MORE FOOD AID NEEDED FOR SOME SUB-SAHARAN AFRICAN COUNTRIES

But in Southern Africa, Overall

Harvest Prospects Have Improved Since Last Year

(Reissued as received.)

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

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4750^th Meeting (AM)

UNSTABLE, INSUFFICIENT SECURITY IN AFGHANISTAN CASTS LONG SHADOW OVER PEACE

PROCESS, SPECIAL REPRESENTATIVE TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Says Next Steps Require Security throughout Country;

Committee on NGOS

3^rd Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE TAKES NOTE OF 26 REPORTS SUBMITTED BY NGOS

The Committee on Non-Governmental Organizations (NGOs) took note of
26 quadrennial reports submitted by NGOs as it met this morning to review those submissions and to continue implementing the computer-based “Paperless Committee” initiative launched yesterday.  (See Press Release NGO/497 of 5 May.)

PALESTINIAN RIGHTS COMMITTEE WELCOMES PRESENTATION

OF ‘ROAD MAP’ TO ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN SETTLEMENT

At its 271^st meeting, on 6 May 2003, the Committee on the Exercise of the Inalienable Rights of the Palestinian People adopted the following statement:

PRESS STATEMENT BY PRESIDENT OF SECURITY COUNCIL ON AFGHANISTAN

Following is today’s press statement on Afghanistan by Security CouncilPresident Munir Akram (Pakistan):

Members of the Council reiterated their support for the efforts of the Afghan Transitional Administration and United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) to implement the Bonn process.

Committee on the Inalienable Rights

of the Palestinian People

271^st Meeting (AM)

COMMITTEE MEMBERS EXPRESS CAUTIOUS OPTIMISM OVER RECENTLY RELEASED

‘ROAD MAP’ FOR ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN PEACE

SECRETARY-GENERAL ‘WARMLY WELCOMES’ STEPS BY INDIA, PAKISTAN

TO EASE TENSIONS, IMPROVE RELATIONS

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

The Secretary-General warmly welcomes the series of reciprocal steps India and Pakistan have recently taken to ease tensions and improve bilateral relations.  He hopes that these steps, starting with Prime Minister Vajpayee’s statement on

Security Council

4752^nd Meeting (PM)

‘WE MUST NOT FALL INTO COMPLACENCY’ IN FIGHT AGAINST TERRORISM,

PRIME MINISTER OF SPAIN TELLS SECURITY COUNCIL

Council Considers Measures to Combat Terrorism

SECRETARY-GENERAL SADDENED AT DEATH OF WALTER SISULU,

HERO OF SOUTH AFRICA’S ANTI-APARTHEID MOVEMENT

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