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SG/SM/8675-HR/CN/1043

HUMAN RIGHTS –- WHETHER CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL OR CULTURAL –- ARE UNIVERSAL, MUST BE UPHELD IN EVERY COUNTRY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS

24/04/2003
Press Release
SG/SM/8675
HR/CN/1043


HUMAN RIGHTS –- WHETHER CIVIL, POLITICAL, ECONOMIC, SOCIAL OR CULTURAL –- ARE

UNIVERSAL, MUST BE UPHELD IN EVERY COUNTRY, SECRETARY-GENERAL SAYS


Following is the statement, as delivered, by Secretary-General Kofi Annan to the Commission on Human Rights in Geneva today:

IK/351-UNEP/146

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

24/04/2003
Press Release
IK/351
UNEP/146


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.

SC/7738

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME UNTIL 3 JUNE

24/04/2003
Press Release
SC/7738


Security Council

4743rd Meeting (PM)


SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS ‘OIL-FOR-FOOD’ PROGRAMME UNTIL 3 JUNE


Resolution 1476 Adopted Unanimously


The Security Council this afternoon extended the “oil-for-food” programme for Iraq, as adjusted by its resolution 1472 (2003) and which was to expire on   12 May, until 3 June.

SC/7739-IK/352

PRESS STATEMENT ON IRAQ/KUWAIT BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

24/04/2003
Press Release
SC/7739
IK/352


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.