FERTILIZERS VITAL TO MEET GLOBAL FOOD NEEDS

FAO Deputy Director-General:  FAO,

Private Sector Must Work Together to Eliminate Hunger

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4726^th Meeting (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL HOLDS FIRST DEBATE ON IRAQ SINCE START OF MILITARY ACTION;

SPEAKERS CALL FOR HALT TO AGGRESSION, IMMEDIATE WITHDRAWAL

SECRETARY-GENERAL, AT HEADQUARTERS CEREMONY, ACCEPTS PIN SYMBOLIZING ‘SHARED MEMORY OF LOST FRIENDS’, UNITY IN PURSUING PEACE

Following are the remarks of Secretary-General Kofi Annan upon accepting the first lapel pin highlighting the importance of staff security in New York on

25 March:

HIGH-LEVEL OFFICIALS OF GERMANY, NETHERLANDS, PORTUGAL

AND ANGOLA ADDRESS COMMISSION ON HUMAN RIGHTS

Commission Continues Consideration of Racism,

Racial Discrimination, Xenophobia and all Forms of Discrimination

(Reissued as received.)

Security Council

4725^th Meeting* (PM)

SECURITY COUNCIL EXTENDS WESTERN SAHARA MISSION UNTIL 31 MAY,

UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTING RESOLUTION 1469 (2003)

The Security Council this afternoon extended the mandate of the United Nations Mission for the Referendum in Western Sahara (MINURSO) until 31 May.

Economic and Social Council

2003 Organizational Session

6^th Meeting (AM)

MEMBERS OF ECOSOC NEGOTIATING COMMITTEE APPOINTED; WILL MEET 26 MARCH

TO CONSIDER AGREEMENT BETWEEN UN, WORLD TOURISM ORGANIZATION

SECRETARY-GENERAL, CONDOLEEZZA RICE DISCUSS HUMANITARIAN SITUATION IN IRAQ

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

PRESS STATEMENT ON WESTERN SAHARA BY SECURITY COUNCIL PRESIDENT

Following is the press statement on Western Sahara delivered today by Security Council President Mamady Traoré (Guinea):

DISPLACEMENT IN CENTRAL LIBERIA COULD OVERBURDEN HUMANITARIAN RESOURCES

Commission on Status of Women

Forty-seventh Session (Resumed)

14^th Meeting (PM)

COMMISSION ON STATUS OF WOMEN FAILS TO ADOPT DRAFT AGREED CONCLUSIONS

ON VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN, AS IT CLOSES FORTY-SEVENTH SESSION