UNEP'S POST-CONFLICT ASSESSMENT UNIT INITIATES STUDY OF ENVIRONMENT IN IRAQ

(Reissued as received.)

NAIROBI/GENEVA, 21 March (UNEP) -- The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) today announced that its Post-Conflict Assessment Unit has initiated a desk study of the environment in Iraq.

UNFPA PREPARES TO AID PREGNANT IRAQI WOMEN

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NEW YORK, 21 March (UNFPA) -- To protect the health of pregnant women displaced by the war in Iraq, the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA) has put essential medical supplies and equipment in place inside the country and at sites in neighbouring countries where refugees are anticipated.

SECRETARY-GENERAL AUTHORIZES WITHDRAWAL OF UNITED NATIONS PERSONNEL FROM IRAQ

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

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION APPROVES AWARDS

OF OVER US $223 MILLION FOR COMPENSATION

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GENEVA, 14 March (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission, under the Presidency of Germany, concluded its forty-seventh session yesterday and approved awards of

FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION OF THE UNCC GOVERNING COUNCIL

TO BE HELD FROM 11 TO 13 MARCH 2003

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GENEVA, 7 March (UN Information Service) -- The Governing Council of the United Nations Compensation Commission will hold its forty-seventh session from

11 to 13 March 2003.

MAJOR-GENERAL FRANCISZEK GĄGOR OF POLAND APPOINTED FORCE COMMANDER

IN UNITED NATIONS IRAQ-KUWAIT OBSERVATION MISSION

Secretary-General Kofi Annan announced today the appointment of Major-General Franciszek Gągor of Poland as Force Commander of the United Nations Iraq-Kuwait Observation Mission (UNIKOM) with effect from 17 January 2003.

SECRETARY-GENERAL NOTES IRAQ’S HAND-OVER OF KUWAITI PROPERTY

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

STATEMENT TO PRESS ON IRAQ INSPECTIONS BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the statement on the Iraq inspections made today to the press by Security Council President Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia):

PRESS STATEMENT ON KUWAIT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the statement to the press made by the President of the Security Council, Alfonso Valdivieso (Colombia), concerning missing Kuwaiti and third country nationals, as well as Kuwaiti property issues on 18 December:

GOVERNING COUNCIL OF UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION COMMISSION

APPROVES AWARDS OF APPROXIMATELY $182 MILLION