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).

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.

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.

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:

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EMERGENCY RELIEF COORDINATOR VOICES SORROW OVER DEATH OF ICRC STAFF

MEMBER IN IRAQ; ALSO EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR MISSING NGO STAFF

HIGH COMMISSIONER FOR HUMAN RIGHTS DEEPLY DISTURBED BY KILLING

OF CIVILIANS AND JOURNALISTS IN IRAQ CONFLICT

(Reissued as received.)

IRAQ FIGHTING FURTHER IMPERILS EXPECTANT MOTHERS, UNFPA WARNS

(Reissued as received.)

SECRETARY-GENERAL INFORMS SECURITY COUNCIL OF APPOINTMENT

OF RAFEEUDDIN AHMED AS SPECIAL ADVISER

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