the Secretary-General according to paragraph 14 of Resolution 1284.

UNEP OUTLINES STRATEGY FOR PROTECTING PEOPLE AND ENVIRONMENT IN POST-WAR IRAQ

(Reissued as received.)

GENEVA, 24 April (UNEP) -- A new report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) on environmental conditions in Iraq offers a preliminary assessment of the main environmental threats facing the country, and recommends actions for immediate relief and long-term recovery.

RIGHT TO LIVE FREE FROM INTIMIDATION, FORCED EXPULSION MUST BE RESPECTED,

SAYS SECRETARY-GENERAL, FOLLOWING REPORTS OF VIOLENCE IN NORTHERN IRAQ

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

UN HUMAN SETTLEMENTS PROGRAMME ASSISTS IN PROVIDING SHELTER

FOR INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE IN NORTHERN IRAQ

AMMAN/NAIROBI, 15 April (UN-HABITAT) -- As the lead agency in the United Nations system for the shelter sector and in particular, for urban reconstruction and rehabilitation, the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-HABITAT) has continued emergency assistance to new internally displaced people, IDPs, in northern Iraq.

SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS CATASTROPHIC LOSSES TO IRAQ’S CULTURAL HERITAGE

‘A WOUND INFLICTED ON ALL HUMANKIND’

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